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Non Violent Protest and Civil disobedience SF Golden Gate Bridge	Protest BEIJING China Olympics

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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/04/05/MNJ2VUNBV.DTL

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ABOUT TIBET

Tibetans in North America

An estimated 12,921 Tibetans live in the United States and Canada. The 15 cities and regions with the highest numbers are as follows:

Toronto: 3,500

New York City and New Jersey: 2,650

Minnesota: 1,525

Northern California: 1,100

Boston: 500

Wisconsin: 425

Portland: 345

Chicago: 300

Seattle: 275

Washington, D.C.: 250

Southern California: 224

Connecticut: 198

Colorado: 190

Alberta, Canada: 160

British Columbia, Canada155

Source: Office of Tibet

BEIJING OLYMPICS- China
Hard as it is to Protest a symbol of Unity and Peace in the World- The Unfortunate LACK of Stance and apathy towards a human Rights Cause and Genocide Against Tibeteans practiced by China has to be highlighted

Sam Rao

SF BAY AREA, California:

ARTICLE in SF Chronicle-/Reuters

Pro-Tibet activists scale Golden Gate Bridge
Tue Apr 8, 2008 4:42am EDT

By Jim Christie

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Three pro-Tibet activists scaled the vertical cables of San Francisco's famed Golden Gate Bridge and hung banners on Monday to protest the arrival of the Olympic torch in the city on Wednesday.

"This is a nonviolent global protest," one of the three protesters, Laurel Sutherlin, 31, told KCBS radio by cell phone while suspended from the bridge.

"Unfortunately, in a non violent movement this is the only way we can get the word out."

Wearing helmets and safety gloves, Sutherlin and two other experienced climbers hung the banners between three parallel red cables after a careful ascent on a sunny, cloudless day.

They remained on the cables for more than three hours before bridge workers cut the banners and they came down. Authorities quickly arrested Sutherlin and the other two climbers, Duane Martinez and Hannah Strange.

Mary Ziegenbein, an officer with the California Highway Patrol, said they and four others who assisted the climbers from the bridge would be charged with felony conspiracy.

"One World, One Dream: Free Tibet," read one of two banners, protesting China's recent crackdown on Tibet. A second sign read "Free Tibet 08." Several smaller Tibetan flags fluttered in the wind.

"They are doing it at all the landmarks in the cities that are hosting the Olympic torch," said Tenzing Dasang, a member of Students for a Free Tibet, an activist group leading the action.

JUST A PREVIEW?

Traffic slowed as locals and tourists sought to catch a glimpse of the unusual activity.

"They went up pretty quick," said Herb Zacks, a 36-year-old cabinetmaker who was driving into San Francisco on the bridge when the three started the climb. "They must have got up in about 20 minutes."

"I think this is just a preview. I think there will be a lot more than this city is prepared for."

San Francisco, where nearly a third of the population is of Asian origin, is the only U.S. city to host the Olympic torch this year and is expected to experience a wave of protests in the coming days.

The liberal city has a long tradition of demonstrations, but demonstrators scaling the landmark bridge connecting San Francisco with Marin County is quite rare, officials said.

Earlier in Paris, Chinese officials called off a chaotic relay of the torch after thousands of pro-Tibet protesters tried to block its path and the flame had to be extinguished at least twice.

According to the Web site of the group Students for a Free Tibet, other protesters hung a large banner with the same message off London's Westminster Bridge over the weekend before the Olympic torch run there.

(Writing by Adam Tanner; editing by Todd Eastham)

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