LOCATION: Gansu Province, Maqu County TYPE OF INCIDENT: Manhandling, detention, intimidation TOPIC: Tibetan unrest NATIONALITY/ORGANIZATION: New York Times, United States QUOTE: “Li suddenly exploded in rage and hit my right arm as I took his photo. The blow knocked the camera to the ground. Li yelled at me as he did this. I later discovered [...]

Police in Gansu tailed Dutch journalist Hans Moleman of Volkskrant newspaper and a Tibetan-speaking interpreter, insisting on the first day that he check out of his hotel in Xiahe because foreigners were not allowed to stay there. On the second day, police followed Moleman to his hotel in Hezuo, came to his room and informed [...]

Police turned back a reporter from Britain’s The Guardian after he drove over a mountain pass to enter an Linxia, Gansu province, an area near the border between with Sichuan where protests had taken place. Reporter Jonathan Watts said an English-speaking officer told him “There is a police action taking place. Foreigners are not allowed [...]

Police detained a Finnish Broadcasting Co. correspondent and cameraman outside the monastery town of Xiahe in Gansu province and threatened to confiscate their footage. The team arrived in Xiahe on March 15, and was trying to leave when law enforcement officers brought them to the police station. The police insisted they had a right to [...]