For the last 5 years in a row, US think-tank Freedom House ranked Tibet among the worst places in the world for the denial of freedom.

Every aspect of Tibetan life is under siege.

Tibetans have even fewer civil and political rights than Chinese people also ruled by the Chinese Communist Party.

The Chinese government enforces its control on Tibet through the threat and use of arbitrary detentions and punishments, at times including severe violence. Any act deemed to threaten its rule can be made a criminal offence.

Here are just some of the challenges faced by Tibetans as a result of China's occupation: