August 2008

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AP: Tibetans continue protests against China in Nepal
SKY NEWS: China's new attack on Dalai Lama 'lies'
USA TODAY: Chinese dissidents push for new political climate
PRESS ASSOCIATION: British Free Tibet protester happy to be home
TIMES ONLINE: Tibet's most famous blogger detained by Chinese police
AFP: Strong quake rocks Tibet
BBC: UK Tibet protester deported home
GLOBE & MAIL: Tallying the human cost of the Games
AFP: Remote Tibetan region under military lockdown
BBC: US urges China to free activists
TELEGRAPH: US disrupts Olympic party with attack on China's human rights
GUARDIAN: Stifling Tibetan voices
AFP: Dalai Lama blasts Chinese 'repression' during France visit
ABC: Treatment of arrested photographers 'unfortunate', say IOC
SPORTS ILLUSTRATED: Chinese police arrest two more journalists
WALL STREET JOURNAL: The crackdown to come
REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS: Olympic disaster for free speech in China
M&C: Tibet activists urge Gordon Brown to pressure China over Tibet
AFP: Apple investigating after ITunes is blocked in China
METRO: Defying the great Chinese dragon
HERALD TRIBUNE: Gordon Brown arrives in Beijing ahead of closing ceremony
GUARDIAN: Games organiser says foreign media are biased on Tibet
AFP: US urges free speech as China detains six foreigners
TELEGRAPH: British woman may be jailed over Tibet protest
WASHINGTON POST: Americans arrested for protests may face 10 days' jail
REUTERS: Gordon Brown speaks out about Tibet en route to Beijing
AP: Police detain another four protesters in Beijing
GUARDIAN: China blocks ITunes music store
CHICAGO TRIBUNE: The Olympic muzzle
AFP: Brown to talk human rights with China's leaders
AFP: China detains six more activists at Olympics
AP: Two elderly women sent to labour camp for applying to protest about losing their homes
NEW YORK TIMES: American activists detained for displaying LED banner
AP: China detains artist for preparing Olympic protest in Beijing
TIMES: China to show propaganda opera at Olympics
AP: China detains artist for preparing Olympic protest in Beijing
GUARDIAN: Beijing's protest parks only for the birds
UPI: China's gold medals for repression
GUARDIAN: China stepping up Tibet repression
BOSTON GLOBE: Beijing demonstrator tells of 9 hour interrogation
SYDNEY MORNING HERALD: China to extend Tibet railway
MAIL: Olympic protests continue as Briton is held for Beijing banner hang
GUARDIAN: Protesters to be deported over banner
TELEGRAPH: Free Tibet protest on Chinese State Television
AFP: IOC condemns China's manhandling of British journalist
FOX NEWS: Olympian Cadel Evans speaks out about Tibet as he leaves Beijing
MAIL: China angry at Western media's criticism of journalist arrest
TIMES: Tessa Jowell condemns Chinese assault on ITV journalist as 'ugly breach'
AP: Dalai Lama says world should be firm with China
GUARDIAN: ITN to protest to Chinese authorities over journalist arrest

CHANNEL 4 NEWS: Chinese police arrest ITN journalist and Tibet protesters
REUTERS: Dalai Lama fears Chinese push in Tibet after Games
BBC: China demo near Olympic stadium
AFP: Tibet crackdown continues despite Olympics- Dalai Lama
BBC (Video): Activists detained near Olympic stadium
BBC (Video): British journalist detained for reporting protest
GUARDIAN: British journalist detained
AP: 8 activists detained after protest
DAILY MAIL: British journalist roughed up at free Tibet protest
AP: Dalai Lama curious about China's policies post-Games
INDEPENDENT: British journalist 'forcibly restrained' after protest
REUTERS: American protesters taken away in Beijing
AFP: Chinese police rough up British journalist
STANDARD: Britain protests to Chinese over ITN reporter's arrest
GUARDIAN: British journalist arrested for covering Free Tibet protest
AFP: Olympics brings no joy for Tibetan monks
GUARDIAN: 
Shooting in Tibet

DAILY ECHO: Free Tibet campaigner deported ahead of Games
AFP: Chinese activist detained on way to church
REUTERS: Nepal police beat pro-Tibet protesters, detain 230
MONSTERS & CRITICS: Police detain another five Tibet activists at Tiananmen Square
VOICE OF AMERICA: Police quash Olympic protests in Beijing and Hong Kong
AFP: France to welcome Dalai Lama under shadow of China row
MONSTERS & CRITICS: Dutch premier tells China he is concerned over human rights
AUSTRALIAN: Olympic cyclists left bewildered by security overkill
AFP: Hong Kong police eject Tibet activist from equestrian venue
NINE NEWS: Five detained at Tiananmen
DAILY MAIL: Equestrian event in Hong Kong disrupted by Tibet protest
HERALD TRIBUNE: Small pro-Tibet protest pulled off at Tiananmen Square
PHAYUL: Tibetan filmaker detained
MONSTERS & CRITICS: Five stage Olympic 'die-in'
AFP: Tibet protesters detained at Tiananmen Square
INDEPENDENT:Anti-China protests worldwide as Games begin
SYDNEY MORNING HERALD: Pro-Tibet ad pulled from Australian TV channel
WALL STREET JOURNAL: Here to protest? Where's your permit?
FRANCE24: Beijing Games- Games of shame
NEW YORK SUN:More Tibet activists said detained
MONSTERS & CRITICS: Hundreds protest in London at opening of Games
PHAYUL: Tibet supporters stage Beijing protest an hour before Games begin
AFP: Tibetan monks in India try to storm embassy
USA TODAY: Tibetan exiles in India protest the Games
SCOTSMAN: Security concerns as Olympics get up and running
PHAYUL: Tibet activists project on Chinese Consulate in New York
SETANTA: Athletes' letter condemns China's human rights record
PA: Human rights message as Games begin
AUSTRALIAN: Thousands protest as Beijing Games begin
GUARDIAN: Bush keeps freedom in spotlight during speech on China
EJP: European Parliament President snubs Olympic opening ceremony
AP: Tibetan demonstrator injured at Chinese Consulat
GLOBE & MAIL: China rejects Bush's criticism on rights
REUTERS: 'Blood' Olympics protested in India & Nepal
DAILY MAIL: Beijing's ring of steel: 100,000 troops stand by
TELEGRAPH: British Free Tibet protesters deported
GUARDIAN: Olympic athletes sign letter urging China to respect human rights
TELEGRAPH: Olympic dazzle has a dark side
WASHINGTON POST: Foreign activists manage to piece China's security apparatus
DAILY MAIL: Mystery as Free Tibet protester's blog is altered
GUARDIAN: British protesters deported from China
GUARDIAN: IOC set to drop torch relay for London
REUTERS: China likely to take any athlete protest in its stride
MONSTERS & CRITICS: Orange may not be the only colour for subtle Olympic protests
TIMES: IOC's deal with China to block sites
TIMES: Beijing Olympics: The spying Games
AFP: Few foreigners in Tibet despite re-opening after riots
TELEGRAPH: China plans sweeping purge on monasteries
TELEGRAPH: Gordon Brown should boycott Olympics
AFP: Tibet genocide case to be heard in Spanish court
OBSERVER: China lifts ban on Tiananmen sites
AFP: 300 Tibetans detained in Nepal
GUARDIAN: German Olympians protest
BBC: Hu speaks out on Olympics
CBS SPORTS: IOC to dicuss net censorship
AFP: Hu appeals to keep politics out of the Games
THE AGE: China bows to pressure on internet
 

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