Tibet: Monk Self Immolated To Protest Against Chinese Rule

Tibet: Monk Self Immolated To Protest Against Chinese Rule   On 15 August 2011, around 12.30 (Tibetan local time) in the afternoon, 29 yrs old monk Tsewang Norbu of Nyitso Monastery in Kham Tawo, Kandze (Ch: Ganzi) self immolated to protest against Chinese rule in Tibet and ill treatment of the local Tibetans by the Chinese authorities. For 10 minutes he raised slogans like 'Freedom in Tibet' and the 'Return of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Tibet' while scattering leaflets with similar...

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