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• Established in 1987, Free Tibet is a non-profit membership organization dedicated to ending the Chinese occupation of Tibet. The generic term "Free Tibet" is also used to denote the International Tibet Independence Movement in its entirety.

• Fast Facts

  1. Tibetan Government in Exile located in Dharamsala, India
  2. Support of Tibetan nationalism is illegal in the People's Republic of China
  3. • Free Tibet Campaign
  4. • Students for a Free Tibet
  5. • International Tibet Independence Movement
  6. • International Tibetan Aid Organization
  7. • Richard Gere
  8. • Sharon Stone
  9. • Bjork
  10. • Beastie Boys
  11. • Lindsay Lohan

• Key Dates

  • 1950: People's Liberation Army of China enters Tibet
  • 1951: Chinese central government imposes rule over Tibet
  • 1959: Tibetan rebellion crushed in Lhasa; 14th Dalai Lama exiled
  • 1995: Activist organization International Tibet Independence Movement formed
  • 2004: Activist organization International Tibetan Aid Organization formed

• Tibetan Independence

  The Tibetan Independence movement has existed in various forms since 1959, when an armed insurrection was mounted by remnants of the Tibetan civil authority against China, which had annexed the kingdom in 1951. The Tibetan government has functioned in exile since that time in Dharamsala, India under the leadership of the the 14th Dalai Lama.

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