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Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China in December 2017. Security forces in Beijing on May 16, 2018, detained Chui Chun-ming, a cameraperson for the Hong Kong broadcaster Now TV, according to reports. (Reuters/ Stringer)

Chinese police detain Hong Kong journalist

May 16, 2018 12:35 PM EDT

Taipei, May 16, 2018–The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on Chinese authorities to stop harassing and detaining journalists and to explain why they detained and injured a cameraperson reporting on a human rights lawyer’s court hearing.