Paralympics protest-free as media moves on
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The Paralympics are now entering their second week in the Chinese capital Beijing and so far, they've gone smoothly, at least on the surface. Gone are the anti-China and pro-Tibet protests, and the daily arguments over media freedoms in the press room that characterised the Olympic Games last month. One pro-Tibet lobby group said it made a deliberate decision not to protest during the Paralympics, and the main media scrum has moved on.
Presenter: Lily Yan
Speakers: Paul Burke, executive officer, Australia Tibet Council; Kate Gilmore, executive deputy secretary-general, Amnesty International UK; ABC China Correspondent Stephen McDonell
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