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At approximately 12:05 am Beijing time on August 21, 2008, Florian Norbu Gyanatshang, a Tibetan-German man and American Tibet supporters, Jeremy Wells and John Watterberg were detained by Beijing authorities for protesting near the Bird’s Nest stadium. The three had been under intense surveillance by up to 50 plainclothes police.They called out “Free Tibet” and Norbu unfurled the Tibetan flag. They raised their fists in a salute in the spirit of defiance and resistance displayed by Tommie Smith and John Carlos at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. The protest took place as spectators were leaving the Bird’s Nest where the men’s 200 metre final had been held just hours before. It was on the medal podium for this same event 40 years ago that Smith and Carlos staged their courageous protest.The next day, August 22, the British and German Embassies in Beijing informed the friends and families of the detained activists that the Chinese police would be holding them in jail for ten days without a trial. Visit www.studentsforafreetibet.org/rangzenfist4 for more information.

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• Release Date

  Aug 23, 2008

• Runtime

  03:15