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Reporters Detained, Beaten by Chinese Police in Rebel Village of Wukan

Posted on 09/15/2016 by | Reporters Detained, Beaten by Chinese Police in Rebel Village of Wukan已关闭评论
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Members of the Democratic Party demonstrate in from of the Hong Kong Central Government office on behalf of local reporters detained and beaten covering protests in Wukan, China, Sept. 15, 2016. RFA

Five Hong Kong journalists have been detained, dragged into interrogation rooms for hours and expelled by authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong after they tried to cover a crackdown by armed police on the rebel village of Wukan following weeks of peaceful protests. Continue reading →

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Ryan Pickrell: Human Rights The Cost Of A ‘Crowd-Pleasing’ G20 Summit In China

Posted on 09/11/2016 by | Ryan Pickrell: Human Rights The Cost Of A ‘Crowd-Pleasing’ G20 Summit In China已关闭评论
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Security personnel keep watch at a subway station before the G20 Summit in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China September 1, 2016. REUTERS/Aly Song

China says its G20 Summit was a huge victory, but to achieve success, it launched an intense campaign to silence potential troublemakers.

China supposedly detained journalists, put dissidents under house arrest, sent city residents away, and implemented extreme censorship protocols to ensure the summit held in Hangzhou this past weekend went off without a hitch. Continue reading →

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NGO calls for release of 5 Chinese citizen journalists arrested during G20

Posted on 09/07/2016 by | NGO calls for release of 5 Chinese citizen journalists arrested during G20已关闭评论
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Citizen journalists Huang Qi (left), Li Zhaoxiu (right) followed by several plainclothes agents (background), on Sept 5, 2016. Photo: RSF

Five women citizen journalists reporting for the independent news website 64Tianwang were kidnapped by Chinese police during the G20 summit in the southeastern city of Hangzhou, leaving their families without news of their loved-ones. Continue reading →

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China Jails Citizen Journalist Who Witnessed Tiananmen Immolation Protest

Posted on 04/28/2016 by | China Jails Citizen Journalist Who Witnessed Tiananmen Immolation Protest已关闭评论
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Citizen journalist Wang Jing (L), Tianwang website founder Huang Qi (C) and fellow activist Zhang Jixin (R), Dec. 6, 2013.

Authorities in the northeastern Chinese province of Jilin have jailed a citizen journalist for nearly five years on public order charges after she reported on the self-immolation of a petitioner on Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, her lawyer said on Monday. Continue reading →

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China Reissues Charges Against Citizen Journalist

Posted on 02/25/2016 by | China Reissues Charges Against Citizen Journalist已关闭评论
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Chinese citizen journalist Wang Jing (2nd from R) denies charges that she posted reports about petitioners on the Sichuan-based rights website Tianwang and other sites, which caused a ‘serious disruption to public order.’ Photo courtesy of Tianwang

Authorities in the northeastern Chinese province of Jilin have indicted a citizen journalist who reported on the self-immolation of a petitioner on Beijing’s Tiananmen Square for “picking quarrels and stirring up trouble,” paving the way for a second trial at a district court, her lawyer said. Continue reading →

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The Guardian view on the foreign press in China: expelling the messenger

Posted on 01/02/2016 by | The Guardian view on the foreign press in China: expelling the messenger已关闭评论

By putting a French journalist on a plane for telling the truth, China is shutting itself off. The outside world must not be intimidated, but stand up and protest

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The French journalist Ursula Gauthier in Beijing on Thursday before flying back to France. Photograph: Fred Dufour/AFP/Getty Images

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Dark days ahead for press in China, warns French journalist after expulsion

Posted on 01/01/2016 by | Dark days ahead for press in China, warns French journalist after expulsion已关闭评论
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Ursula Gauthier (L), the Beijing-based correspondent for French news magazine L’Obs, speaks with hostesses at the airport before she takes her flight back to France, in Beijing on December 31, 2015. AFP PHOTO / FRED DUFOUR

A French journalist forced to leave China because of a critical article she wrote on the government’s policy in the troubled Xinjiang province, arrived back in France on Friday. Beijing accused Ursula Gauthier of supporting terrorism to justify not renewing her visa. She says the future looks bleak for journalists in China who challenge authorities. Continue reading →

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China Has Record Number of Journalists Behind Bars: Report

Posted on 12/15/2015 by | China Has Record Number of Journalists Behind Bars: Report已关闭评论
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A man reads a magazine beside a newsstand in Beijing in a file photo. AFP

China jailed or detained a record number of journalists in 2015, more than any other country, and now holds a quarter of all journalists behind bars globally, a U.S.-based press freedom group said in a report. Continue reading →

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