(8 Aug 2008) SHOTLIST
Dharmsala, India
1. Wide shot of Tibetan monks sitting with their mouths covered with black bands; candles burning in the foreground
2. Close shot of monk with his mouth covered
3. Tibetan protestors sitting with their mouths covered and holding candles
4. Protesters holding candles
5. Wide of protestors
6. Protesters shouting "One world, one dream, free Tibet"
7. Protesters shouting slogans
8. Pan of candles placed on ground reading: "One world, one dream, free Tibet"
Brussels, Belgium
9. Protesters carrying flags and banners walking towards Chinese embassy
10. Close-up of protester walking and chanting
11. Protesters opposite Chinese embassy chanting
12. Chinese flag on embassy grounds, Tibetan flags held by protesters in foreground
13. Protesters chanting
14. Protesters wearing shackles and mock Olympic rings around their neck
15. Protesters chanting
Washington DC, United States
16. Wide shot of protesters outside Chinese embassy, traffic in foreground
17. Protesters standing next to banners and Tibetan flags
18. Protesters holding signs which read: "China: Dialogue with the Dalai Lama!"
19. Protester waving Tibetan flag
20. Chinese dissident Wei Jingsheng addressing rally, hands microphone to a female demonstrator
21. Protesters wearing Reporters Without Borders t-shirts
22. Wide of protesters
STORYLINE:
Pro-Tibet activists around the world staged demonstrations at Chinese embassies and consulates on Friday to coincide with the official opening of the Olympic Games.
More than 2,000 demonstrators gathered in Dharmsala, a north Indian hill town that is home to the Tibetan government-in-exile and the Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual leader.
Demonstrators covered their mouths with black bands to signify the lack of freedom and human rights for Tibetans.
Tibet activists have stepped up their international campaign against Chinese rule in their homeland since demonstrations erupted in the Tibetan capital Lhasa in March and Beijing responded with a military crackdown.
Those protests were some of the biggest against almost 50 years of Chinese rule.
Many Tibetans insist they were an independent nation before Communist troops invaded in 1950, while Beijing says the Himalayan region has been part of its territory for centuries.
In Belgium, hundreds joined in Friday's global protest by calling for a free Tibet outside the Chinese embassy in Brussels.
Five protesters wore mock Olympic rings around their necks, bloodstained bandages and shackles.
A slightly smaller pro-Tibet demonstration was held outside the Chinese embassy in Washington on Friday morning.
Representatives of Reporters Without Borders were among those who attended the rally, protesting against the crackdown on press freedom during recent months by the Beijing government.
The Beijing Games have become a focus for activists critical of China on issues ranging from its human rights record and heavy-handed rule in Tibet, to its abortion policies and repression of the Falun Gong spiritual movement.
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