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Yunnan Officials Harass, Obstruct Swiss Film Crew
Correspondents working for Swiss television were harassed by local officials in Yunnan for several days and blocked from doing their work, despite having official invitations and permission to film. Sources and a Chinese assistant were also intimidated. Two correspondents tell the story below:
Tags: Yunnan
Kashgar Police Follow, Harass Journalists
During the Eid holiday that began Nov. 27, two journalists traveling separately to Kashgar, Xinjiang, were harassed by police and foreign affairs officials — one of whom demanded they leave the city, despite reassurances from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing the city remains open. In both cases, local residents were under apparent pressure [...]
Tags: Xinjiang
Beijing Authorities Beat Kyodo Journalists
LOCATION: Beijing TYPE OF INCIDENT: Violence, broken equipment TOPIC: Oct. 1 National Day NATIONALITY/ORGANIZATION: Kyodo news agency/Japan The Japanese Kyodo news agency has reported that unidentified authorities in Beijing stormed the hotel room of three visiting journalists, beat them and damaged two computers. The agency says authorities stormed into the journalists’ room on Friday evening, [...]
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Urumqi Paramilitary Beat Journalists, Damage Gear
LOCATION: Urumqi TYPE OF INCIDENT: Violence, detained for three hours, broken equipment, confiscated tape TOPIC: Protests NATIONALITY/ORGANIZATION: Hong Kong/television “At around 3.30pm, we were interviewing Han Chinese protestors on Hongqi road. There were a few thousand protestors and about 1,000 paramilitary. At a road junction (police) had put up barricade. The protestors walked close. They [...]
Tags: Xinjiang
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
