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Photo Report—Global Human Rights Torch Relay Begins in Athens

The Epoch Times
 Aug 10, 2007

PEACEFUL: Supporters of the Human Rights Relay opening ceremony on the evening of August 9 hold banners and slogans in front of the Hellenic Parliament. (Jan Jekielek/The Epoch Times)
PEACEFUL: Supporters of the Human Rights Relay opening ceremony on the evening of August 9 hold banners and slogans in front of the Hellenic Parliament. (Jan Jekielek/The Epoch Times)

People from all over the world gathered in Syntagma Square in front of the Hellenic Parliament in Athens, Greece on the evening of August 9 to kick off the Global Human Rights Torch Relay, hosted by the Coalition to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong (CIPFG). The Relay calls out to boycott the Beijing Olympic Games in protest of China's human rights record. The following is a photo report of the event.

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The official opening of the Global Human Rights Torch Relay in Athens on August 9 (Jan Jekielek/The Epoch Times)
The official opening of the Global Human Rights Torch Relay in Athens on August 9 (Jan Jekielek/The Epoch Times)
The official opening of the Global Human Rights Torch Relay in Athens on August 9 (Jan Jekielek/The Epoch Times)
The official opening of the Global Human Rights Torch Relay in Athens on August 9 (Jan Jekielek/The Epoch Times)
The official opening of the Global Human Rights Torch Relay in Athens on August 9 (Jan Jekielek/The Epoch Times)
The official opening of the Global Human Rights Torch Relay in Athens on August 9 (Jan Jekielek/The Epoch Times)
The official opening of the Global Human Rights Torch Relay in Athens on August 9 (Jan Jekielek/The Epoch Times)
The official opening of the Global Human Rights Torch Relay in Athens on August 9 (Jan Jekielek/The Epoch Times)
The official opening of the Global Human Rights Torch Relay in Athens on August 9 (Jan Jekielek/The Epoch Times)
The official opening of the Global Human Rights Torch Relay in Athens on August 9 (Jan Jekielek/The Epoch Times)
The official opening of the Global Human Rights Torch Relay in Athens on August 9 (Edward Stephen/The Epoch Times)
The official opening of the Global Human Rights Torch Relay in Athens on August 9 (Edward Stephen/The Epoch Times)
The official opening of the Global Human Rights Torch Relay in Athens on August 9 (Jan Jekielek/The Epoch Times)
The official opening of the Global Human Rights Torch Relay in Athens on August 9 (Jan Jekielek/The Epoch Times)
The official opening of the Global Human Rights Torch Relay in Athens on August 9 (Jan Jekielek/The Epoch Times)
The official opening of the Global Human Rights Torch Relay in Athens on August 9 (Jan Jekielek/The Epoch Times)
The official opening of the Global Human Rights Torch Relay in Athens on August 9 (Jan Jekielek/The Epoch Times)
The official opening of the Global Human Rights Torch Relay in Athens on August 9 (Jan Jekielek/The Epoch Times)
The official opening of the Global Human Rights Torch Relay in Athens on August 9 (Jan Jekielek/The Epoch Times)
The official opening of the Global Human Rights Torch Relay in Athens on August 9 (Jan Jekielek/The Epoch Times)
2006 Winter Olympics Bronze medallist Martins Rubenis speaks at the official opening of the Global Human Rights Torch Relay in Athens on August 9. (Jan Jekielek/The Epoch Times)
2006 Winter Olympics Bronze medallist Martins Rubenis speaks at the official opening of the Global Human Rights Torch Relay in Athens on August 9. (Jan Jekielek/The Epoch Times)
Former Canadian MP David Kilgour speaks at the official opening of the Global Human Rights Torch Relay in Athens on August 9. (Jan Jekielek/The Epoch Times)
Former Canadian MP David Kilgour speaks at the official opening of the Global Human Rights Torch Relay in Athens on August 9. (Jan Jekielek/The Epoch Times)
The official opening of the Global Human Rights Torch Relay in Athens on August 9 (Jan Jekielek/The Epoch Times)
The official opening of the Global Human Rights Torch Relay in Athens on August 9 (Jan Jekielek/The Epoch Times)
The official opening of the Global Human Rights Torch Relay in Athens on August 9 (Jan Jekielek/The Epoch Times)
The official opening of the Global Human Rights Torch Relay in Athens on August 9 (Jan Jekielek/The Epoch Times)

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