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Attacks on the Press | Brazil, China, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Paraguay

Attacks on the Press: The Power of the Ordinary

Who is allowed to talk? What are they allowed to say? Award winners seek the answers. By Kristin Jones

(AFP/Michael Nagle)

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February 14, 2013 12:04 AM ET | | Also in Français, Português, Русский
Tags: Attacked, Azimjon Askarov, Dechen Pemba, Dhondup Wangchen, Freelance, FrontPage Africa, Gazeta do Povo, Imprisoned, International Press Freedom Award, Jigme Gyatso, Leaving Fear Behind, Mae Azango, Mauri König, Threatened, Tibet
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Jailed Tibetan filmmaker shifted to better conditions

By Bob Dietz/CPJ Asia Program Coordinator

Some news which appears to be good from China, and some that isn't: Tibetan filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen has been moved to a women's prison where conditions are not as harsh, according to his friends and associates at the Switzerland based group Filming for Tibet. They say that Wangchen has been transferred to the Qinghai Provincial Women's Prison, the main prison for women in China's Qinghai province. He had been held at the Xichuan labor camp in Siling, in eastern Tibet.

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January 22, 2013 2:49 PM ET | | Comments (5)
Tags: Dhondup Wangchen, Imprisoned, Jigme Gyatso, Leaving Fear Behind, Tibet

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