Article: Abseiling Briton held in new 'Free Tibet' protest

A BRITISH activist was today detained after unfurling a Free Tibet banner close to the Beijing Olympics site in a protest over China's human rights abuses.

Philip Kirk was one of five staging the demonstration outside the country's state-owned television station headquarters this morning.

The 23-year-old from St Albans, Hertfordshire, abseiled down the station's building to drape a 373 sq ft banner displaying the message Free Tibet in Chinese and English over an Olympic billboard.

The group ...

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