Every year on March 10, Tibetans around the world and human rights advocates mark Tibet Uprising Day — a commemoration of one of the most dramatic turning points in modern Tibetan history. What Happened on March 10, 1959? On that morning in Lhasa, tens of thousands of Tibetans surrounded the Norbulingka Palace, the summer residence of the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso. Rumors had spread that Chinese authorities planned to detain him, and crowds gathered in a spontaneous act

Date: Saturday, March 10, 2018 - 8:00am to 8:00pm Location: Berkeley and San Francisco Contacts: Tenzing Dolma 510-254-1420 (Students for a Free Tibet) Tenzin Dolma 510-502-1180 (SF Tibetan Youth Congress) Giovanni Vassallo 415-706-3507 (Bay Area Friends of Tibet) San Francisco Team Tibet Joins Global Commemoration of Tibetan National Uprising WHAT: On March 10, 2018 hundreds of Tibetans and Tibet supporters in the

Date: Friday, March 10, 2017 - 12:00am Location: Berkeley and San Francisco, California Contacts: Tenzing Dolma 510-254-1420 (Students for a Free Tibet) Tenzin Dolma 510-502-1180 (SF Tibetan Youth Congress) Giovanni Vassallo 415-706-3507 (Bay Area Friends of Tibet) San Francisco Team Tibet Joins Global Commemoration of Tibetan National Uprising WHAT: On March 10, 2017 hundreds of Tibetans and Tibet supporters i

Press Advisory For Immediate Release: 18 February 2016 Contacts:
 Lobsang Dorji 510-706-8721 Phuntsok Dolma 510-680-8352 Tenzing Dolma 510-254-1420 San Francisco Team Tibet Joins Global Commemoration of Tibetan National Uprising Tibet Ranked as 2nd ‘Worst of the Worst’ Places for Freedom in the World; only Syria scored lower WHAT: On March 10, 2016 hundreds of Tibetans and Tibet supporters in the San Francisco Bay Area will join thousands of people around the

Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2015 - 8:00am to 8:00pm Transcript of Leader Pelosi's speech on March 10, 2015 Statement by Rep. Jackie Speier： Press Release Contacts: Tenzin Tsepel 510-393-6883 Giovanni Vassallo 415-264-3264 Sonamtso 510-816-0600 For Immediate Release: 05 March 2015 Photo Opportunity San Francisco Team Tibet, Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi to commemorate the

Pelosi Remarks at 'Unite for Tibet' National Uprising Day Rally

Date: Monday, March 10, 2014 - 8:00am to 8:00pm Location: Berkeley and San Francisco PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release, March 7, 2014 SAN FRANCISCO TEAM TIBET COMMEMORATES 55th ANNIVERSARY OF TIBETAN NATIONAL UPRISING AND FIVE YEARS OF SELF-IMMOLATION PROTESTS IN TIBET ON MARCH 10 SF Team Tibet demands world governments Unite for Tibet, to press China to end its crackdown in Tibet and tackle China’s bullyi

西藏抗暴54周年 旧金山数千藏人呼吁自由 【大纪元2013年03月11日讯】（大纪元记者周凤临旧金山采访报导）3月10日（星期日），数千藏人及西藏自由支持者聚集加州旧金山中领馆前集会，纪念西藏抗暴54周年，要求西藏自由和宗教自由。 这次在旧金山中领馆前举行的集会活动，是全美一系列纪念活动的一部分。藏人及支持者们高喊“给西藏自由”、“中共谎言下，西藏在死去”等口号，唤醒人们对中共集权统治下对西藏现状的关注。 六四幸存者方政表示：“善良勤劳的西藏人民在中共统治下，遭受了如此的深重的苦难。作为大陆来的汉族朋友，在感到遗憾的同时，有一种深深的愧疚。” 藏人自焚事件引广泛关注 自2009年2月起，为抗议中国政府对西藏的高压统治和宗教限制、同化政策，在中国西藏、四川和青海等藏区，发生一系列僧侣自焚事件。截至目前，已有至少107名喇嘛、女尼包括农牧民在内的藏人以自焚方式抗议中共政府，引起国际社会广泛关注。方政说：“ 他们是以牺牲自己的生命，来表达对这个政府的抗议。” 非盈利组织“自由西藏学生”（Students for a Free Tibet）成员巴桑（Pa

On March 10th, SF Team Tibet***, as well as other groups around the world, will take to the streets to commemorate the 54th anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan National Uprising. We mark March 10th each year to show solidarity with Tibetans inside Tibet and to honor and support the brave resistance to the People's Republic of China's totalitarianism and its oppressive policies that continues to this day.Tibetans in Tibet are risking imprisonment, torture, and their lives to ensur

Bay Area Tibetans & Supporters Commemorate the 53rd anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising Day March 10, 2012 Vow to intensify efforts to secure government action, as instances of self-immolation in Tibet escalate By San Francisco Team Tibet San Francisco, CA - Some 500 Tibetans and Tibet supporters took to the streets of San Francisco on March 10th to mark the 53rd anniversary of Tibetan National Uprising, when thousands of Tibetans rose up against China's invasion and

Rally Commemorating the 53rd anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising Day! Saturday March 10 2012 9 AM - 8 PMBerkeley City Hall, Justin Herman Plaza, U.N. Plaza,Chinese Consulate, Union Square 9 - 10 AM: Tibetan Flag raising ceremony at the Berkeley City Hall, Berkeley, CA 10:30 - 11 AM: Rally at Justin Herman Plaza Then March along Market St. toward City Hall. 11:45 - 12:30 PM: March to U.N. Plaza 12:30- 2:30 PM: Protest/Rally in front of the Chinese consulate 4:30 - 8 P

Rally Commemorating the 52nd anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising Day!Thursday March 10 2011 8:30 AM - 8:30 PM Berkeley City Hall, Justin Herman Plaza, San Francisco City Hall, Chinese Consulate, Union Square

Rally Commemorating the 51st anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising Day! Wednesday March 10 2010 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM Berkeley City Hall, Justin Herman Plaza, San Francisco City Hall, & Chinese Consulate 8:30-9:30 AM – Tibetan Flag raising ceremony at the Berkeley City Hall, Berkeley, CA 10:00-11 AM – Rally at Justin Herman Plaza Then March along Market St. toward City Hall. 11:30-1 PM – San Francisco City Hall Program including Guest speakers and Political Theater 1:30- 3

WHY TIBET?Why are Tibetans and their supporters demonstrating today, March 10th?March 10th is the anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising against the Chinese occupation on March 10, 1959. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Tibetan people’s resistance to the brutal Chinese occupation of our homeland.Why do Tibetan oppose Chinese rule?Because over one million people in Tibet have died since the occupation Since the violent invasion of Tibet in 1949, over one milli

Tibetans and Tibet support groups observed the forty-fifth Tibetan National Uprising Day on March 10th 2004, at Berkeley City Hall, San Francisco City Hall, the Chinese Consulate of the People's Republic of China in San Francisco, and at Union Square, in San Francisco's financial district. Bay Area Friends of Tibet (BAFoT), the Tibetan Association of Northern California (TANC), the San Francisco Tibetan Youth Congress (SFRTYC), Tibet Justice Center (TJC), the Committee of 100

Statement of Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi Tibetan Uprising DayMarch 10, 2003 Thank you to Bay Area Friends of Tibet and other Bay Area Tibet Support Groups for organizing this special observance of Tibetan Uprising Day. I am proud to represent a district where protecting human rights is a top priority. Today we honor the courage and determination of those who stood against the Chinese Government's brutal oppression of the Tibetan People during the Lhasa Uprising 44 years ago. W

"Free Tibet! Hear Tibet! China Out of Tibet! Long Live the Dalai Lama!" Free Tibet! Human Rights for Tibet! China Out of Tibet! Long Live the Dalai Lama!... These were just few of the chants that could be heard at the San Francisco March 10 demonstration yesterday. Approximately 6-700 Tibetans and Tibet Supporters from across the San Francisco Bay Area turned out for the gatherings, march and rallies over the course of the day. Actually, the day's events started across the ba

Bay Area March 10, 2001 Report "Free Tibet! Hear Tibet! China Out of Tibet! Long Live the Dalai Lama!" These are just a few of the chants that could be heard at the March 10th demonstration in San Francisco. Approximately 300-400 Tibetans and Westerners from across the Bay Area turned out for the march. The day's events started across the bay in Berkeley, where Berkeley Mayor Shirley Dean and Berkeley Councilmember Kriss Worthington participated in a Tibetan Flag raising cere