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NEWS ABOUT: Students for a Free Tibet

Students for a Free Tibet stories: 5 news summaries

China Releases, Deports
US Tibet Protesters

American officials 'disappointed' by China's 'intolerance'

Aug 25, 08 2:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Eight Americans arrested in China last week after staging a pro-Tibet protests have been freed from jail and deported following US pressure for their release, reports the BBC. The protesters faced up to 10 days in detention for unfurling a “Free Tibet” banner near an Olympic site and staging... More »

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China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Tibetan independence • political protest • Students for a Free Tibet • Tibetan protesters

 China Detains Americans Protesting Over Tibet

AP photographers also roughed up

Aug 22, 08 8:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Six Americans protesting China's rule over Tibet have been given 10-day detentions, in a rare instance of such punishments being meted out to visitors, the New York Times reports. Such extrajudicial detentions are common for Chinese dissidents, but foreigners at the Olympics have until now been quietly and instantly deported.... More »

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China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Olympic protests • Students for a Free Tibet

China Arrests Free Tibet Demonstrators

Authorities take away American protesters
in Beijing park

Aug 13, 08 8:32 AM CDT
(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. More »

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China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Tibetan independence • Olympic protests • Students for a Free Tibet • Tibetan protesters

 Delirious Throngs
 Greet Torch in Beijing

But Yank, Brit protesters busted for 'Free Tibet' banner

Aug 6, 08 3:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - After a beleaguered relay dogged by Tibet protesters in many of its legs around the world, the Olympic flame finally reached Beijing today. Ecstatic crowds under smog-choked skies shouted "Go Olympics, go Beijing" to greet torchbearers in Tiananmen Square, with Chinese basketball sensation Yao Ming holding the torch above... More »

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Beijing • Tiananmen Square • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Tibet • air pollution • Students for a Free Tibet • Olympic flame • global relay

 Torch Protesters Climb
 Golden Gate Bridge 

Pro-Tibet students make statement from above

Apr 7, 08 4:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - With the Olympic torch due to reach San Francisco tomorrow, protesters climbed the Golden Gate Bridge today to unfurl banners reading “One World, One Dream" and "Free Tibet 08.” The climbers, members of Students for a Free Tibet, were arrested after they rappelled down the bridge’s... More »

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China • San Francisco • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Golden Gate Bridge • Tibet • Olympic protests • torch relay • Students for a Free Tibet

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