Greek police arrested two activists at the Acropolis in Athens for protesting against the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing.
On Sunday, police in Athens detained 22-year-old …
Greek police arrested two activists at the Acropolis in Athens for protesting against the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing. On Sunday, police in Athens detained 22-year-old exiled Hong Kong activist Joey Siu and 18-year-old Tibetan student Tsela Zoksang, both of whom are American citizens. The two activists were seen waving the Tibetan flag as well as the Hong Kong protest flag, which reads “Free Hong Kong Revolution”. The two female activists are a part of the ‘No Bejing 2022’ campaign which seeks to dissuade countries and companies from participating in the Olympics in China in light of the communist nation’s numerous human rights violations, according to the New York-based Students for a Free Tibet. In a video message released from the group, Tsela Zoksang said: “The Olympics are intended to represent global unity, but global unity cannot rest on the backdrop of oppression, occupation, and genocide.” Joey Siu, who is a policy advisor to the London-based Hong Kong Watch pressure group, said that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) “should not be rewarding Beijing with such an important international event” in light of the “genocide” being committed in Xinjiang (also known as East Turkestan), the “occupation of Tibet”, and the anti-democratic crackdown in Hong Kong.
