Parish priest protests against China by locking himself in church

12 August 2008/Polish Radió/TibetPress

A parish priest in western Poland has locked himself in his church and has announced that until the end of the Olympic Games in Beijing he will continue a hunger strike to protest the violation of human rights by China. The priest, who likes to be called Father Ed, has raised a Tibetan flag on a pole near the church. He has for years fought with Chinese products and even exchanged First Communion prayer books for children when he learned they had been printed in China. Of his protest, the priest said that he hopes his stand and his prayers will move some consciences in support of "Crucified Tibet".