Archive for August 9th, 2008
Tiananmen Square Protest!
Tiananmen “Tibet Die-in” Protest 080908 from Students for a Free Tibet on Vimeo.
Please watch this video. Five free Tibet activists staged a dramatic die-in today in Tiananmen Square, in the shadow of Chairman Mao’s famous portrait. Tiananmen Square was, of course, made infamous in 1989 when the Chinese government unleashed a massacre against pro-democracy demonstrators. […]
Posted: August 9th, 2008 under Protest, Video.
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Protest Before Opening Ceremonies
Tibetan Flags Protest Beijing 080808 from Students for a Free Tibet on Vimeo.
Last night, just before the start of the opening ceremonies, three SFT activists — Jonathan Stribling-Uss, 27, and Kalaya’an Mendoza, 29, Americans, and Cesar Pablo Maxit, 32, an Argentine-American — were immediately and forcibly detained after unfurling Tibetan flags. We’ve just found out […]
Posted: August 9th, 2008 under Photos, Protest.
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