As China launched the Beijing Olympics thousands of people elsewhere in Asia and in Europe took part in human rights protests on issues ranging from China's crackdown early this year in Tibet to its support for Burma's military junta.
In New Delhi Tibetan exiles scuffled with police. In Nepal's capital Kathmandu police detained hundreds of Tibetan refugees who tried to storm a Chinese consular office. In Paris several hundred activists rallied outside the Chinese embassy carrying a banner depicting the Olympic rings as handcuffs. In Brussels, 200 people, mainly Tibetan exiles, protested near EU headquarters. Protests also took place outside the Chinese embassies in Berlin and London. In Hong Kong a climber unfurled banners from the city's largest bridge that read "freedom from oppression". The French-based Merkel urges China to work for success in talks with Dalai Lama ...
Nepalese police detain hundreds of anti-China protesters ... media rights group Reporters Without Borders says it hacked into Chinese airwaves in Beijing 12 hours before the opening and broadcast a short programme in Chinese, English and French.
(Deutsche Welle)
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