Tsewang Paldon participates in a rally with Utah Tibetans to commemorate the 63rd anniversary of the 1959 rebellion in opposition to the occupation of Tibet by Chinese language authorities forces throughout a rally in Salt Lake Metropolis on Thursday, March 10, 2022. Laura Seitz, Deseret Information
Tibetans in Utah commemorated the 63rd anniversary of the 1959 rebellion in opposition to the occupation of Tibet by Chinese language authorities forces throughout a rally in Salt Lake Metropolis on Thursday.
On March 10, 1959, hundreds of Tibetans spontaneously marched out within the streets of Lhasa, the capital metropolis of Tibet, to protest in opposition to the Chinese language invasion and occupation.
The protest was prompted by the information that the Chinese language authorities had invited the 14th Dalai Lama for a theatrical present of their navy garrison with a plan to kidnap him. Protesters blockaded the streets in Lhasa for a number of days. The Chinese language responded with widespread brutality, and one week later the Dalai Lama was pressured to flee into exile.