This year marks the 60th anniversary of the Tibetan uprising. The movement was suppressed ... over a thousand years. In 1959, the Tibetans rebelled against China's harsh rule.

For many people, 1959 is just a number, or perhaps a date in a textbook. But for those who witnessed events in Tibet that year, it remains an indelible memory after half a century. Gyaga Losang ...

The eventful year 1959 saw an armed rebellion in Tibet ... aiming to encourage an armed uprising by Tibet's rebellious ruling class and separatist groups inside and outside China.

Here's how it happened. On the anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan uprising against Chinese occupation, we must put Tibetan rights center stage in U.S. foreign policy once again. With the U.S ...

Numerous peaceful demonstrations were held in remembrance of the 1959 Tibetan Uprising — when the 14th Dalai Lama escaped from Tibet — but the Chinese government cracked down on the monks and nuns ...

The 88-year-old Dalai Lama has made the Indian hillside town of Dharmsala his headquarters since fleeing from Tibet after a failed uprising against Chinese rule in 1959. India considers Tibet to ...

The Dalai Lama fled to India in early 1959, following a failed uprising against Chinese rule. Since then, he has led the Tibetan government-in-exile and maintained his spiritual leadership for Tibetan ...