May 27, 2008 POSTED June 11, 2008 Woeser, www.woeser.middle-way.net HARASSED The Web site of a leading Beijing-based Tibetan commentator with the single name Woeser was hacked and her Skype identity stolen, according to Robbie Barnett, who runs Columbia University’s Tibetan Studies program.
New York, May 13, 2008—Qi Chonghuai, a journalist in China’s Shandong province who had written critically about local officials, was sentenced today to four years in prison for fraud and extortion in a trial that lasted 12 hours, according to his wife and lawyers. Access to the trial was limited, and reporters were not allowed…
New York, April 30, 2008—The Committee to Protect Journalists expressed concern today about reports of growing hostility toward foreign journalists in China 100 days before the start of the Beijing Olympics. At least 10 correspondents have reported receiving anonymous death threats, according to a Foreign Correspondents Club of China (FCCC) report released today. The group…
New York, April 16, 2008—Chinese authorities should release or publicly charge a Tibetan TV producer in western Qinghai province who has been detained for more than two weeks, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Jamyang Kyi, a veteran producer for state-run Qinghai TV, was arrested on April 1 and has not been seen since…
New York, April 1, 2008—The Committee to Protect Journalists called today for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to insist that Beijing ensure freedom for the press to report in the run up to and during August’s Olympic Games. The IOC’s coordinating committee is in Beijing for a final three days of meetings before the Games…