The professional association of foreign journalists in Beijing.

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 [...]

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 [...]

LOCATION: Kashgar TYPE OF INCIDENT: Barred from public space, Detained TOPIC: Xinjiang Unrest NATIONALITY/ORGANIZATION: Associated Press Associated Press Photographer Elizabeth Dalziel was detained after taking photographs of a convoy going through the city. She was brought to the airport and ordered to leave Kashgar. She managed to return to the city, where she was detained [...]

LOCATION: Village near Kashgar TYPE OF INCIDENT: Barred from public space, Detained TOPIC: Xinjiang Unrest NATIONALITY/ORGANIZATION: Katri Makkonen, Finnish Broadcasting Company DESCRIPTION: I was waiting at the village mosque for friday prayers to end. Our driver came to get me and said that the police wanted to question us. The police got into our car [...]