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The 2008 Tibetan unrest, also referred to as the 2008 Tibetan uprising in Tibetan media, [2] was a series of protests and demonstrations over the Chinese government's treatment and persecution of Tibetans. Protests in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, by monks and nuns on 10 March have been viewed as the start of the demonstrations.
The 2008 United States presidential election in Indiana took place on November 4, 2008, and was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose 11 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
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Pro-Tibetan protesters at Olympic Torch Relay London 2008 Pro-Chinese demonstration at Olympic Torch Relay in Calgary 2008. The Tibetan chairman of the TAR government Jampa Phuntsok, who was in Beijing at the time, told the foreign press that security personnel in Lhasa had shown great restraint and did not use lethal force. However, it was the ...
United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana, 2008 [2] Party Votes Percentage Seats +/– Democratic: 1,388,963 51.89% 5 - Republican: 1,240,577 46.34%
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Radio Free Asia and the International Campaign for Tibet reported that fresh protests broke out at the Ramoche Temple, situated in the northwest of Lhasa, March 29, 2008, as a 15-member group of diplomats from the United States, Japan and Europe returned to Beijing after a two-day visit to the Tibetan capital. However, independent verification ...
Despite considerable loss of life during the Tibetan protests in 2008 on the part of both the Tibetan and Han population in Tibet, casualties were simply not reported by the Chinese government. Self-immolations, on the other hand, result in dramatic images of the protester, while burning [ 10 ] or afterwards, [ 23 ] which can be easily ...