The Olympics Are Political
August 8, 2008
Posted on August 7, 2008
by Matt Browner Hamlin on the Huffington Post
Today the 2008 Summer Olympics start in Beijing. The debate in the lead up to the Games has focused on whether or not this sporting event, representing the pinnacle of thousands of athletes’ careers, is also a time to discuss politics. The host nation [...]
Anti-China protests worldwide as Olympics begin
August 8, 2008
Associated Press
By JENNIFER QUINN – Aug 8, 2008
LONDON (AP) — A protester set himself on fire outside the Chinese Embassy in the Turkish capital and thousands of Tibetan exiles took to the streets in Nepal, as anti-China demonstrations occurred worldwide to coincide with the start of the Beijing Olympics.
By the end of [...]
Free Tibet Activists Raise the Tibetan Flag Prior to Olympic Opening Ceremony; Tackled by Chinese Police
August 8, 2008
At just past 7pm, approximately one hour before the Opening Ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, two Americans, Jonathan Stribling-Uss, 27, and Kalaya’an Mendoza, 29, and an Argentine-American, Cesar Maxit, 32, staged a symbolic protest near the Bird’s Nest stadium in Beijing. At the last major intersection on Beichen Road leading to the Olympic Park, the three men opened Tibetan national flags. The three men, wearing shirts that read “Team Tibet 08″ were tackled by Chinese security forces within seconds and immediately and forcibly detained; their whereabouts are currently unknown.
CLICK HERE for more information, including a press release, photos and video of the protest, photos and bios of the activists who undertook the protest, and a guide to pronouncing their names.
TIBET ACTIVISTS IN BEIJING STAGE SYMBOLIC PROTEST NEAR BIRD’S NEST STADIUM ONE HOUR BEFORE OPENING CEREMONY BEGINS
August 8, 2008
STUDENTS FOR A FREE TIBET
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – August 8, 2008
Contacts: In Asia, Lhadon Tethong, Executive Director, and Kate Woznow, Campaigns Director,
+1 917-289-0228 | +44 2070-846-359 | +852-3050-9088
***Photos and video footage of the action and the activists’ bios will be available shortly at: http://freetibet2008.org/mediacenter/updates/teamtibetflags/
Beijing – Three Tibet supporters staged a symbolic protest near the [...]
Dharamsala: Tibetan exiles march against Chinese government
August 8, 2008
Exiled Tibetans marched in Dharamsala, India, on Wednesday to protest the killing of fellow countrymen in Lhasa earlier this year. With candles in their hands and prayers on their lips, Buddhist monks and nuns attired in their traditional maroon robes led the procession which kept getting bigger as locals and foreigners joined.
Tsering Norbu, an exiled [...]
New Delhi: Tibetans exiles in India protest Beijing Olympics
August 8, 2008
NEW DELHI (AP) — More than a thousand Tibetan exiles held protests in pouring rain Friday in New Delhi, chanting anti-China slogans and demanding freedom for Tibet hours ahead of the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics.
The protesters chanted “Free Tibet” and “Down with China” and waved Tibetan flags and a large banner that said, [...]
3 American protesters detained near Olympic venue
August 8, 2008
Boston Globe
Updated August 8, 2008
(AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
BEIJING (AP) A pro-Tibet group says three American activists have been detained after trying to protest near the venue for the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony.
Students for a Free Tibet executive director Lhadon Tethong says the trio were grabbed by police as they traveled to the Beijing [...]
London: Tibetan Flag Raising Ceremony & Coalition Demonstration
August 8, 2008
An hour before the start of the Opening Ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games, members of SFT-UK gathered outside the Chinese Embassy along with Tibetans and members of The Tibet Society, Free Tibet, Burma Democratic Concern, Zimbabwe Vigil, Reporters Without Borders, and Sudan Organisation Against Torture.
The group held 216 silhouettes high to represent the confirmed [...]
