( – promoted by odum)
Cross-posted from Integral Psychosis
At 5:45 AM on August 15, Beijing time, five pro-Tibet activists unfurled a 375 square-foot banner that read “Free Tibet” in both English and Chinese over a “Beijing 2008 Olympics” billboard in Beijing, just in in front of the State Television’s new headquarters downtown in the Chinese capital. Institute of Social Ecology Board Member Bianca Bockman and recent UVM graduate Sam Maron were two of the three-member support team that assisted a Canadian woman and a British man who climbed the billboard to drop the banner. Shortly after it was dropped, large numbers of Chinese police were seen gathering near-by and after about 30 minutes, the five activists were arrested. Their whereabouts are still unknown at this time.
(I’d post a pic or two of the banner, if someone can remind me how to do so).
Update:[The latest update I’ve seen is that all five are quickly being deported, as has been the case with nearly a dozen other protesters who have staged “pro-Tibet” street theatre and sit-ins throughout the Olympic Games so far…. I for one haven’t seen or heard anything about these protests, but apparently Americans, Canadians, Britons, and Australians are in Beijing in some considerable force protesting; stay tuned for more hopefully]