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China Arrests Free Tibet Demonstrators

Authorities take away American protesters in Beijing park

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(Newser) – Chinese police arrested five American protesters who blocked the entrance to a park in Beijing while shouting "Free Tibet!", Reuters reports. The demonstrators were associated with Students for a Free Tibet, who said there were eight in total. It remains unknown where the protesters have been taken.

A British television reporter also said he had been pushed and dragged into a police van, and was briefly detained there; the IOC said it would look into the incident.

Activists with Tibetan flags draped among them lay down in Tiananmen Square in a breach of security in the heart of Beijing on the first full day of competition in the Olympic Games.
Activists with Tibetan flags draped among them lay down in Tiananmen Square in a breach of security in the heart of Beijing on the first full day of competition in the Olympic Games.   (AP Photo)
Security guards force to take away Hong Kong university student Christina Chan as she showed the Tibet flag on the spectator stand during the first day of Beijing Olympics.
Security guards force to take away Hong Kong university student Christina Chan as she showed the Tibet flag on the spectator stand during the first day of Beijing Olympics.   (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
In this photo released by the Bureau du Tibet, the Dalai Lama greets people upon his arrival at the Charles de Gaulle airport, north east of Paris, Monday, Aug. 11, 2008.
In this photo released by the Bureau du Tibet, the Dalai Lama greets people upon his arrival at the Charles de Gaulle airport, north east of Paris, Monday, Aug. 11, 2008.   (AP Photo)
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