Update: Tibet Activists detained at Everest Base Camp

News Type: Event — Seeded on Thu Apr 26, 2007 4:46 AM EDT

Article Source: phayul.com

world-news, china, olympics, tibet, buddhist, mount-everest, kathmandu

"If Beijing wants to deserve the honor of hosting the Olympic Games, it must play by the rules of the international community—that includes tolerance of free speech and expression," said Lhadon Tethong, Executive Director of SFT in Kathmandu, Nepal.
The Chinese government has so far denied the United States Government officials contact with the detainees and information about them, according to SFT.

Here's a followup story - the activists (all American nationals) are still being detained in China; location uncertain. http://phayul.com/news/article.aspx?article=Four+Americans+Still+Detained+after+Olympic+Protest+in+Tibet&id=16358

Original story:

Kathmandu, April 25 - Four Tibetan independence activists have been detained and interrogated by Chinese soldiers at Everest Base Camp (EBC) in Tibet this morning at around 8AM Chinese time, according to the latest information she received from the EBC; the detained activists are Tenzin Dorjee, male, 27, a Tibetan American and three Americans, Kirsten Westby, female, 29, Shannon Service, female, 31 and Laurel Mec Sutherlin, male, 29, all four from USA.

They have been detained and interrogated for demonstrating and unfurling a banner reading "One World, One Dream, Free Tibet 2008" in English, and "Free Tibet" written in Tibetan and Chinese, at EBC, Tibet to protest the proposed taking of Beijing Olympic torch over Mount Everest and through Tibet.

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