James Powderly was detained by Chinese authorities in Beijing early Wednesday, according to a message received by Students for a Free Tibet around 5PM Beijing Standard Time, said an SFT spokesperson. The message, sent through the social networking site Twitter, read “held since 3AM”, said friend and SFT board member Nathan Dorjee. Powderly has not been heard from since-more than 24 hours later-and his whereabouts remain unknown, he said.

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Students For a Free Tibet (SFT)
Graffiti Research Lab (GRL)


Update According to BoingBoing it looks like Powderly and a few others are going to do 10 days in jail… permanent link to this post