Students For A Free Tibet announced yesterday that, along with 4 other “citizen journalists”, Brian Conley, creator of the amazing video blog series Alive in Baghdad, was detained in Beijing. Conley and his friend Jeffrey Rae were in Beijing to work with Students for a Free Tibet to document pro-Tibet protests in Beijing.

Not only were Conley and Rae detained, international artist James Powderly has also been taken in and activists Jeff Goldin, Michael Liss, and Tom Grant have also gone missing. They are all American citizens.

Below is some video taken by Conley on August 13th:

Beijing: Ethnic Park Protest - Aug. 13, 2008 from Students for a Free Tibet on Vimeo.

Their detention follows the detention of thirty-seven members and supporters of STF. Go HERE to learn more about the situation and to learn more about the citizen journalists that have been detained. Below is more on Conley’s amazing video blog project.

Alive in Baghdad employs Iraqi journalists to produce video packages each week about a variety of topics on daily life in Iraq. Through the work of a team of Americans and Iraqi correspondents on the ground, Alive in Baghdad shows the conflict through the voices of Iraqis. Alive in Baghdad brings testimonies from individual Iraqis, footage of daily life in Iraq, and short news segments from Iraq to you.

takepart to learn more and to watch Alive in Baghdad and also takepart to take action Students for a Free Tibet.

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