Five Tibet activists detained at Tiananmen Square

From correspondents in Beijing, China, 10:00 PM IST Chinese police detained five Tibetan independence supporters at Beijing's Tiananmen Square Sunday, after the latest in a series of protests in the Olympic host city. A video circulated by New York-based Students for a Free Tibet showed the police arresting the protesters and dragging at least two of them into a shop on the edge of the square. One of the protesters unfurled a Tibetan flag and shouted 'Free Tibet' outside the shop while another, identified as 21-year-old German Tibetan Padma-Dolma Fielitz, was dragged along the floor into the shop. 'The whole thing lasted about 5 minutes,' Sophia Conroy of Students for a Free Tibet told DPA by telephone from New York. 'All five protesters were detained by the Chinese authorities and their present whereabouts and status are... [read full story]