China's Forbidden Zones: Shutting the Media out of Tibet and Other "Sensitive" Stories

Contributing Organization(s): Human Rights Watch


Author(s)/Creator(s): Human Rights Watch

Publishing Date: 2008-07-01

Issue Areas: Human Rights and Civil Liberties; Media; Sports

Ownership/Rights Info: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States

File info: 9 pages; 460.54 KB file size

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This 71-page report draws on more than 60 interviews with correspondents in China between December 2007 and June 2008. It documents how foreign correspondents and their sources continue to face intimidation and obstruction by government officials or their proxies when they pursue stories that can embarrass the authorities, expose official wrongdoing, or document social unrest.

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Intended Audience: Advocates; General Public; Legislators/Legislative Aids; Policy Professionals; Researchers

Type/Format: Whitepaper

Language code: English

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