Reporters without borders defends disruption of Olympic ceremony

March 25, 2008

Reporters Sans Frontieres (Reporters Without Borders) defended on Tuesday its disruption of the lighting of the torch ceremony at Ancient Olympia. Three members of the French-based media rights watchdog unfurled a banner demanding a boycott of the Games and tried to grab the microphone from the chief Chinese Games organiser as he gave a speech. Images and soundbites of the protesters' return to Paris from AFPTV.