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In photos: 'Greece Olympic Flame Handover Ceremony'
By M&C News Mar 30, 2008, 16:28 GMT
The altar with the Olympic Flame is seen during the handover ceremony of the Olympic Flame to China for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, at the Athens Panathinaiko Stadium, 30 March 2008. More than 2,000 uniformed and undercover police have been deployed in the Greek capital to secure the official handover of the Olympic flame, which arrived on the ancient Acropolis in Athens yesterday, ending the Greek leg of the torch relay before being flown to China. EPA/VASSILIS PSOMAS
Greek actress Maria Nafpliotou in the role of the high priestess lights the altar with the Olympic flame at Athen's Panathinaiko stadium, 30 March 2008, during the handover ceremony. EPA/SIMELA PANTZARTZI
Torchbearer Greek Olympic silver medalist Chrysopygi Devetzi holds the torch with the Olympic Flame at Athens Panathinaiko Stadium during the handover ceremony of the Olympic Flame to China for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, at the Athens Panathinaiko Stadium, 30 March 2008. More than 2,000 uniformed and undercover police have been deployed in the Greek capital to secure the official handover of the Olympic flame, which arrived on the ancient Acropolis in Athens yesterday, ending the Greek leg of the torch relay before being flown to China. EPA/VASSILIS PSOMAS
The altar with the Olympic Flame is seen during the handover ceremony of the Olympic Flame to China for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, at the Athens Panathinaiko Stadium, 30 March 2008. More than 2,000 uniformed and undercover police have been deployed in the Greek capital to secure the official handover of the Olympic flame, which arrived on the ancient Acropolis in Athens yesterday, ending the Greek leg of the torch relay before being flown to China. EPA/VASSILIS PSOMAS
Chinese Olympic Committee president Liu Qi holds the lantern with the Olympic flame at the Athen's Panathinaiko stadium, 30 March 2008, during the handover ceremony. EPA/SIMELA PANTZARTZI
Chinese Olympic Committee president Liu Qi holds the lantern with the Olympic flame at the Athen's Panathinaiko stadium, 30 March 2008, during the handover ceremony. EPA/SIMELA PANTZARTZI
Chinese Olympic Committee president Liu Qi (L) holds the torch with the Olympic flame next to the president of Greece's Olympic Committee Minos Kyriakou at Athen's Panathinaiko stadium, 30 March 2008, during the handover ceremony. EPA/SIMELA PANTZARTZI
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Tim DunnMar 30th, 2008 - 18:29:06
A regime with nothing to hide doesn't remove all independent reporters, indeed, all foreigners, from a location. This gives independent onlookers every reason to fear for the worst in the way of repression and human rights violations. People don't riot en masse if all is well, either. Obviously, the Chinese government has a great deal to hide. Blaming a prominent Buddhist monk for violence is, of course, absurd. For the Chinese government to demand that the the Dalai Lama forswear violence would be amusing if it weren't so tragic, as he forswore violence when he took his monastic vows, and preaches non-violence constantly in all venues. If some Tibetans have been pushed to the point of violence, that is an extra element of tragedy in the extensive abuses which have pushed this peaceful people to violate their religious traditions by engaging in violence. Despite the murders, beatings, torture, and decades of unjust imprisonment of nuns and monks in Tibet, many older Tibetans strove to restrain the younger Tibetans who are less confirmed in their Buddhist faith. The Chinese government has striven to stamp out Buddhism in Tibet, and we see the result-there are fewer committed pacifists in Tibet than there used to be. It is very sad that the Chinese government is unlikely to realize that they have created the conditions that are leading to rioting in Tibet, and that they are foolish indeed not to work with the Dalai Lama in restoring peace and harmony in Tibet.
I support the Tibetan people in their struggle for religious freedom and human rights. -freetibet dot org
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