There's a bit of a storm over British athlete's freedom to speak their mind at the Beijing Olympics with the British Olympic Association denying its gagging British athletes...

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SFT UK cautiously welcomes assurances from British Olympic Association that its intention is not to gag Team GB members or stop them from answering direct questions about political or human rights issues in China.

A spokesperson for Students for a Free Tibet UK said, “Assurances from China that the Olympics will lead to an improvement in Human Rights just hasn’t materialised.  We hope that British athletes won’t experience the same empty promises and may truly speak their mind when answering questions at the Games.”