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Source: Indymedia NL |
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Tuesday, Aug 19 2008 |
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Five pro-Tibet activists unfurled a banner spelling out "Free Tibet" in English and Chinese in bright blue LED "throwie" lights in Beijing's Olympic Park tonight. The five were detained by security personnel after displaying the banner for about 20 seconds at 11:48 pm August 19th. Their whereabouts are unknown. |
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Source: Free Tibet 2008 |
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Tuesday, Aug 19 2008 |
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Internationally known artist, technologist and co-founder of the Graffiti Research Lab, James Powderly, was detained in Beijing early this morning while preparing to debut a new work and technology of protest, the L.A.S.E.R. Stencil. According to a “twitter” message received today by Students for a Free Tibet at approximately 5 pm Beijing Standard Time, Powderly had been detained by Chinese authorities at 3 am. His current whereabouts remain unknown. |
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Source: BBC |
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Friday, Aug 15 2008 |
A British man has been held by police in China after unfurling a pro-Tibet banner on a building in Beijing.
Philip Kirk, 24, of St Albans, Herts, and Australian-Canadian Nicole Rycroft, 41, scaled a hoarding outside the China Central Television building. |
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Source: Free Tibet 2008 |
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Thursday, Aug 14 2008 |
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Two pro-Tibet activists hung a banner in front of Chinese state television’s new headquarters early this morning. The activists dropped the banner, which read “Free Tibet” in English and Chinese, over an Olympics billboard reading “Beijing 2008” at 5:45 am Beijing time. Chinese security officials gathered quickly outside the China Central Television (CCTV) building, and after approximately 30 minutes, detained the five protestors. The activists’ whereabouts are currently unknown. |
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Source: BBC |
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Tuesday, Aug 12 2008 |
A group of protesters who tried to unfurl a pro-Tibet banner near an Olympics venue in the Chinese capital Beijing have been held by police.
A British journalist who was in the area covering the protest is also reported to have been arrested. |
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Source: Free Tibet 2008 |
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Tuesday, Aug 12 2008 |
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Five Tibet activists blockaded the front entrance of the Chinese Ethnic Culture Park, at the south end of the Olympic Park, at 12:30pm today. The five were behind locked bicycles across the entrance to the park, which prominently features an exhibit of Tibetan culture. They wore t-shirts reading “Free Tibet” and held a banner reading “Tibetans Are Dying for Freedom.” A sixth activist, a Tibetan-Japanese woman, made a statement about what they were doing and the situation on the ground in Tibet. Nearby, two other activists unfurled a banner over a pedestrian bridge, which read “Free Tibet.” |
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Source: Students for a Free Tibet |
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Tuesday, Aug 12 2008 |
Tune in to Students for a Free Tibet's new video channel broadcasting throughout the worldwide uprising for Tibetan freedom during the Beijing Olympics: Free Tibet 2008 Television, or FT08.TV.
FT08.TV is SFT's new online video channel, designed as a one-stop news and analysis resource for Tibetans, Tibet supporters, and others concerned about human rights connected to (and during) the Beijing Olympics. The channel is filled with must-see on-demand content, including inspiring Tibet activist video-profiles, reports about protests in Beijing and beyond, video-blogs, and much more. FT08.TV is the video companion to www.FreeTibet2008.org |
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Source: Free Tibet 2008 |
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Monday, Aug 11 2008 |
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A Tibetan woman from Germany and a Canadian man protested with Tibetan flags near Tiananmen Square at 3:12pm, August 10, 2008. At the same time, three other supporters from the United States and Canada were detained as they attempted to unfurl a large banner reading "Tibetans are Dying for Freedom." |
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