Boycott in the lighting of the torch

He saw it coming. It was logical that after the unfortunate events that occurred in Tibet by the strong repression of the government of China to the riots in Lhasa, the most extreme activists have a say in the lighting ceremony of the Olympic torch.

Since many sites are raising their voices to make a boycott of the Beijing Olympics while continuing repression of human rights and freedom of expression. After the first acts that the Vestal fire protective olímipico the torch lit by his elder couple, it was time for speech and presentation of Lui Qi, president of the Organizing Committee for the Games.

At the start, leapt from the spectators a Reporters Without Borders activist carrying a banner, but was quickly neutralized, while the chairman of the Committee continued his discourses unperturbed. In the banner, significant form of Olympic rings with handcuffs.

Subsequently, a statement issued by the organization manifistante, stated: "If the Olympic flame is sacred, human rights are even worse. We can not let the Chinese government seizes the flame, symbol of peace, without denouncing the dramatic situation of human rights in the country. "

More clear, impossible ... the video of the Olympic torch lighting, here you have it:

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