Tag: Gansu

Tibetan Man Self-Immolates, Dies in Gansu

CNN reports that a young Tibetan man in Gansu province set himself on fire on Saturday and died, according to a rights group, in what is believed to be the first such incident of 2013: It was reported by Free Tibet, a London-based organization that campaigns for self-determination for Tibetans, and by the U.S.-based Radio Free Asia. Free Tibet said the man was 22, while Radio Free Asia put his age

January 13, 2013 10:57 PM

Six More Tibetans Jailed Over Self-Immolations

Following the sentencing in Sichuan of monk Lorang Konchok and his nephew for inciting eight people to commit self-immola

January 31, 2013 7:28 PM

700 Mountains Flattened for New Desert City

Late last month, premier-in-waiting Li Keqiang declared that boosting the country’s urban population, which passed

December 7, 2012 10:45 AM

80th Tibetan Self-Immolation Reported

From RFA: Former monk Tamdin Kyap, 23, burned himself to death in Luchu (in Chinese, Luqu) county in the Kanlho (Gannan)

November 23, 2012 1:10 PM

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