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Kashgar Police Follow, Harass Journalists
During the Eid holiday that began Nov. 27, two journalists traveling separately to Kashgar, Xinjiang, were harassed by police and foreign affairs officials — one of whom demanded they leave the city, despite reassurances from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing the city remains open. In both cases, local residents were under apparent pressure [...]
Nov 25 – Xinjiang In Fiction And Fact
Author Wang Gang will discuss his book, “English”, a semi-autobiographical account of growing up in the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, or bing tuan (literally “army group”) – the 2.6 million member-strong all-important instrument of state control in the territory. The novel, published in Chinese in 2004 and now translated into English, was critically-acclaimed and [...]
FCCC Condemns Beating Of Journalists In Urumqi
The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China strongly condemns the violent attacks by paramilitary police on three Hong Kong journalists attempting to cover protests on Sept. 4 in Urumqi. The journalists were reporting on protests when they were tackled by paramilitary police while running to escape tear gas fired to disperse crowds. The journalists said they [...]
Urumqi Paramilitary Beat Journalists, Damage Gear
LOCATION: Urumqi TYPE OF INCIDENT: Violence, detained for three hours, broken equipment, confiscated tape TOPIC: Protests NATIONALITY/ORGANIZATION: Hong Kong/television “At around 3.30pm, we were interviewing Han Chinese protestors on Hongqi road. There were a few thousand protestors and about 1,000 paramilitary. At a road junction (police) had put up barricade. The protestors walked close. They [...]
Urumqi Armed Police Beat Journalists, Confiscate Tapes
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 [...]
