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Three US Christians protest on Tiananmen Square: spokesman AFP - August 6, 2008, 7:05 pm Three American Christians staged a protest Wednesday on the fringes of Beijing's Tiananmen Square against repression of religion and forced abortion in China, a US-based spokesman said.
Two days before the start of the Olympics, the three unfurled a banner saying "Jesus Christ is King" in English and Chinese, according to Rob Schenck, the US-based spokesman of the Christian Defence Coalition.
"Their principal statement is against the brutal repression of religious rights in China as well as human rights. Forced abortion is one of these," Schenck told AFP by telephone.
The protest ended when the three, two men and one woman, knelt down and prayed aloud, he said.
At this point, plainclothes police seized the three and drove them away in a van, according to Schenck, who said he had not been in touch with them since.
He identified the three as Patrick J. Mahoney, Brandi Swindell and Michael McMonagle.
China's one-child policy, in place since about 1980, has been a target of intense foreign criticism, partly because its implementation is suspected of having caused large numbers of forced abortions.
The Beijing Olympics, which begin on Friday, have become a magnet for a wide array of critics of the communist Chinese government.
Earlier Wednesday, pro-Tibetan activists unfurled banners outside the Olympic stadium to protest against China's rule of the Himalayan region.
http://au.sports.yahoo.com/olympics/news/article/-/4860397/christians-protest-tiananmen-square-spokesman
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