Tibetan Uprising Day, observed on March 10, commemorates the 1959 Tibetan uprising which began on March 10, 1959, and the Women's Uprising Day of March 12, 1959, involving thousands of women, against
Tibetans and supporters protest against China for political prisoners at UN in NYC on March 10, Tibetan Uprising Day.
Protestors in Portland, Oregon, on Tibetan Uprising Day
The 2008 Tibetan unrest, also referred to as the 2008 Tibetan uprising in Tibetan media, was a series of protests and demonstrations that initially occurred over the Chinese Communist Party's treatmen
Tibetan Uprising Day
…exile in India, in April 1959, in Tezpur, by making an announcement in the presence of the international community. In 2008, on Tibetan Uprising Day, a series of riots and violent clashes broke out in the Tibetan city of Lhasa when monks were arrested during peaceful demonstrations. The events in Lhasa triggered a nationwide uprising in…
Tibetan monks in Chinese custody, April 2008
Tibetans arrested by Chinese authorities. The signs list their crime and their name.
Protest in San Francisco, US
A Free Tibet rally outside the Chinese consulate in San Francisco, California, on March 17, 2008