In confirmed reports coming out of Tibet, a monk set himself on fire yesterday in Ngaba region of eastern Tibet in protest against China’s continued occupation of Tibet. Sangdag, a monk of the Dhiphu Monastery, set himself ablaze on a main road in Ngaba district at around 10 am (local time).
In more alarming reports coming out of Tibet, another Tibetan, who is a close relative of a Tibetan self-immolator, set himself on fire today protesting China’s continued occupation of Tibet. Tsezung Kyab, 27, torched himself in front of the main prayer hall of the Shitsang Monastery in Luchu
Since February 2009, 104 Tibetans have set themselves on fire. It is a shocking event in the history of human civilisation. China is a multi-ethnic country. The members of Han nationality, which accounts for 92% of the country’s population, has the obligation to know the truth and hear the aspirations of the Tibetan people. They should also strive to respond to and help immediately put an end to the self-immolations.
Reports are coming in of yet another self-immolation in Tibet today in protest against China’s rule. Lhamo Dhondup, a Tibetan man aged in his 20s, set himself on fire in the ancient Jhakhyung Monastery in Palung region of Tshoshar, eastern Tibet.
The Taj group of hotels, one of the leading hotel brands in Asia, has expressed plans of establishing its presence in Tibet. According to the Hindu, the hotel group, which is currently involved in four projects in China, if allowed to proceed would become the first Indian company to run hotels in Tibet.
It is an experiment because you are trying to build a stateless democracy using only a couple of percentage of total Tibetan population while claiming to represent the entire Tibet. But that is inevitable because you live in exile.
Chinese authorities in Tsawa Dzogang region of eastern Tibet arrested six Tibetans and brutally beat them, leaving two with broken bones, after an anti-China protest erupted in the area on February 10. Several Tibetans carried out a protest against China’s rule in front of the local Chinese government office
China has sentenced a Tibetan youth to two years in prison for storing images of Tibet self-immolations and the banned Tibetan national flag in his mobile phone. Ngawang Topden, 20, a student of thangka painting from Jomda region of eastern Tibet
It is conceivable a Tibetan could in the near future again set his or her body on fire. It is also possible to imagine what the response to such an act would be – frenzied, doleful coverage of the incident by the media, a crescendo of criticism against Beijing’s suppression of a people,
A delegation of the Tibetan Youth Congress today met with senior officials of the United States government in Dharamshala and briefed them on the escalating crisis inside Tibet and the recent self-immolation by a Tibetan monk in Nepal.
