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8 Pro-Tibet Activists Detained in Beijing

13/08/08August 13, 2008

At least eight pro-Tibet activists have been detained by Chinese police in Beijing, a Tibetan rights group has claimed. The New York-based Students for a Free Tibet said the protestors were detained when they tried to unfurl a Tibetan banner near the main Olympics venue. A British journalist covering the incident was also briefly detained.

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Pro-Tibet activists are detained by Chinese police in Beijing
Pro-Tibet activists are detained by Chinese police in BeijingImage: AP