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Article: Protest Brits held in China; OLYMPICS: 'Free Tibet' flags unfurled outside stadium.(News)
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- Birmingham Mail (England)
- Article date:
- August 6, 2008
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Byline: By James Watson
TWO Britons were detained in China today after unfurling Tibetan flags and banners outside the Bird's Nest Olympic stadium in Beijing.
The protest group Students for a Free Tibet said four activists from Britain and the United States were seized after displaying two 140sqft banners.
The first read: "One World, One Dream: Free Tibet" in English, and the second: "Tibet Will Be Free" in English and "Free Tibet" in Chinese.
The Free Tibet 2008 website said the two Britons arrested were Iain Thom, aged 24, from Edinburgh, and Lucy Marion, 23, who grew up in Cambridge and now lives in London.