On the eve of the Beijing Winter Olympic flame gathering ceremony in 2022, Shao Lan, a Hong Kong social activist in exile, held high the "Time of Light" banner in protest at the venue of the Olympic flame lighting ceremony in Athens, Greece on Sunday (17th). The local police arrested.
Shao Lan reported safety on Facebook yesterday (18th), saying that he and the other two had been released 26 hours after being detained.
Shao Lan, the former Vice President of Foreign Affairs of the City University, and a Tibetan student were arrested while holding signs in the Acropolis.
(AP Associated Press)
According to foreign media reports, Shao Lan, the 22-year-old former vice president of foreign affairs of the City University Student Union and an 18-year-old Tibetan female student, entered the venue of the upcoming Winter Olympic flame lighting ceremony in Athens, Greece, as tourists on Sunday morning, and the two climbed up to the flame ceremony venue. The stage scaffolds displayed the banner of "Recovering Hong Kong's Revolution" and the Snow Mountain Lion Flag, which China regards as "Tibet Independence". They were called "Free Tibet" and "Boycott Beijing 2022 (Boycott Beijing Winter Olympics)" Waiting for the slogan.
They were later taken away by the local police, which lasted about 10 minutes.
According to reports, Shao Lan and the Tibetan students are members of the "No Beijing 2022" movement, and both have U.S. citizenship.
Shao Lan stated on social media yesterday that she and the other two had been released 26 hours after being detained, and thanked all parties for their attention and support.
It is reported that Shao Lan (right), the former Vice President of Foreign Affairs of City University in Europe, was arrested on the Acropolis.
The picture is taken by her at a press conference held in Hong Kong in 2019.
(Data Picture / Photo by Luo Junhao)
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