Tip if you're not a native English speaker.

When you say "Well except..." it is usually to make a counter-point to something said before, like in my comment. Except ;) there is nothing in my comment saying anything about the government that would come after.

During the Qing Dynasty, Sun Yat Sen, the dude who would eventually go on to topple the dynasty and bring about a new government, was similarly dragged to the Chinese consular grounds without anyone knowing and was about to be shipped off to China for execution.

Not saying that the protestor is going to do any of that in the future, or that other government embassy grounds are exempt from similar fuckery, but it's kinda fitting. Same witch different hat and all that.