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... ...full story at China Journal
from China Journal on Wed, Aug 13 2008
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| 13 Aug 08 |
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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. |
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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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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... |
| 14 Aug 08 |
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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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Foreign correspondents roughed up » Shanghaiist This is not news the government wants to hear in the run-up to the Olympics, but here's a statement that the Beijing-based Foreign Correspondents Club of China (FCCC) just sent out (h/t to the Peking Duck):Dear Members, Recently some foreign... |
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Reporters in China, watch out » Peking Duck This just out from the Foreign Correspondents Club: Dear Members, Recently some foreign correspondents have been detained, harassed and physically roughed up -- two incidents Tuesday alone. The FCCC board thought you'd want to hear about what happened.... |
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