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70 People Detained for Inciting Self-Immolations

As part of an intensified crackdown on self-immolations by Tibetans protesting Beijing’s policies in Tibetan regions, the Chinese government has detained dozens of people and cast blame on U.S.-government funded broadcaster Voice of America. Reuters reports on the recent arrests: In the past few months, the government has begun a new tactic to discourage the protests, detaining and jailing pe