Tag Archives: Henan

Incident Reports | Published April 2, 2009

Henan Authorities Obstruct Journalist Covering Unemployment

LOCATION: Henan Province, villages in Xiping district TYPE OF INCIDENT: Intimidation of sources, unable to proceed with reporting TOPIC: Unemployed migrant workers in the countryside NATIONALITY/ORGANIZATION: Marije Vlaskamp, RTL International Television News, Holland “Mentioning the rules to the local foreign affairs office was not helpful at all. The officials ignored me and put pressure on [...]

Incident Reports | Published February 10, 2009

Henan Authorities Intimidate Journalist Covering Drought

DATE: Feb. 10, 2009 LOCATION: Henan Province, Luoyang TYPE OF INCIDENT: Intimidation of reporter and driver TOPIC: Drought “We found out our hired driver had been intimidated and frightened into backing out of driving us around.” DESCRIPTION: We were in Luoyang to cover the drought story. We checked into a hotel, and the front desk [...]

Statements | Published January 9, 2009

FCCC Notes Apology, Partial Redress For Henan Beating

The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China notes the steps taken by the authorities in Henan to make amends for the beating of a Belgian TV journalist. Tom van de Weghe of VRT received a letter of apology from the perpetrators and partial compensation for being stopped and assaulted by thugs working with local officials while [...]

Incident Reports | Published November 28, 2008

Journalist Detained After Reporting On Church

The Christian Science Monitor correspondent, Peter Ford, was detained and questioned for three hours after the police broke up a house church meeting in Nanyang, Henan province he had been reporting on with his assistant. Around 15 people including uniformed and plainclothes police, Religious Affairs Bureau officials and a man who said he was from [...]

Statements | Published November 27, 2008

Government Must Punish Thugs Who Beat Up Belgian TV Crew

The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China is appalled by the violent attack on the Belgian TV crew and calls on the central government to track down and punish those responsible. “This illegal and brutal act is a disgrace to Henan and to China,” said Jonathan Watts, president of the FCCC. “If the government is serious [...]