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Coverage dated October 17, 2021

Protestors disrupt flame lighting for Beijing Winter Games

Headline from Omaha World-Herald

ANCIENT OLYMPIA. Greece (AP) — Three activists protesting human rights abuses in China broke into the archaeological site where the flame lighting ceremony for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics was

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  1. Omaha World-Herald

    Protestors disrupt flame lighting for Beijing Winter Games (opens Omaha World-Herald)

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    ANCIENT OLYMPIA. Greece (AP) — Three activists protesting human rights abuses in China broke into the archaeological site where the flame lighting ceremony for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics was

  2. Los Angeles Times

    Protesters disrupt flame-lighting for Beijing Winter Olympics (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Three protesters broke into the site of the flame-lighting ceremony for the Beijing Winter Olympics holding a banner that read: “No genocide games.”

  3. Deutsche Welle

    Beijing Winter Games flame lit in Greece amid protests | DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    The ceremony to light the Olympic flame was disrupted as Tibetan and Hong Kong activists held banners protesting human rights abuses in China.

  4. Washington Times

    Protesters disrupt flame lighting for Beijing Winter Games (opens Washington Times)

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    Three activists protesting human rights abuses in China broke into the archaeological site where the flame lighting ceremony for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics was being held Monday and ran toward the Temple of Hera holding a banner that read “No genocide games.”

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