absolutely ridiculous. Look at the history of your own country before you arrogantly stride into a conflict which does not concern you...

Why demonstrate in China? look at Australia, New Zealand, even the US. British people and its government have a history of destroying indigenous people in t

chris , akita, japan

Completely agree with Ross, Thornbury. I have numerous times explained what the likely fallout would be from a free Tibet or too-soon democratic elections. The country would break up, with richer provinces seceding from the poorer. Regional instability and world recession would follow.

David, Dublin, Ireland

Brilliant! I teach many of the nouveau riche Chinese children whose parents are industrialists or merchant bankers. When shown the the film of the Morecambe Bay Cockle Pickers - they simply said- Peasants! I hope that that there will be more courageous demonstations against this oppressive regime.

maggie, derby,

Kudos to the courgeous acts by these two young protestors, standing up for the Tibetans who have no voice in Tibet. Tibet is under martial law and Tibetans are being suppressed for expressing their desire for freedom and justice.

It's encouraging when young people fight for what they believe in.

Khechok, Canada,

Ill informed activists! If they were true to their HR campaign, they should be in Srilanka, not in China. Mr. Thom and Miss FB must learn a bit on HR before they embark on such issues. Better begin from Srilanka and learn how Singhala Govt treats Tamils from 1948 – they will be shocked to the hilt!

Kulathunga, Colombo,

it's sad, as a free tibet is basically impossible, yet people have all of a sudden decided to campaign for it.

if tibet gets independence other provinces will want independence too, this fragmentation of china would be completely disastrous and would cause a worldwide recession.

ross, Thornbury,

i completely agree with laura her mother looked like she was having a great time infront of the cameras how long before we see them all on some chat show or selling their stories... so i guess all these freedom of speech and human rights activists will be popping up in iran and zimbabwe pretty soon.

richard, grimsby, england

I am glad to hear that these brave individuals put their lives on the line for what they believe. They weren't putting anyone but themselves at risk. Security at the Olympics is extremely important, but reasonable protesting should be allowed.

Eileen, Dilworth, USA

Naive protests like these are just what the Chinese Communist Party needs for gaining sympathy and support from ordinary Chinese citizens, giving it more authority to do whatever they are up to, be it Tibetan or Han Chinese. That is why young Chinese don't welcome this kind of "foreign" activism.

Paul, Hong Kong,

Why didn't this news mention anything about the level of knowledge of those so-called protesters have in regarding to Tibet? They just want to be on TV and any media they can get their hands on. The girl's mother was interviews on BBC the other day...she was so obsessed with fame and publicity.

Laura, Leicester,

these bleeding heart activists make me sick. they know full well that their little protests won't achieve anything at all. do they expect china to put their hands up and say okay here you go now tibet is free, anything else we can do for you?

they just want to be on the news and in the paper.

Brian, London, England

Surely it’s what the people of Tibet want that counts not what the inhabitants of the rest of China want, does it really effect them whether Tibet is part of China, has more autonomy or has the Dalai back or not, for Tibetans it’s their life, it should be their decision.

Mike, Nottm, UK

They should be careful when playing with fire.

The security is there for a reason to prevent suicide bombers and such to kill innocent people. By defying the security and protesting against a cause that most Chinese think will solve itself in time, is just putting ordinary people at risk.

Yang, London, UK

The Chinese Government will get vast support from its own people on Tibet issues. This is for sure.

michael Lee, london,