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Reporter in Urumqi Shoved Into Van
LOCATION: Urumqi TYPE OF INCIDENT: Barred from public space, Manhandled TOPIC: Xinjiang Unrest NATIONALITY/ORGANIZATION: Asian Print DESCRIPTION: Daily organised trips for the media. They were obviously orchestrated, but at least they are trying. Media officers who were largely cordial and tried very hard to be helpful. There were at least two instances when I was [...]
Tags: Xinjiang
TV Crew Detained in Urumqi
LOCATION: Urumqi TYPE OF INCIDENT: Detained, barred from public space TOPIC: Xinjiang Unrest NATIONALITY/ORGANIZATION: Associated Press TV “The police assured them that they had not broken any laws and that holding them was for their safety.” Description: An Associated Press TV crew was detained while filming security in the Uighur neighborhood, near Xinjiang University. They [...]
Tags: Xinjiang
TV Crew Barred from Tiananmen
LOCATION: Tiananmen Square TYPE OF INCIDENT: Barred from public space TOPIC: Tiananmen anniversary NATIONALITY/ORGANIZATION: International Broadcaster DESCRIPTION: Our TV crew was stopped at security and not allowed to enter Tiananmen Square to film. We were told there was a new regulation. The crew asked to see it, but the authorities declined. When the crew asked [...]
Tags: Beijing
TV Reporters Detained, Tiananmen Interviewees Questioned
LOCATION: Beijing TYPE OF INCIDENT: Detention, Sources Harassed, TOPIC: Tiananmen anniversary NATIONALITY/ORGANIZATION: TV Broadcaster We drove around the block and passed the same spot and saw that all the students we had interviewed were being questioned. DESCRIPTION: In the morning we went to interview students in front Beida University. Seven minutes after we started five [...]
Tags: Beijing
TV Reporters Barred from Tiananmen
LOCATION: Tiananmen Square TYPE OF INCIDENT: Barred from public space TOPIC: Tiananmen anniversary NATIONALITY/ORGANIZATION: Italian TV The authorities asked us to go with them to “an office close to the square” to apply to film in Tiananmen. I explained that I saw no reason since we are accredited journalists. He replied that “new rules” were [...]
Tags: Beijing
