In today’s update:
- British Journalist Roughed Up By Chinese Police After Filming Protest
- Activists Blockade Chinese Ethnic Culture Park
- Chinese Government’s Control of Local Media Exposed
- UN Experts Seek Whereabouts of Missing Tibetans

British Journalist Roughed Up By Chinese Police After Filming Protest
According to Agence France Presse, uniformed police pounced on a British journalist after he tried to report on a Tibet protest near the Bird’s Nest. Witnesses say that John Ray, China correspondent for Independent Television News (ITN), was wrestled to the ground, dragged, his hands stamped on and his shoes removed before he was temporarily detained.
Chinese Police Rough Up British TV Crew at Olympics

Activists Blockade Chinese Ethnic Culture Park
In the latest of several successful protests organized by Students for a Free Tibet, at lunchtime yesterday five Tibet activists blockaded the front entrance of the Chinese Ethnic Culture Park in Beijing.

The culture park, close to the main Olympic venues, includes a prominent exhibit on Tibetan culture, recognized by protesters as ‘a tool in the Chinese government’s attempt to convince Chinese citizens as well as the rest of the world of the legitimacy of its rule in Tibet’.
Beijing: Ethnic Park Protest

Chinese Government’s Control of Local Media Exposed
From today’s Age:
‘As China loses the battle to control the international media at the Olympic Games, its extensive controls on the local media have been starkly exposed.
‘A 21-point plan from the propaganda bureau was issued to editors and journalists, ordering them to ignore hot international topics and any issues that might reflect negatively on the Olympic Games.’

Read the full story and the 21-point plan here:
Controls on China Media Exposed
The Propaganda Bureau’s 21-point Plan

UN Experts Seek Whereabouts of Missing Tibetans
The UN’s Committee Against Torture (CAT) has asked the Chinese Government to provide the location and convictions of Tibetan prisoners, including all those detained following the March demonstrations. The committee has also requested information on the whereabouts of Genden Choekyi Nyima - the 11th Panchen Lama, unseen since his arrest by Chinese Security forces in May 1995.
UN Experts Seek Whereabouts of the Panchen Rinpoche and Tibetans Arrested Earlier This Year