Security prompts a quiet procession
IHT
April 17, 2008
NEW DELHI: The Olympic torch made a strange and lonely procession through central Delhi on Thursday, with the event so comprehensively overshadowed by fears of the anti-Chinese protests that had marred its appearances in other cities that no members of the public were allowed close enough to witness it. (more…)
April 17, 2008
NEW DELHI (AFP) - Scores of Tibetan demonstrators were arrested Thursday as thousands of police and soldiers defended the Beijing Olympic torch on a suffocating run through the Indian capital.
The heart of New Delhi was almost totally sealed off for the most sensitive leg of the protest-hit global relay to date, with security personnel far outnumbering the schoolboys and other select onlookers allowed to watch. (more…)
For Immediate Release
April 17, 2008
Dharamshala - The Tibetan People’s Uprising Movement organized a day long programme in protest against the Beijing’s proposed plan to take their torch into Tibet in its attempt to legitimize its Human Rights violations and illegal Occupation of Tibet.
The day long programme started with hoisting of prayer flags in the morning followed by a protest rally from Mcleod Ganj to Lower Dharamshala at 1 p.m. and Candle light vigil in the evening. The organizers also did a petition signing which would then be send to President Jacques Rogge, International Olympic Committee. Hundreds of Tibetans turned up to participate in all the activities. (more…)
Times of India
April 14, 2008
NEW DELHI (IANS) - As the Beijing Olympics torch relay takes place in the capital on Thursday, protesting Tibetans will run a parallel torch relay for a “free Tibet” on the other side of the city at the same time.
To be run from Rajghat to the Jantar Mantar observatory, the Tibetan torch relay will have an estimated participation of nearly 5,000 people, its organisers claim. (more…)
Globe and Mail
April 10, 2008 at 9:36 PM EDT
By Geoffrey York
BEIJING — The International Olympic Committee and China clashed yesterday over human rights and the protest-plagued Olympic torch relay. IOC president Jacques Rogge acknowledged that the Olympics have plunged into crisis, then pleaded with China to respect its promises on human rights. (more…)
For Immediate Release
April 10, 2008
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San Francisco Chronicle
April 10, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco leaders surprised thousands of supporters and protesters today by rerouting the Beijing Olympic torch run from its advertised route to a more picturesque course that avoided the throngs of demonstrators lined up along the Embarcadero.
Authorities confirmed that the closing ceremony at Justin Herman Plaza had been canceled, though thousands of people remain there. City officials said it would soon head to the airport, where it is scheduled to leave for Buenos Aires on a China Airways flight. (more…)
April 7, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS 5 / KCBS / AP / BCN) - Three people protesting China’s human rights record and the impending arrival of the Beijing Olympic torch climbed up the Golden Gate Bridge Monday and tied the Tibetan flag and two banners to its cables.
The banners read “One World, One Dream. Free Tibet” and “Free Tibet ‘08.”
One of the climbers was 30-year-old Laurel Sutherlin of Sausalito. Speaking to CBS 5 live via his cell phone while dangling from a bridge cable, Sutherlin said he and his fellow climbers were urging the International Olympic Committee to ask China not to allow the torch to go through Tibet. (more…)
PARIS (Reuters) - Protests over China’s crackdown on Tibet forced organizers in Paris to put the Olympic torch on a bus on Monday to protect it from demonstrators.
A police source said the torch was placed aboard a bus shortly after setting off from the Eiffel Tower.
A member of the French Greens party had earlier been restrained by police when trying to grab the torch from the first of 80 torch bearers, former world 400 meters hurdles champion Stephane Diagana. (more…)
The Times
April 7, 2008
China has tried to shield its people from news of the travails of the Olympic torch relay through London and angrily condemned the protesters who tried to disrupt its route.
An official for the Beijing Olympic Games torch relay office voiced disgust at attempts by protesters opposing Beijing’s drive to restore order in the Tibet region after riots last month and shootings of Tibetan demonstrators in the past week. (more…)
Tibetans living in exile in India have launched a March to Tibet as part of the Tibetan People's Uprising Movement. This historic Movement aims to revive the spirit of the Tibetan national uprising of 1959, and by engaging in nonviolent direct action, bring about an end to China's illegal occupation of Tibet.
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