Index on Censorship » Wukan http://www.indexoncensorship.org for free expression Sat, 18 May 2013 18:40:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 for free expression Index on Censorship no for free expression Index on Censorship » Wukan http://www.indexoncensorship.org/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/Free_Speech_Bites_Logo.jpg http://www.indexoncensorship.org China: News blackout on Wukan revolt http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/12/china-news-blackout-on-wukan-revolt/ http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/12/china-news-blackout-on-wukan-revolt/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 13:36:46 +0000 Alice Purkiss http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=31183 News reports of an uprising that began several days ago in Wukan have been blocked by the Chinese government. Coverage of the protests, which began following the death of a local villager Xue Jinbo, and political interference in local elections, has not been covered by any Chinese language media. Wukan residents dispute the claim that Jinbo died [...]

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]]> have been blocked by the Chinese government. Coverage of the protests, which began following the death of a local villager Xue Jinbo, and political interference in local elections, has not been covered by any Chinese language media. Wukan residents dispute the claim that Jinbo died from a heart attack, believing he was tortured to death. In China, the story has only been covered by the English-language edition of an official Chinese Communist Party newspaper, “Global Times”.

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