24-08-14 6:53 pm – Source: AP
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The police guard at the location where the festival would take place. © ap
The Chinese government has the independent film festival in Beijing at the last moment forbidden. The festival was yesterday launched. Movies and documents were taken by the Chinese authorities seized
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According to Li Xianting, the organizer of the Beijing Independent Film Festival, the police searched his office and seized valuable material that he had collected. during the past decade Moreover, while Li was detained by the police. Along with artistic director Wang Hongwei They are now free again.
The film festival, which was held for the first time in 2006 met the past few years, more opposition from the police, but the festival was not previously banned altogether. “In previous years we were forced the festival to another date or location to move several times,” Wang says.
According to the organizers, the authorities are afraid that in the films criticizing the Chinese government. The past week posted organizer Li already reports that he was put to cancel the festival and he was asked. Under police surveillance
by security personnel of the government under pressure
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