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Article: Free Tibet activists detained after Olympic protest
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- The Hindustan Times
- Article date:
- August 7, 2007
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Beijing, Aug. 7 -- Chinese police detained six Tibetan independence activists Tuesday after they abseiled from the Great Wall near Beijing to hang a giant banner promoting their cause, groups representing the activists said.
The six activists hung a 42-square-metre banner bearing the message "One World, One Dream, Free Tibet 2008" in English and Chinese, the Free Tibet Campaign and Students for a Free Tibet said in a statement issued from Hong Kong.
The groups said the stunt was a protest against China "attempting to use the 2008 Games as a tool to legitimise its illegal occupation of Tibet".
The six activists were residents of the US, Canada and Britain, they said.
"The Chinese government ...