JANUARY-MARCH 2009

2009 marked 50 years of peaceful resistance to Chinese rule in Tibet.
After the biggest uprising in Tibet since 1959, the Chinese authorities were keen to avoid a repeat of 2008's Spring protests, and placed Tibet under a state of military lockdown.

November 23 2009: EU-China summit: time for new EU leadership to forge co-ordinated policy

November 11 2009: China fails history test, compares invasion of Tibet to Lincoln's fight to end slavery

October 22 2009: China's execution of Tibetans an outrage

October 1 2009: Tibetans pushed to the margins 60 years after birth of People's Republic

September 29 2009: China bans tourists from Tibet

September 17 2009: Letter to Ban Ki-Moon

September 10 2009: British Minister silent on human rights as he tip-toes out of Tibet

September 2 2009: Free Tibet urges UK minister to get tough on China during Tibet trip

August 30 2009: More than 1,000 Tibetans remain disappeared

August 17 2009: Eight Tibetans sentenced for alleged role in Ragya demonstration

August 14 2009: UPDATED China forced to abandon web filtering software

August 7 2009: August 9: 'International Day for the World's Indigenous Peoples'

July 6 2009: Xinjiang protests

July 1 2009: China delays web filtering software

May 29 2009: TGIE reports six Tibetan women shot during protest in Tawu

May 13 2009: EU must condemn Tibetan death sentences

April 21 2009: Fifth Tibetan sentenced to death by Chinese court

April 8 2009: China sentences two to death over alleged role in starting fires in Lhasa protests

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