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The Tibetan independence movement (Tibetan: བོད་རང་བཙན Bod rang btsan; simplified Chinese: 西藏独立运动; traditional Chinese: 西藏獨立運動) is the political movement advocating for the reversal of the 1950 annexation of Tibet by the People's Republic of China, and the separation and independence of Greater Tibet ...
Over the years the Tibetan government in exile, the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), has shifted the goal of its resistance stance from attempting measured cooperation with autonomy, to demanding full independence, to seeking "genuine autonomy for all Tibetans living in the three traditional provinces of Tibet within the framework of the ...
Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy; Tibetan Freedom Concert; Tibetan sovereignty debate; 1987–1989 Tibetan unrest; 2008 Tibetan unrest; Tibetan Uprising Day; Tibetan Youth Congress; Tune In, Turn On, Free Tibet
The flag was adopted as a symbol of the Tibetan independence movement, and has become known as the "Free Tibet flag". [30] [31] Through the diaspora's and international protesters' use of the flag, it became known and used in protest by the Tibetan public. [28] The flag is banned in mainland China. [29] [30]
First of all, I must make it clear that the Tibetans have been non-violent throughout. From Tibetans' perspective, violence means harming life. From the video recordings, you can see that the Tibetans were beating Han Chinese, but only beating took place. After the beating, the Han Chinese were free to flee. Therefore, only beating, no life was ...
Free Tibet (FT) is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation, founded in 1987 and based in London, England.According to their mission statement, Free Tibet advocates for "a free Tibet in which Tibetans are able to determine their own future and the human rights of all are respected."
The largest demonstrations took place between March 5–7, 1989 in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa. It began as a small protest on March 5, with a handful of nuns, monks, and Tibetan youth in the Barkhor flying the Tibetan flag and calling for Tibetan independence, but they were quickly joined by a crowd of several hundred people. As time went on ...
The International Tibet Independence Movement (ITIM) is a non-profit organization, founded on 18 March 1995, that supports Tibetan independence from the People's Republic of China: "only independence for Tibet can ensure the survival of the Tibetan land and its people, culture, and religion." [1]