March 8, 2014 Contact: Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616 Pelosi Statement on the Anniversary of Tibetan Uprising Day Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today to mark the 55th anniversary of Tibetan Uprising Day – the date of Tibetans’ peaceful uprising and the ensuing crackdown by Chinese authorities that devastated the Tibetan people and forced His Holiness the Dalai Lama into exile: “On this anniversary of Tibetan Uprising Day, we ho