2009 archive |
In 2009, the Chinese government imposed an iron grip on Tibet, desperate to prevent a repeat of the protests which spread across Tibet in spring 2008. China also sentenced many of those held since the 2008 protests, including carrying out two executions of those given death sentences earlier in the year.
Despite the strict controls imposed on the Tibetan people and the climate of fear which China sought to create, Tibetans continued to protest, and marked Tibetan new year by not celebrating in honour of those who had died in 2008. The cases of prominent prisoners such as film director Dhondup Wanchen and monk Phurbu Rinpoche were put off until the Christmas period and were not reported fully until the new year.
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
March 27 2009: 'Serf Emancipation Day' exposes political bankruptcy of Chinese regime in Tibet
March 22 2009: Eyewitnesses report over a thousand Tibetans protest after monk disappears in river
March 20 2009: Shocking video footage from inside Tibet exposes uses of brutal force in March 2008
March 16 2009: Tibetans continue to protest in Lithang despite arrival of 2,000 elite troops
March 10 2009: Three monks arrested in tense Kirti monastery
March 9 2009: UK Tibet supporters travel to parliament to demand action on Tibet
March 6 2009: London: Hundreds of Tibetan exiles and supporters to mark 50 years of Tibetan resistance
March 5 2009: Tibet under de facto martial law on eve of sensitive anniversary
February 27 2009: Monk shot by Chinese police after setting himself alight in tense Ngaba
February 25 2009: New images confirm China flooding Tibet with troops on eve of new year
February 17 2009: Hundreds of Tibetans protest over two days in restive Lithang County
January 31 2009: Premier wen must be held to account for the 1,000 missing in Tibet
January 30 2009: Free Tibet protests in Cambridge to mark Chinese Premier's arrival
January 29 2008: Gordon Brown must get though with Premier Wen on worsening crisis
January 9 2009: UK-China Human Rights Dialogue Failing to promote human rights in China and Tibet
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