Monday, February 25, 2013

Voice of America: Tibetan Fatally Self-Immolates in China's Gansu Province

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Tibetan Fatally Self-Immolates in China's Gansu Province
Feb 25th 2013, 21:16

Another Tibetan has set himself on fire in western China to protest Beijing's rule of ethnic Tibetan areas.   Sources say 27-year-old Tsezung Kyab was standing in front of the prayer hall of Gaden Shedrup Choekhorling, a Buddhist monastery in Gansu province, when he burned himself to death Monday.   ​​According to witnesses, Tibetans who had gathered to celebrate a religious festival prevented security forces from extinguishing the fire, thereby allowing Kyab to, in their words, ...

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