Artist Detained before Olympics Protest

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Mon, 08/18/2008 - 5:00pm

 

In China, an American artist  planned to use laser beams to flash ‘Free Tibet’ on buildings in downtown Beijing. 

James Powderly, co-founder of New York’s Graffiti Research Lab,  was detained before dawn as he prepared to project the  Students for a Free Tibet message on  the city’s prominent skyscrapers.          

KBOO’s Chris Andreae spoke with  Tenzin Dorje of Students for a Free Tibet in London.

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