Hong Kong Prepares for Torch
Olympic Symbol Likely
To Draw Protestors;
Rights vs. Beijing Ties
By JONATHAN CHENG
April 14, 2008; Page A11
HONG KONG -- After leaving a trail of turmoil overseas, China's Olympic torch relay could find its final flashpoint later this month when it arrives in Hong Kong for its first stop in China.
Already, local and overseas groups looking to pressure China on a host of issues are drawing up their own plans after demonstrations in London, Paris and San Francisco earlier this month grabbed global attention.
Szeto Wah, a veteran Hong Kong democratic activist and former member of the Legislative Council, is planning a "torch of democracy" relay, parallel to the torch relay route, to call for accountability for the 1989 crackdown on students in Tiananmen Square. Members of New York-based Dream for Darfur, including actress and activist Mia Farrow, and Reporters Without Borders, which disrupted last month's torch-lighting ceremony in Greece, will also be in Hong Kong for the torch relay
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