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Congressional-Executive Commission on China Panel Discussion "On the Eve of the Beijing Olympics:
China's Information Lockdown"Wednesday, July 16, 2008
2:15 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Longworth House Office Building, Room 1105During a period when media openness arguably should be at a high point, domestic and foreign reporters in China continue to be shut out of many areas and prevented from covering stories that authorities deem sensitive. This panel discussion will examine the impact of these and other developments in China on the eve of the Olympic Games.
Panelists:
Phelim Kine, China researcher, Human Rights Watch; former journalist. (Human Rights Watch's recent report, "China's Forbidden Zones: Shutting the Media out of Tibet and Other 'Sensitive' Stories" is available at http://hrw.org/reports/2008/china0708/.)
Ben Carrdus, Senior Researcher, International Campaign for Tibet
Alim Seytoff, Director, Uyghur Human Rights Project
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