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Reporter Shadowed by Officials During Sichuan Quake Reporting
The week of June 7, Marianne Barriaux of Agence France Press encountered interference while reporting in the Sichuan earthquake zone. After registering with Dujiangyan officials, she was granted access. Barriaux was working on a story about mothers who had and tried to have babies after losing children in the earthquake. Parents and NGOs warned her [...]
Chengdu Police Rough Up Reporters Covering Trial
Hong Kong journalists attempting to cover the sentencing in Chengdu of writer/activist Tan Zuoren were hassled and shoved by police. One of the group reported: Nine Hong Kong reporters arrived at the Chengdu courthouse around 7 a.m. We wanted to interview the lawyer and relatives of Sichuan earthquake activist Tan Zuoren outside the courthouse, before [...]
Caution Needed In Sichuan After Three Violent Incidents
We have received three separate, confirmed reports today of journalists being physically attacked in Sichuan. Nobody has been hurt but equipment has been broken. The details are below. Given the violence of the encounters and an apparent increasing frequency of reports, it seems the situation is becoming more volatile and we advise extra caution when [...]
Open Sichuan Ahead of Quake Anniversary
The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China has received several reports of journalists being harassed and detained in Sichuan province in the run up to the anniversary of last year’s earthquake. With more foreign media organisations likely to visit the area before May 12, we call on the Chinese Foreign Ministry and local government officials to [...]
Registration For Reporting In Sichuan Quake Areas
Sichuan authorities are reimposing a registration requirement for reporting in areas affected by May 12, 2008 earthquake. For your convenience, we are attaching the list of contacts in Chinese in this notice; a link to the Sichuan News Department Website is here: http://scwx.newssc.org/system/2009/04/02/011752340.shtml The FCCC has already received several reports of interference in areas affected [...]
