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... ...full story at Peking Duck
from Peking Duck on Wed, Aug 13 2008
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British journalist detained during Tibet protest »
YouTube video ITV News reporter John Ray talks about his arrest whilst covering a free Tibet protest in Beijing. |
| 02 Sep 08 |
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They arrest journalists, don’t they? » Black & White Cat On August 13, ITN’s John Ray was arrested while covering a protest in Beijing: Police in Beijing roughed up and detained a British journalist after he covered a Free Tibet protest close to the city’s main Olympic zone earlier today. The... |
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Journalists Protest After Correspondent’s Detention » China Journal The Foreign Correspondents Club of China is demanding an apology from Chinese authorities, who they say roughed up and detained a British journalist after he covered a Free Tibet protest close to the main Olympic zone. According to a statement by the... |
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| 06 Aug 08 |
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Beijing police seize 110 foreign and Chinese Olympic ticket scalpers » People's Daily The Beijing police detained 110 suspects on Friday for scalping Olympic tickets. Police have found surging ticket scalping activities while patrolling around the Olympic venues, said Shi Weiping, a police officer with the Beijing Public Security... |
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