Tibetan leader Lobsang Sangay presses US on immolations

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Source: BBC News

Tibetan exile leader Lobsang Sangay has urged US politicians to put pressure on China over a recent spate of self-immolations by ethnic Tibetans.

Mr Sangay told a news conference in Washington that the US should try to get access to areas where Tibetans have set themselves on fire.

Seven monks from the Kirti monastery in Sichuan province have set themselves on fire in recent months.

The monastery has seen repeated protests against Beijing's rule.

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