Tibetan woman burns herself to death in Sichuan

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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

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1. Name and Age

The death of Rinchen, 32, in Sichuan province's Aba town comes on the eve of the country's 10-day parliamentary session where growing social unrest across China is likely to be on the agenda.

http://news.yahoo.com/another-self-immolation-hits-china-rights-group-200041341.html

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2. The Chinese government is now projecting a fake Panchen Lama.

Not the one appointed by the Dalai Lama. Panchen Lama disappeared more than 16 years ago:

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5. The Chinese government has been 'projecting'

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.

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3. vibes to the whole Tibetan community in these dark days.

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6. Two types of people...

Very good....

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4. Spam deleted by NRaleighLiberal (MIR Team)

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7. Another teen Tibetan self-immolates in China

Associated Press – 1 hr 22 mins ago

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