A Buddhist nun has become the first woman to die during a wave of suicide-protests against Chinese rule in Tibet, the London-based campaign group Free Tibet has reported.
The nun's self-immolation now means that a total of nine Tibetan monks and nuns have set themselves on fire this year – and seven in the last calendar month – apparently in defiance of China's moves to suppress ethnic Tibetan dissent in the region.
Tenzin Wangmo, 20, is said to have cried out for religious freedom and the return of the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, before setting herself on fire on Monday. She is reported to have died at the scene.
Free Tibet said the latest suicide in Aba prefecture – a restive ethnic Tibetan corner of Sichuan Province that borders the Tibetan Autonomous Region – suggested that the protest movement in Tibet was now growing. Full story...
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The nun's self-immolation now means that a total of nine Tibetan monks and nuns have set themselves on fire this year – and seven in the last calendar month – apparently in defiance of China's moves to suppress ethnic Tibetan dissent in the region.
Tenzin Wangmo, 20, is said to have cried out for religious freedom and the return of the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, before setting herself on fire on Monday. She is reported to have died at the scene.
Free Tibet said the latest suicide in Aba prefecture – a restive ethnic Tibetan corner of Sichuan Province that borders the Tibetan Autonomous Region – suggested that the protest movement in Tibet was now growing. Full story...
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