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China frees foreign pro-Tibet activists

source: Yahoo! News | Aug 11, 07 | submitted by Pat Coate

Montreal, Canada - Chinese officials have released after questioning eight foreign activists for Tibetan independence and all are in Hong Kong, a spokesman for a Tibet independence group said Wednesday.

On Tuesday, two Canadians, three Americans and a Briton were questioned after a two-hour demonstration on a part of the Great Wall, where they hung a banner demanding the liberation of Tibet.


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"We just got a phone call. They're all in (Hong Kong airport) right now."
- Tenzin Dorjee, Students for a Free Tibet spokesperson

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