**UPDATE** There’s a lot going on in St. Paul in the way of police raids on protesters gathering before the convention – in homes, in theaters, in public places – and their voices are attemptedly being squelched by local law enforcement. Please stop by www.theuptake.org and watch these stories as they unfold as told by [...]

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UPDATE August 21: Free the Beijing 6 [from FreeTibet2008.org] BREAKING NEWS – August 21 – 11PM Beijing: Six foreigners given 10 days’ detention by Beijing Police. BEIJING (AFP) — Beijing police said Thursday it had handed out 10-day detention terms to six foreigners believed by an overseas activist group to be pro-Tibet campaigners involved in [...]

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