Tag: Tibet protests, Category: Politics

20-Year-Old Mother in Sichuan Self-Immolates

A twenty-year-old Tibetan mother, Jugtso (also spelled Chugtso) has killed herself in a self-immolation protest in Sichuan today. Free Tibet reports: Jugtso set herself alight outside a monastery in Ngaba, eastern Tibet (1) around 3pm local time today, 16 April. Local witnesses confirmed that she died at the scene. Her body was taken into the monastery where religious ceremonies were conducted. Loc

April 16, 2013 1:34 PM

Dalai Lama: Self-Immolations “Very Very Sad”

The Dalai Lama on Thursday said that Tibetan self-immolations have had little impact on Chinese policies. From Reuters: &

June 13, 2013 12:47 AM

VOA on Tibet: ‘Fire in the Land of Snow’

The U.S. government’s official external broadcaster Voice of America has been closely following the ongoing wave of

June 6, 2013 1:56 PM

CCTV Blames ‘Dalai Clique’ for Self-Immolations

As the exiled prime minister of Tibet has been engaging in a series of interviews with world media outlets and as Li Keqi

May 17, 2013 12:43 PM

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