A must-buy, this throwback Retro Boycott 2008 Beijing Games T-Shirt is the perfect addition to your Free Tibet merchandise, in commemoration and remembrance of a historic moment in Tibetan uprising.
The 2008 Tibetan unrest, also referred to as the 2008 Tibetan Uprising, 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 2008 are considered the start of the demonstrations. Numerous protests and demonstrations were held to commemorate the 49th anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan Uprising Day, when the 14th Dalai Lama escaped from Tibet.
Protests supporting Tibetans were held in cities in North America and Europe, as well as in Beijing, Australia, India and Nepal. Free Tibet, alongside other international protests also campaigned for a boycott of the Beijing Summer Olympics to bring global attention to Tibetan-rights abuses at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party.