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Monthly Archives: September 2009
Urumqi Armed Police Beat Journalists, Confiscate Tapes
LOCATION: Urumqi TYPE OF INCIDENT: Violence, detained for three hours, broken equipment, confiscated tape TOPIC: Protests NATIONALITY/ORGANIZATION: Hong Kong/TVB, two others DESCRIPTION: “We were covering a rally in Urumqi on Renmin Nanlu. Armed police sorrounded the marchers, and started shooting tear gas. Armed police tackled three Hong Kong reporters to the ground as we were [...]
Tags: Xinjiang
Urumqi Police Seize Cameras During Protest
On Sept. 4, while covering protests in Urumqi, Associated Press photographer Andy Wong and TV producers David Wivell and Isolda Morillo had their equipment confiscated by paramilitary police. All three are fine and police did not take their documents. The cameras were returned after five hours. The incident occurred as security forces tried to disperse [...]
Tags: Xinjiang
Sep 10 – A Fine Balance – Running A Local NGO In China
Fighting environmental degradation is hard enough. But Professor Lü Zhi, founder and director of ShanShui, one of China’s leading environmental NGOs, faces ever-present challenges in the very task of running her outfit. Fund raising, dealing with government and business interests, and garnering the support of rural communities are all common hurdles local green NGOs like [...]
