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Tibetan self-immolates in China
A Tibetan villager died in China's Qinghai province after setting fire to himself Thursday, Xinhua reported.
Updated on: Nov 9, 2012, 07:17:15 IST
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A Tibetan villager died in China's Qinghai province after setting fire to himself Thursday, Xinhua reported.
The 41-year-old, identified as Jinba from Tongren county's Dongwei village, immolated himself late afternoon in a square in front of a monastery.
According to the Central Tibetan Administration, or the Tibetan government-in-exile in India, as many as 56 Tibetans have set themselves afire to protest China's policies and to press their demand for freedom since March 2011.
On Oct 26, a Tibetan villager in China's Gansu province set himself on fire and died. The incident occurred six days after another person had immolated himself in Tibet's Sangchu county.
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