China Gives 6 American Protesters 10-Day Detentions
August 22, 2008
New York Times
By ANDREW JACOBS
Published: August 22, 2008
BEIJING — A group of six Americans who were taken into custody on Tuesday as they tried to protest China’s rule in Tibet have been given 10-day detentions, the Chinese police confirmed Friday.
Associated Press
A plainclothes officer, bottom right, grabbed a Tibetan flag from pro-Tibet activists on Thursday near [...]
FREE TIBET CAMPAIGNERS SPEAK OUT IN BEIJING
August 22, 2008
Beijing – Two members of Students for a Free Tibet held an open-air press conference in Beijing today at 2:35 pm outside the Jianguomenwai diplomatic compound. Briton Alice Speller, 25, and American Ginger Cassady, 30, spoke for ten minutes and answered questions from journalists. The press conference capped two and a half weeks of protests by Tibetans and their supporters in Beijing and a seven-year global campaign since Beijing’s Olympic bid to make China’s ongoing and brutal occupation of Tibet a critical issue for the current and future Chinese leadership. READ MORE HERE
Beijing: Four More Activists Sentenced to Ten Days ‘Administrative Detention’
August 22, 2008
According to the British and German embassies, the four Tibet activists arrested early on August 21 have been sentenced to 10 days “administrative detention” by Chinese police. Under Chinese law, Chinese police can subject people to the punishment of administrative detention without a trial or court hearing This follows on yesterday’s sentencing of six other Tibet supporters in Beijing to the same punishment. Little else is known at this time but Students for a Free Tibet will fight this however we can and we will post additional information as we learn more.
click here to learn more about the protesters and their action…
Games Behind Bars - With harsh treatment of two elderly women seeking to protest, China wins a gold medal for repression
August 22, 2008
Washington Post
Friday, August 22, 2008; A16
WE HAVE tried hard, since the Olympic Games began 14 days ago, to maintain a positive Olympic spirit. We understand how important the Games are to many Chinese, and we’ve been rooting for the Games’ success. We didn’t dwell on the Chinese decision, made “in the national interest,” to keep [...]
Dix militants étrangers détenus à Pékin
August 21, 2008
Le Monde
LEMONDE.FR avec AFP | 21.08.08 | 18h35 • Mis à jour le 21.08.08 | 18h42
Selon l’association Students for a free Tibet (Etudiants pour un Tibet libre), les autorités chinoises ont arrêté quatre militants étrangers pro-Tibet dans la nuit du mercredi 20 août au jeudi 21 août alors qu’ils déployaient un drapeau tibétain et criaient “Libérez le Tibet” [...]
Americans Detained in China May Be Held for 10 Days
August 21, 2008
The Washington Post
By Jill Drew
Washington Post Foreign Service
Thursday, August 21, 2008; 2:09 PM
BEIJING, Aug. 21 — Six Americans detained by police earlier this week
could be held for 10 days, according to Chinese authorities, who appear to
be intensifying their efforts to shut down any public demonstrations
during the final days of the Olympic Games.
Police on Thursday also [...]
Olympics: US urges free speech after China detains six foreigners
August 21, 2008
AFP - August 22, 2008, 1:18 am (Australia time)
The United States called on China Thursday to allow peaceful protests, after Beijing police detained six foreigners amid a wave of demonstrations by pro-Tibet activists during the Olympics.
“We are concerned by recent reports that the Chinese have detained protesters,” the embassy said in a [...]
Six foreigners given 10 days’ detention: Beijing police
August 21, 2008
AFP
August 21, 2008
BEIJING (AFP) — Beijing police said Thursday it had handed out 10-day detention terms to six foreigners believed by an overseas activist group to be pro-Tibet campaigners involved in Olympic protests this week.
In a brief faxed statement, the city police information department said “Thomas” and five other foreigners had been [...]
Police Detain More Foreign Activists in Beijing - Police detain 4 foreign activists outside main Olympics venue in latest protest at games
August 21, 2008
ABC
By AUDRA ANG Associated Press Writer
BEIJING August 21, 2008 (AP)
The Associated Press
A plain clothed security official, bottom right, grabs a Tibetan flag from three pro-Tibet activists…
A plain clothed security official, bottom right, grabs a Tibetan flag from three pro-Tibet activists as they gesture in protest opposite the National Stadium, where [...]
TIBETAN MAN AND THREE SUPPORTERS DETAINED AFTER BEIJING PROTEST - AUGUST 21, 2008
August 20, 2008
INTENSIVE SURVEILLANCE FAILS TO PREVENT ACTION FOR TIBET
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 21, 2008
Contacts: In Asia, Lhadon Tethong, Executive Director, and Kate Woznow, Campaigns Director, +1 917 289 0219 or +44 20 7084 6245
**Bios and photos of the activists available at http://freetibet2008.org/globalactions/tibetanflag
Beijing – After intense surveillance by up to 50 plainclothes police, a Tibetan-German man and [...]
