About Tibet

Tibet Today

• Invaded by China in 1949, Tibet has suffered loss of life, freedoms and human rights under communist Chinese domination. In March 1959, an uprising against the Chinese occupation in Tibet was crushed and the Dalai Lama, Tibet’s temporal and spiritual leader, was forced to escape into exile in India, followed by 80,000 Tibetans. The Dalai Lama now heads the Tibet Government-In-Exile in India.
• More than one million Tibetans – a sixth of the population – have died as a result of the occupation.
• Tibetans are now a minority in their own country due to the continuous influx of Chinese immigrants.
• Tibetans are imprisoned and routinely tortured for religious practice and resistance to the occupation.
• More than 6,000 monasteries have been looted and demolished.
• The Tibetan plateau ecosystem, as well as wildlife and forests, have been devastated for Chinese profit.
• Tibet has been used as a site for production of nuclear weapons.