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Global protests as Games open

Fri, 2008-08-08 17:38 — Robyn

9th August 2008

...While the spectacle of the opening ceremonies was broadcast on large screens in London's Trafalgar Square, the Chinese Embassy was the focus for protesters railing against the country's treatment of people in Tibet, Sudan, Zimbabwe and Myanmar.

"The Olympics shouldn't have been offered to China on the basis of their human rights record," said Liawang Tsang, whose family fled Tibet nine years ago.

"But from this, there have been positives as the attention of the world is now on China and their human rights record is in the spotlight."

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