An Olympic Moment
September 18, 2008
Sept. 17, 2008
By Ernie Grimm
San Diego Weekly Reader
Jacob Blumenfeld delivered what was arguably the most courageous performance by a San Diegan at the recent Beijing Olympics. And he didn’t compete in swimming, track [...]
Hot Six
September 18, 2008
Alive in Baghdad’s Brian Conley and five other Americans were arrested in Beijing during the Olympics. New media helped free them.
By John Paul Titlow
Philadelphia Weekly
Eowyn Rieke was asleep in her West Philly apartment when she got the text message from [...]
News Analysis - After Glow of Games, What Next for China?
August 25, 2008
New York Times
By JIM YARDLEY
Published: August 24, 2008
BEIJING — The elaborate closing ceremony that ended the Olympic Games on Sunday also ended nearly a decade in which the ruling Communist Party had made the Games an organizing principle in national life. Almost nothing has superseded the Olympics as a political priority [...]
China deports 8 American protesters - The move comes hours after the U.S. Embassy called for the men’s release and expressed disappointment that the Games did not bring more tolerance to the nation.
August 25, 2008
Los Angeles Times
By Mark Magnier and Greg Johnson, Los Angeles Times Staff Writers
August 25, 2008
BEIJING — Eight Americans jailed for holding peaceful protests were deported Sunday during the Olympics closing ceremony, the U.S. Embassy said.
The action came just hours after the embassy urged their release and expressed disappointment that the Games [...]
China Deports 8 Americans Held in Protests
August 25, 2008
New York Times
By ANDREW JACOBS
Published: August 24, 2008
BEIJING — Eight American protesters detained by the Chinese authorities last week and given 10-day sentences were released six days early, family members and protest organizers said Sunday.
Students for a Free Tibet, the organization that staged a series of unauthorized demonstrations during the Olympics, [...]
China Frees 8 American Protesters After Diplomatic Pressure
August 25, 2008
Washington Post
By Jill Drew
Washington Post Foreign Service
Monday, August 25, 2008; Page A11
BEIJING, Aug. 24 — China released eight American protesters from jail and put them on a plane for Los Angeles on Sunday night as the Beijing Olympics closed in a rousing ceremony at the Bird’s Nest stadium, an advocacy group [...]
China deports US Tibet protester
August 25, 2008
BBC
Monday, 25 August 2008 04:53 UK
Signs of dissent have been rare during the Beijing Olympics
China has deported eight Americans detained in Beijing last week for demonstrating about Tibet during the Olympic Games.
The eight left China on Sunday while the closing ceremony was taking place after American officials pressed for them [...]
Tallying the human cost of the Beijing Games
August 25, 2008
Globe and Mail
GEOFFREY YORK
August 24, 2008 at 10:47 PM EDT
BEIJING — If there was an alternative Olympic medal list for human-rights violations, it would contain numbers like these: 53 detained pro-Tibet activists, 77 rejected protest applications, at least 15 Chinese citizens arrested for seeking to protest, about 10 dissidents jailed and [...]
US raps China for deportations
August 25, 2008
Al Jazeera
Monday, August 25, 2008
08:38 Mecca time, 05:38 GMT
The eight were expelled while the closing ceremony was going on [GALLO/GETTY]
A day after a spectacular fireworks display brought down the curtain on the Beijing Olympics, politics is once again at the forefront, with the US strongly criticising Chinese authorities after eight [...]
Human Rights Activist Returns from Beijing After Being Jailed
August 24, 2008
KTLA TV
August 24, 2008
Marco Gonzalez reports…
