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Article: Oly: Four detained over 'Free Tibet' protest near Olympic venue
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- AAP General News (Australia)
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- August 6, 2008
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AAP General News (Australia)
08-06-2008
Oly: Four detained over 'Free Tibet' protest near Olympic venue
BEIJING, Aug 6 AFP - Chinese police detained four foreigners near Beijing's Olympic
Stadium today after they unfurled giant "Free Tibet" banners, the state-run Xinhua news
agency reported.
Activist group Students for a Free Tibet said four activists from Britain and the United
States managed to put up Tibetan flags and two 140-square-foot banners near Beijing's
iconic "Bird's Nest" stadium.
The pressure group released pictures of activists tying the banners to an electricity
pole with the Olympic village in the background.
It said the banners, which read in English "One World, One ...