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The 91st self-immolation since 2009 has been reported today in Xiahe, Gansu. Seventeen-year-old Songdhi Kyab survived and was reportedly taken to a police hospital. VOA reports: In an apparent protest to China’s repressive...
Read MoreNinety Tibetans have self-immolated in Tibetan regions since 2009 in protest against Beijing’s policies and in support of the Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists. Five more have self-immolated in...
Read MoreAnother self-immolation by a Tibetan protesting against Beijing’s policies in the region today brought the total to 90 since 2009. The 29-year-old man who set himself on fire today survived and was taken away by police,...
Read MoreProtests in Monywa, Myanmar against the expansion of a partially Chinese-owned copper mine turned violent when riot police cracked down on protesters, injuring dozens. Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been sent to act as a...
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