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Tibetan monks interrupted a media visit orchestrated by the Chinese government to protest their religious persecution.

“Tibet is not free! Tibet is not free!” yelled one young Buddhist monk, who then started crying, said an Associated Press correspondent in the tour.

Government handlers shouted for the journalists to leave and tried to pull them away during the 15-minute protest by about 30 monks at the Jokhang Monastery in the Tibetan capital, one of Tibet’s holiest shrines. It was unclear whether the protesting monks were arrested.

No doubt, we will see and hear more of this kind of demonstration the closer we get to the Beijing Olympics. Here's hoping the entire world, including the Chinese government, hears the call for this fundamental human right: religious liberty.