The ****trait of a "Olympic" Police State -- Beijing Police Stop
Appellants' Press Conference
Beijing Police Stop Appellants' Press Conference
By Gu Qinger
The Epoch Times
Mar 01, 2008
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Some petitioners accepted a Japanese journalist's interview after
escaping the police dragnet. (The Epoch Times)
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A press conference, "Making Public China's Human Rights Condition" in
Beijing, was forcibly aborted because of police interference. The press
conference was originally planed to be held near Gongyi East Bridge, on
the outskirts of Beijing on February 28 by many petitioners from all
over of China, but police obtained information about it before hand.
"There are many police here today. They surrounded the areas close to
the venue. About 6 to 7 police vehicles are parked around. Petitioners
dared not approach the site. Today's activity was forcibly aborted."
said Cheng Yingcai, a petitioner from Hebei Province.
"There were 4 or 5 buses of petitioners coming today, but many were
arrested by the police after getting off the buses. There were over 30
people in our group who escaped." said Chen Lianqing, another petitioner
from Hubei.
Even under the strict control of the police, there are still hundreds of
petitioners scattering into the woods and streets around Gongyi East
Bridge. One group of them was interviewed by a Japanese journalist.
Foreign Press on Scene
According to a human rights defender on-the-scene, who does not want to
be named, some petitioners hiding in the woods noticed one journalist
from Kyodo News Agency that was not tracked by the plain-clothes police,
so they approached him. Their interview finished in 20 minutes at the
moment when someone warned, "The police are coming!"
"The Japanese journalist hid his camera in his armpit. After receiving
the petitioners' written petitions, taking some photos, and talking for
a short while, he hurried away." said the rights defender.
Despite Promises¡ªNo Press Freedom
In January 2007, Beijing promised that foreign journalists could
interview anyone in China and only need the person's permission until
the end of the Olympic Games.
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