Saturday, August 16, 2008

Tibet protesters held near Beijing Olympics venue

A security guard stops a protester who tried to display a Tibetan flag at the Ethnic Culture Park in Beijing

China has framed rules for allowing protests to take place in specific public parks. Protesters are expected to apply for permission to carry out protests demonstrations. But protests must not harm “national, social and collective interests”, say the rules.







Beijing: The Tibet issue surfaced on the sixth day of Olympic Games by way of a street demonstration by pro-Tibet activists and a protest voiced by the Chinese foreign ministry over the presence of the Dalai Lama in France.

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