(29 Mar 2008) SHOTLIST
1. Wide exterior of Hellenic Olympic Committee headquarters
2. Close of sign reading: (Greek) "Hellenic Olympic Committee"
3. Wide of press conference room
4. Cutaway of cameras
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Minos Kyriakou, president of the Hellenic Olympic Committee:
"We have gathered here to honour the Olympic spirit, the Olympic Games and not the demonstrations of a super, super minority. Here, we are not going to debate political aspects. Here, we are for sports, olympism. And we honour the history of 2,700 years of the Olympism. If some small minority, I call it a super minority, want to demonstrate, this is their problem. It is not the Olympians problem."
6. Wide of audience at news conference
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Wang Wei, Executive Vice President of the Beijing organising committee:
"We are here to celebrate Olympic spirit, not to come to a political debate."
8. Wide of police surrounding protesters dressed in orange clothing
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Wang Wei, Executive Vice President of the Beijing organising committee:
"We are here to celebrate Olympic spirit, not to come to a political debate."
10. Various of protesters dressed in orange outfits
11. Close of flyer reading (English): "Can China ban the colour orange?"
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Michel (no last name given), protester from Denmark:
"We are here because of this Orange Project, which is about the human rights, especially in China."
13. Mid of protesters surrounded by police
14. Wide of white marble stadium where first modern Olympics were held in 1996 and where torch will be handed over to Beijing Olympic organisers on March 30
15. Close of Olympic rings in stadium
16. Close of flags of International Olympic Committee (IOC), Greece and China
17. Mid of policeman and policewoman outside stadium
18. Wide empty stadium seats with IOC flag flying
19. Police monitoring from stairs in stadium
20. Wide of Greek, Chinese, and Beijing 2008 flags in stadium
STORYLINE:
More than two-thousand police were deployed on Saturday to guard the Beijing Olympics torch relay as demonstrators gathered in Athens to protest China's human rights record.
A small group of Danish protesters congregated outside the headquarters of the Hellenic Olympic Committee, several hours before the flame was due to reach Athens.
Protesters said they had tried to follow the torch relay from central Greece to Athens but were kept back by police.
"We are here because of this Orange Project, which is about the human rights, especially in China," said Michel, a protester from Denmark.
Protesters held flyers that read: "Can China ban the colour Orange?"
The flyers refer to a project called "The Colour Orange" that encourages protesters to use the colour orange as a sign of protest throughout the 2008 Olympic Games.
Greek officials kept details of the route's Athens leg under tight wraps - fearing a repeat of protests by human rights campaigners and opponents of China's violent crackdown in Tibet that marred Monday's flame-lighting ceremony in Ancient Olympia.
The precise route was not being made public for security reasons, police said.
Inside the headquarters of the Hellenic Olympic Committee, Greek and Chinese officials condemned the recent protests.
President of the Hellenic Olympic Committee, Minos Kyriakou, said the protests were carried out by the "super, super minority".
"We have gathered here to honour the Olympic spirit, the Olympic Games and not the demonstrations," said Kyriakou.
Kyriakou's words were echoed by Wang Wei, executive vice president of the Beijing organising committee.

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