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Beijing Security Steals Journalist's Passport

BEIJING, China -- On August 10, 2008 GroundReport correspondent Noel Hidalgo videotaped the alleged theft of a journalist's passport by Chinese security officials. Earlier, the journalist had been filming Tibetan protests in Tiananmen...

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11 Aug 08		Journalist Deported after Filming Protest in Tiananmen Square » YouTube videoBEIJING, China -- On August 10, 2008 GroundReport correspondent Noel Hidalgo was deported after videotaping a Tibetan protest, featured here, that took place in Tiananmen Square in Beijing. The Chinese government's hard line on censoring...
11 Aug 08		Tibetan Protesters at Beijing Olympics » YouTube videoBEIJING, China -- Days before the Olympic games began, GroundReport correspondent Noel "noneck" Hidalgo videotaped Tibetan protesters ascending poles outside the Olympic nest. Brandishing signs that read, "One World, One...
13 Aug 08		More about Olympics in China-2/2 » YouTube videoChina Deports 28 Members of Students for a Free Tibet for Staging Protests in Beijing We speak to John Hocevar, founder of Students for a Free Tibet, and the citizen journalist Noel Hidalgo, aka noneck, both of whom were just deported by China. Hidalgo...
05 Jan 07		Beijing Cuts Passport Processing to Five Days » china.org.cn Beijing residents can expect to receive a new passport within five working days of their applications, the city's exit and entry administration announced as the country's first passport law came into effect.
18 Jul 08		China: Tiananmen Security Check » Global Voices Huang An-nian has a strong feeling that the security in Tiananmen has become stricter before Beijing Olympics.
30 Mar 08		Beijing plans to authorize random security check on people at Tiananmen Square » People's Daily The Beijing municipal government is planning to authorize police to randomly check people at the Tiananmen Square, as a normality for security reasons, a local newspaper said on Saturday. Police usually do more frequent security che ...

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