China consolidated its military occupation of Tibet forcing the Tibetan government to sign the ’17 Point Agreement’.

15,000 unarmed Tibetan women came together and rose up against the forced occupation of Tibet by the communist Chinese government.

Three resolutions raising grave concern at the suppression of fundamental human rights in Tibet were passed by the UN.

Chairman Mao’s communism campaign led to the destruction of 6,000 Tibetan Buddhist monasteries and cultural sites.

In response to China’s rejection of the Dalai Lama’s ‘Peace Plan’, large protests broke out in Lhasa.

Nine monks from Drepung Monastery staged a protest in the centre of Lhasa Barkhor

Widespread protests broke out in Lhasa with tens of thousands of Tibetans taking to the streets. Chinese used brutal force to quell the protests, expelling all foreigners and declaring martial law.

Six year old Gedhun Choekyi Nyima was recognised as the reincarnation of the 10th Panchen Lama. He was kidnapped by Chinese authorities becoming the world’s youngest political prisoner. He remains missing today.

China was awarded the 2008 Summer Olympics

Tibetan Uprising – Protests broke out in Lhasa and rippled across Tibet. Hundreds of Tibetans were killed and over 2,000 arrested.

In February 2009 a young monk named Tapey set fire to himself in Ngaba, eastern Tibet.

Over the next 9 years, more than 150 Tibetans in Tibet self-immolated, protesting China’s rule in Tibet, the majority dying as a result.