Tom's Activism: Hong Kong Freedoms under fire: Olympic Torch protests 陳巧文

HK activists Christina Chan (陳巧文) and Tom Grundy were illegally detained on May 2nd and prevented from making a peaceful human rights protest by the police.

For more in-depth videos see
Videos on Christina/Tom: The Guardian (UK): http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2008/may/02/hongkongtorch

and International Herald Tribune:
http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid959009704?bclid=1350264326&am...

Tom.
www.globalcitizen.co.uk

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I think it is fitting that in the comments section, the deeply offensive, irrational, slanderous, racist, personal and agressive arguments are coming from the pro-CCP side. I'm happy to delete the most offensive of personal comments against myself and my friends.

We are a small HK activist group who believe in self-determination for Tibet and human rights, democracy and freedom for all Chinese people. The video clearly shows that police failed to 'facilitate' and 'enable' protest, as they're legally obliged to do in HK. The forced removal and detention of Christina and I is symbolic of the gradual erosion of civil liberties and freedoms in HK by Beijing.

We were not arrested and were peaceful throughout.

No matter what your opinion on human rights, every Hong Konger should be worried about this opression of free speech - and this message was the aim of the video.

For those who have enquired, we have also campaigned on a variety of other issues - questioning the British and US governments' foreign policies, worker's rights, women's rights, the environment etc..etc..

I hope respectful and rational debate will reign over personal, offensive attacks.

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Official Tibetan Government in exile website
http://www.tibet.net/
http://www.tibet.com/

Daily updated news
http://www.tibet.net/en/flash/2008/0308/19B0308.html
http://www.studentsforafreetibet.org/section.php?id=6

News blog on Tibet protests - daily Updated
http://blog.studentsforafreetibet.org/

Blog on the protest related to the Olympic Torch relay
http://beijingwideopen.org/

Urgent campaigns on Tibet
http://www.freetibet.org/campaigns/urgent.html

Amnesty International Campain to Free Peaceful protesters:
http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/siteapps/advocacy/index.aspx?c=jhKPIXPCIoE&a...

Free Tibet campaign
http://www.freetibet.org/index.html

News on the Tibet Exiliates march and on Tibet uprising!
http://tibetanuprising.org/

Race for Tibet Campaign
http://www.racefortibet.org/

No Torch in Tibet Campaign
http://torchrelaybeijing2008.org/

Reporters without borders campaign
http://www.rsf.org/
http://www.pendantcetemps.fr/boycott_beijing_2008/i-won-t-watch-opening-cerem...

Tibetan Center for Human Rights and Democracy
http://www.tchrd.org/

Tibet Justice Center
http://www.tibetjustice.org/index.html

Human Rights in Tibet report 2007 (pdf)
http://www.tchrd.org/publications/annual_reports/2007/ar_2007.pdf

BBC updates
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/default.stm

Student for a free Tibet
http://www.studentsforafreetibet.org/

Tibet Uprising
http://tibetanuprising.org/

Tibet Daily
http://www.tibetdaily.com/

International Tibet Independence movement
http://www.rangzen.com/

Friends of Tibet
http://www.friendsoftibet.org/

International Campaign for Tibet
http://www.savetibet.org/

Phayul - Tibet news
http://www.phayul.com/

Tibet on line - expatriates website
http://www.tibet.org/index.html

Chinese version of Tibet Issues...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/employment/2002-11/18/content_633181.htm

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[Crapidiot]

moreover those who are dangerous to social unity and harmony like what flg ppl are

[Crapidiot]

johnknoefer the majority of chinese ppl are not falungong practitioners

the majority support the govt arresting and killing those especially related to toppling govt not 'critising' govt policies to SECURE NATIONAL SECURITY

[BadYahtzee]

Somehow a country that didn't even excist when Tibet was part of China have an opinion is just laughable. Try watching mainstream new rather than FOX news and i can guarantee you Americans can start seeing how silly you look when you pull words from your ases shoved in by FOX which anyone that is not retarded know is just a load od bull shit.

[HDsharp]

Tibetans are more free now than they have ever been. dont blame china, blame D.lama for declaring independence, tibet has always been part of china, anyone who doesnt agree is stupid, to think tibet was defended by the chinese against 2 invasions by the brits and Nepalese who killed more tibetans than the chinese ever did!.

[choenyilithang1]

Fuck off china its not Hong Kong shame...... its because of chines govt brutally kill our Tibetan Brother and sister

[EdwardBaby100]

fuck off hong kong dirty police ,  this is Hong kong Shame !!!!

[MrMarshall2010]

@wjli2 But please let me know before 2-3 days. Thanks



[theboyuan0jcfan]

@Balencian because that is the nationalistic embodiment of our nation since ancient times. if you don't agree, fine! at least respect our positions and way of thinking. STFU? wat righ have u 2 take away my rights from me!? Going back to PRC is my wish 4 i'm only in s'pore 4 a living like any mexican can go 2 usa 4 a job. but can u say the mexicans in usa don't love mexico? i ask they teach u a lesson if u did.

[Balencian]

@mengthor

I can't agree with you more. No one want this kind of bloodshed, hopefully in the near future, people can sit down together and finally make some constructive dialogues instead of exchanging insults.