Tibetan woman burns herself to death in Sichuan
Source: BBC
4 March 2012 Last updated at 16:44 ET
A Tibetan mother-of-four has died after setting herself on fire in south-west China, activists and exiles say.
The UK-based Free Tibet group said the woman set herself on fire near the Kirti Monastery in Aba prefecture in Sichuan province.
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Reports said that the woman, with her body in flames, shouted for Tibetan freedom and the return of spiritual leader the Dalai Lama before she died.
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More than 20 Tibetans have burned themselves to death in the past year, despairing at what they say is repressive Chinese rule and the erosion of their culture.
Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-17254051
ellisonz
(27,711 posts)http://news.yahoo.com/another-self-immolation-hits-china-rights-group-200041341.html
Glimmer of Hope
(5,823 posts)Not the one appointed by the Dalai Lama. Panchen Lama disappeared more than 16 years ago:
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pangaia
(24,324 posts)the fake Panchen Lama for years, for obvious reasons.
I suspect this is one reason the HH The Dalai Lama has said he may appoint his successor rather than waiting for Tibetan lamas to find his reincarnation after his death.
applegrove
(118,900 posts)pangaia
(24,324 posts)Very good....
ghjtydger
(20 posts)ellisonz
(27,711 posts)BEIJING (AP) A U.S.-funded broadcaster says a Tibetan teenager in Sichuan province has died in a fiery protest against Chinese oppression in Tibet, marking the third self-immolation in three days.
Washington-based Radio Free Asia said in an emailed statement Tuesday that an 18-year-old identified as Dorje set himself ablaze Monday in Sichuan province's Aba prefecture.
It quoted a Tibetan monk exiled in India, Kanyag Tsering, as saying he shouted "slogans against Chinese policies in Tibet" before immolating and died on the spot.
This is an addition to the previous report: http://news.yahoo.com/another-teen-tibetan-self-immolates-china-012642341.html