Beijing Police "Rough Up" Two AP Photographers, Detain More Activists
Plain clothed security officers detain Associated Press photographer Ng Han Guan, center, after pro-Tibet protesters held a demonstration opposite the National Stadium, where Olympic athletics competition had just finished, early Thursday July 21, 2008 in Beijing. Swarms of plainclothes police took away four foreign activists protesting Chinese rule over Tibet - the latest in a series of such demonstrations during the Olympics. Ng, and one other AP photographer were roughed up by the security officers, forced into cars and taken to a nearby building where they questioned before being released. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)
Beijing police grab foreign and Chinese activists
By AUDRA ANG - 1 hour ago
BEIJING (AP) - Police descended on a group of foreign pro-Tibet activists and some disgruntled business owners from Hong Kong on Thursday, taking both groups away minutes after they displayed protest signs in central Beijing.
The abrupt end of the separate protests - and the sentencing of six foreigners to 10 days of detention for "disrupting public order" - underscored China's determination to prevent any disruption during the Olympics.
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