RIO DE JANEIRO — As Feyisa Lilesa crossed the finish line of the men's marathon Sunday, he crossed his arms above his head. The gesture was a sign of protest the Ethiopian runner, who won silver ...

An Olympic marathon runner from Ethiopia staged a daring protest against his home government when he crossed the line in Rio on Sunday. As he took the silver medal, Feyisa Lilesa crossed his arms ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 21: Feyisa Lilesa of Ethiopia celebrates as he crosses the line to win silver during the Men’s Marathon on Day 16 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at Sambodromo on August ...

Ornate priests, carrying silver Coptic crosses, dance with their followers around the fires singing and chanting, while carrying flaming torches. Empress Helena. The festivities, which are capped by ...

Rather than relishing in his silver medal finish at 2:09:54 — a redemption for the country after three of its runners failed to cross the marathon finish line — Lilesa immediately thought of ...

The Ethiopian processional crosses "exemplify Ethiopia's long engagement with Christianity" (p. 6), and the illuminated manuscripts "speak eloquently of the Ethiopian devotion to the sacred word ...

The gesture was a sign of protest the Ethiopian runner, who won silver behind Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge, said at a news conference. "The Ethiopian government are killing the Oromo people and taking ...