'Protesters detained' after Olympic protest

An activist group says police have detained two foreigners who unfurled a Free Tibet banner on an Olympic billboard in the Chinese capital in the latest of a string of protests.

'Protesters detained' after Olympic protest
Fri, 15 Aug, 2008 - 08:37

An activist group says police have detained two foreigners who unfurled a Free Tibet banner on an Olympic billboard in the Chinese capital in the latest of a string of protests.

Kate Woznow of Students for a Free Tibet says the protest has taken place today at the headquarters of state-owned China Central Television building in east Beijing.

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