Protestors disrupt flame lighting for Beijing Winter Games
Source: AP
By NICHOLAS PAPHITIS and THANASSIS STAVRAKIS
ANCIENT OLYMPIA. Greece (AP) — Three activists protesting human rights abuses in China sneaked into the archaeological site where the flame lighting ceremony for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics was being held Monday and ran toward the newly lit torch holding a Tibetan flag and a banner that read “No genocide games.”
The protesters managed to enter the grounds and attempted to reach the Temple of Hera, where the ceremony was being held. They were thrown to the ground by police and detained.
“How can Beijing be allowed to host the Olympics given that they are committing a genocide against the Uyghurs?” one protester said, referring to the treatment of Uyghur Muslims in China’s northwest region of Xinjiang.
The flame was lit at the birthplace of the ancient Olympics in southern Greece under heavy police security.
Protesters displaying a Tibetan flag and a banner reading "No genocide games" enter the grounds during the lighting of the Olympic flame at Ancient Olympia site, birthplace of the ancient Olympics in southwestern Greece, Monday, Oct. 18, 2021. The flame will be transported by torch relay to Beijing, China, which will host the Feb. 4-20, 2022 Winter Olympics. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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because the first thing that came to my mind was - "Aren't the winter games like, 'months away'"?
This disruption happened in Greece and they are just starting the torch relay journey to Beijing. I was initially thinking the disruption took place in China. 
I remember back in 1996 when they had the Atlanta Olympics, the route came through here in Philly (including doing a "Rocky run" up the steps of the Art Museum. But since they got here late at night, they actually booked a hotel room for it to stay in overnight, and then left early the next morning. 
From what I understand, there is some special lantern that they transfer the flame to when not running with it on a torch.
that just said fuck you to a 50 year old treaty agreement between the British and China about Hong Kong and letting the people decide......well they just threw that out the fucking window...., and building islands in the South China Sea for the military .....and now trying their shit in/ on Taiwan....so greed and abuse of human rights and breaking treaties ...so the Olympics and greed.....are the now intent and just turn a blind eye....
