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UK Journalist Roughed Up In Beijing

A British journalist was arrested and dragged along the ground by police while covering a Tibet protest outside the Olympic Games area in Beijing. ...full story at Sky News

from Sky News on Wed, Aug 13 2008

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13 Aug 08 visit ITV News Journalist arrested in Beijing.  »  YouTube video13/08/2008 - Olympics Beijing - ITV Journalist arrested after covering a Free Tibet protest.
02 Sep 08 visit 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...
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...
13 Aug 08 visit 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...
10 Jan 08 visit China: More on Journalist Arrested for Defamation  »  Global Voices Imagethief comments on the attempt to arrest a Beijing journalist by Liaoning cadres ended up in an outraging scandal.
14 Aug 08 visit Journalist roughed up after Tibet protest near Olympic park; FCCC demands apology from Chinese authorities  »  Shanghaiist A small group of Tibet activists held a small demonstration at the entrance of the Chinese Ethnic Culture Park not far from the Olympic stadium yesterday around 12.30pm. According to Austin Ramzy of TIME Magazine who was there on site, the demonstration...

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