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China condemns 'vile' Olympic
torch protests
Richard Edwards and David Thomas
London
Telegraph
Monday, April 7, 2008
China has condemned the "vile" pro-Tibet
protests which threatened to force the abandonment of the Olympic
torch relay through London yesterday.
In Beijing, Olympic organisers called the protests in London
an act of "sabotage", while an unnamed official quoted
by the state-run Xinhu news agency accused the protesters of stirring
clashes with police.
"Today a tiny number of Tibet independence elements sought
to disrupt the relay of the Olympic Games sacred flame through
London."
"We strongly condemn this vile behaviour," the official
said.
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Throughout the 31-mile route, campaigners protesting against
China's crackdown on pro-independence activists in Tibet and its
human rights record, broke from the crowds and charged towards
the flame.
However, Olympic minister Tessa Jowell defended the protesters
right to demonstrate against China's human rights record.
Ms Jowell told BBC Radio 4 that it would have been a "great
mistake" to abandon the relay in light of the protests.
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