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Monk in Tibet Becomes 100th to Self-Immolate to Protest China’s Rule |
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Posted 2/14/2013 at 1:35 PM by Kate C in Laureates News
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Tibetan Monks continue to die in order to raise awareness about the situation in Tibet and to end to the Chinese occupation of Tibet. Since 2009, over 100 Tibetan monks, nuns or laypersons have set themselves on fire, according to officials from the Tibetan exile government, based in India. The protesters are calling for Beijing to allow greater religious freedom and the return from exile of their spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, who lives in India. After this story broke, another Monk in Nepal died of self-immolation.
 Kirti Monastery monk Lobsang Namgyal, the 100th known Tibetan to self-immolate under China's rule since 2009 demanding freedom and the return of the Dalai Lama (Photo credit: Tibet News)
TIBET NEWS wrote:
In confirmed reports, a Tibetan monk set himself on fire on February 3 in the Ngaba region of eastern Tibet protesting China’s continued occupation of Tibet.
Lobsang Namgyal, 37, a monk of the Kirti Monastery has become the 100th known Tibetan to self-immolate under China’s rule since the wave began in 2009.
Following immense security clampdown in the region, the news of Lobsang Namgyal’s fiery protest reached exile on February 13, a day being observed by Tibetan exiles all over the world as the 100th year of His Holiness the 13th Dalai Lama’s Tibetan Proclamation of Independence. |
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