Citizen Journalists detained in China
On August - 20 - 2008
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BoingBoing reports that Brian Conley & Jeff Rae were detained yesterday in Beijing, China.
[Click here to read the BoingBoing article]
[Click here for a Reuters article]
[Click here for a New York Times article]
Good Luck, Fellaz. Safe return home!
A couple of pics of us hanging out in NYC last year:

Brian Conley, Andy Carvin, Chuck Olsen, Bill Cammack & Josh Cohen

Jeff Rae & Bill Cammack




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Yikes :( Hearing more and more events like these just makes the world that much more scary. My best wishes to them.
We’ve posted on update on the situation here: http://freetibet2008.org/globalactions/citizenjournalists/update0821/
Thanks for the update, Nate.
60 hours and counting… Interesting rule, that they’re not required to notify an embassy about foreign nationals who have been detained until 72 hours later.
I guess it’s like they say… “Better Late Than NEVER!”. Hope all’s well, and we should find out something by 7pm EST, I guess.
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