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5 August 2008
Come and demonstrate
outside Chinese embassies and online on 8 August
Reporters Without Borders is
calling for demonstrations outside China’s embassies in London, Madrid,
Berlin, Paris, Washington and Stockholm on 8 August, when the Olympic
Games opening ceremony will be taking place in Beijing. Two
demonstrations will be organised on 7 August in Rome and Ottawa. A rally
is also planned outside the Olympic Museum in the Swiss city of
Lausanne.
In Paris, those wanting to take part should meet at 1 p.m. at the corner
of Avenue George V and Rue de la Trémoille in Paris’ 8th district.
Reporters Without Borders will distribute "Beijing 2008" T-shirts to
participants, as well other material for a peaceful demonstration.
Here are the times and venues of the demonstrations in the other
cities:
- Berlin: in front of the Chinese embassy (Jannowitzbrücke) from 1 p.m.
onwards on 8 August.
- Washington: near the Chinese embassy (2300 Connecticut Ave) from 8
a.m. onwards on 8 August.
- Stockholm: outside the Chinese embassy (Lidovägen 8) at 1 p.m. on 8
August.
- Lausanne: outside the Olympic Museum (Quai d’Ouchy 1) from 5 p.m.
onwards on 8 August.
- Rome: outside the 4th district town hall at noon on 7 August.
- Ottawa: outside the Chinese embassy (515 St. Patrick Street) from noon
onwards on 7 August.
- London: outside the Chinese embassy (49-51 Portland Place) from 1 p.m.
onwards on 8 August.
- Madrid: outside the Chinese embassy (Calle Arturo Soria, 113) from 1
p.m. onwards on 8 August.
The aim of these demonstrations is to call for the release of Chinese
journalists and human rights activists who have been imprisoned, and for
an end to the harassment of those who been placed under surveillance or
forced to leave Beijing. The Chinese government has not kept the
promises to improve respect for human rights that it made in 2001, when
Beijing was chosen to host the 2008 Olympics.
Reporters Without Borders is also organising a cyber-demonstration on 8
August at this web address:
http://www.rsfbeijing2008.org. Internet users all over the world
will be able to come and protest outside a virtual version of Beijing’s
Olympic Stadium, waving a placard with the slogan of their choice.
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