Free Tibet ads to Screen on Aust TV as Olympics Opens

AAP Aug 6, 2008
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Pro-Tibet protesters display the Tibetan flag outside Parliament House during the Beijing 2008 Olympic torch relay through Canberra on April 24, 2008. (Torsten Blackwood/AFP/Getty Images)

2008 Olympics: Coverage Behind the Scenes

SYDNEY—A "Free Tibet" activist group will screen an advertisement urging Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to speak to the Chinese leadership about finding a solution for Tibet during his visit to the Olympics in Beijing.

Political action group Get Up and the Australia Tibet Council have sent Mr Rudd a copy of the ad, which will be aired on the Seven network before and after Friday's opening ceremony, costing tens of thousands of dollars.

It features an Australian-Tibetan woman in traditional dress sitting in a meditation pose, pleading with the prime minister.

"Please, Mr Rudd, do not leave Beijing without speaking out about Tibet," she says.

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Aug 6, 2008


 
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