From AP:
A Chinese activist who witnessed a clash between farmers and police in which one person was reportedly killed has been taken away and warned by police not to speak with the media, his friends said Wednesday, as an uneasy calm settled over the village.
Zhang Zilin, a human rights activist, was among the most outspoken witnesses to Monday’s violent end to a protest against rising bus fares by 20,000 residents of southern Chinese village of Zhushan…
On Tuesday night, Zhang was continuing to talk by phone with reporters and other human rights activists when police and officials confronted him. He began shouting “‘They’re coming,'” and his phone was temporarily disconnected, said fellow activist Wen Yan. [Full Text]
