China detains four Americans in Tibet Olympic protest

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

China detains four Americans in Tibet Olympic protest

Wed Apr 25, 4:13 AM ET

BEIJING (Reuters) - China has detained four U.S. citizens
demonstrating for a free Tibet and protesting the Beijing Olympics
at the base of Mount Everest, an overseas activist group said on
Wednesday.

The four -- including a Tibetan-American -- unfurled a banner
reading "One World, One Dream, Free Tibet 2008" in English, and
one in Tibetan and Chinese saying "Free Tibet," according to
Students for a Free Tibet.

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The four were at a base camp on the Tibetan side of Mount Everest,
which is being used by a Chinese team doing trial runs to take the
torch up the mountain, Tethong said, adding she did not know what
had happened to them following their detention.

China's Foreign Ministry had no immediate comment, while nobody
answered the telephone at the Tibet government's information
office in Lhasa.

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