- Tibetan Uprising Day
Tibetan Uprising Day, observed on
March 10 , [ [http://www.fas.org/sgp/congress/2004/s031004.html Tibetan Uprising Day: Statement of the Dalai Lama ] ] commemorates the1959 Tibetan uprising against the presence of thePeople's Republic of China in Tibet. The failure of the uprising ultimately resulted in a violent crackdown on Tibetan independence movements, and the flight of theDalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso into exile.Tibetan Uprising Day is observed primarily by organizations and individuals who support Tibetan independence,Fact|date=August 2008 such as
Students for a Free Tibet , and is often accompanied by the release of a statement by the Dalai Lama [ [http://www.tibet.com/DL/10mar00.html His Holiness The Dalai Lama's 10 March 2000 Statement] ] [ [http://www.tibet.com/DL/10mar99.html His Holiness The Dalai Lama's 10 March 1999 Statement] ] . Tibetan independence groups often organize protests or campaigns on March 10th to draw attention to the situation in Tibet.In 2008, protests triggered a series of riots and violent clashes in the Tibetan city of
Lhasa when the monks were arrested [ [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120661528938768371.html?mod=hpp_us_pageone Lhasa Riots Expose Tibet's Split Society - WSJ.com ] ] .References
External links
* [http://www.march10.org/ Students for a Free Tibet M10 Campaign]
* [http://www.tibet.com/Status/10march59.html Tibetan Government in Exile's account of the events leading to the March 10, 1959 uprising]
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