The group Students for a Free Tibet has been among the most active in organizing small, symbolic protest actions across Beijing during the Olympics, from hanging “Free Tibet” banners from lampposts near the Bird’s Nest stadium to staging... ...full story at China Journal
from China Journal on Wed, Aug 20 2008
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| 20 Aug 08 |
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Olympic protest China's brutal & illegal occupation Tibet »
YouTube video BEIJING—Five US activists and an American graffiti artist were detained in Beijing on Tuesday after they displayed a "Free Tibet" banner near an Olympics venue, says a pro-Tibet group.
According to the group, Students for a Free Tibet, the five activis... |
| 06 Aug 08 |
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The Protest Games Begin » China Journal A pro-Tibet banner was hung on a pole close to the Bird’s Nest stadium (Photo courtesy of Students for a Free Tibet) With two and a half days til the opening ceremonies, things are heating up on the activist front. This morning, we got news that... |
| 19 Jun 08 |
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China: New website for a free Tibet » Global Voices “With the start of the Beijing Olympics less than 50 days away,” writes cold mtn at the Tibet Will Be Free blog, Students for a Free Tibet is stepping up its Olympic campaign efforts with a new website. Check out their new strategy and video... |
| 02 Sep 08 |
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They arrest journalists, don’t they? » Black & White Cat On August 13, ITN’s John Ray was arrested while covering a protest in Beijing: Police in Beijing roughed up and detained a British journalist after he covered a Free Tibet protest close to the city’s main Olympic zone earlier today. The... |
| 18 Aug 08 |
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Liu Xiang: the end of an Olympic dream » Countdown to Beijing “Well that’s it,” a journalist friend said when he phoned me at the Bird’s Nest a couple of hours after Liu Xiang hobbled out of the Beijing Olympics. “We might as well pack our backs and go home.” We won’t, o... |
| 23 Jul 08 |
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Are we in Beijing or Boston? » Peking Duck Andy R Protest Zones? It seems Beijing is taking a cue from Boston’s strategy of using “Free Speech Zones” to “quarantine” protestors during the Republican National Convention in 2004. Well, this is better than nothing at... |
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