City officials in eastern China have apologized to local journalists after authorities were shown pushing them and trying to obstruct reporting from the site of a deadly explosion, in a rare acknowledgment of state aggression against journalists
FILE - Firefighters work the scene of an explosion in Sanhe city in northern China's Hebei province on Wednesday, March 13, 2024. The city of Sanhe, near Beijing, issued a public apology Thursday, March 14, after authorities were shown harassing reporters from state broadcaster CCTV during a live broadcast near the site of a suspected gas leak explosion that killed several and injured more than 20 on Wednesday.
A statement on the city’s official website expressed “deep regret” over the treatment of the CCTV reporters and other media workers. It said authorities were trying to remove the journalists from the site because they were concerned about a potential gas leak. The All-China Journalists Association put out a statement defending the journalists’ rights to report from disaster sites. It fell short of explicitly condemning the Sanhe authorities’ actions.
Such incidents are regularly condemned by the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China, a professional group.
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