China - Website editor, three citizen journalists arrested for covering protests

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders condemns yesterday's arrest of Huang Qi, the director of the independent news website 64 Tianwang, and last week's arrests of three citizen-journalists who are contributors to the site and who are still detained. They were arrested in connection with their coverage of protests and other actions that “petitioners” staged in Tiananmen Square in an attempt to draw the attention of officials participating in the annual National People's Congress, which began last week and (...)

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