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China: Incitement to subvert the state's power

Angry Chinese Blogger reports the arrest of another journalist. In September 30, Chinese security forces formerly detained Lu Gengsong, a freelance journalist and former teacher at a regional police academy, on charges of “Incitement to subvert the... ...full story at Global Voices

from Global Voices on Wed, Oct 03 2007

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13 Aug 08 visit Re: ITV News journalist arrested by police in Beijing 13/08  »  YouTube videoChinese police arrest Free Tibet protesters during the Olympics. An ITV News reporter was also held.
02 Oct 07 visit Journalist Case Files: Lu Gengsong  »  angrychineseblogger Chinese authorities detain freelance journalist Lu Gengsong on charges of "Incitement to subvert the state's power"
26 Mar 07 visit China: Journalist file: Zhang Jianhong  »  Global Voices Angry Chinese bloggers opened a file for Zhang Jianhong, a freelance journalist, who was sentenced to 6 years imprisonment, plus a further years suspension of political rights, by the Ningbo Intermediate court on 19 of March.
13 Aug 08 visit Report: British journalist detained by police in Beijing  »  Peking Duck As reported by Jon Watts and Tania Branigan in The Guardian: Police in Beijing have detained a British journalist after he covered a Free Tibet protest close to the city’s main Olympic zone. John Ray of ITV News was pushed into a police van by...
12 May 08 visit Chengdu "strolling" protesters arrested  »  Danwei The Beijing News May 12, 2008 According to today's Beijing News, four persons involved in the May 4 protest in Chengdu were detained under charges of "fabricating and spreading rumors, distortion (炒作), incitement to riot and illegal demonstration." ...
05 Sep 07 visit Detained Straits Times journalist Ching Cheong ailing in prison  »  Shanghaiist Ching Cheong, the Hong Kong journalist who was chief China correspondent for the Singapore-based Straits Times, is ailing in prison somewhere in the Guangdong province right now. On 22 April 2005, Ching was apprehended by Chinese security agents in...

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