The group of 6 Americans, including Alive in Baghdad’s Brian Conley and artists James Powderly, that were detained in Beijjing last week have been released and were put on a plane home.

According to Students for a Free Tibet (SFT) - “James Powderly, Brian from Alive in Baghdad, and everyone else all arrive at LAX around 6 or 7pm tonight,” A group of Tibetan expatriates and pro-Tibet activists plan to greet them at the airport and welcome them home.”  This was released yesterday, so everyone should be safe and sound now.

This is good news, although it’s sad that the artists and documentarians didn’t get to voice their opinions. takepart to get involved with Students for a Free Tibet and watch an episode of Alive in Baghdad below:

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.

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