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Yet Another Tibetan Self-Immolates In Tibet
Dharamshala: Yet another Tibetan nun self-immolated in Kham Tawu, eastern Tibet at around 12 noon today. She is the 11th Palden Choetso at her nunnery (file photo)Tibetan to set herself on fire in a wave of self-immolation protests that has taken place this year since march.
The Latest Case of Self-Immolation Makes the Kashag to Urge China to Solve Problems and Stop Baseless Allegations
For Immediate Release (3 November,2011) The Kashag is deeply saddened by the latest case of self-immolation by Palden Choetso (Choesang), a nun from Tawu Gaden Choeling nunnery, near Nyitso monastery in eastern Tibet. She was 35 years old.
‘Curfew’ like situation in Kathmandu as Tibetan woman attempts self-immolation
DHARAMSHALA, November 3: Sonam Choedon, a Tibetan woman in Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal doused herself in kerosene and attempted self immolation after Nepali police repeatedly curbed what was a largely peaceful demonstration by Tibetan refugees on Wednesday.
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Tibetan Nun Dies in Self-Immolation
BEIJING — A Buddhist nun in southwest Sichuan Province died Thursday after setting herself on fire, becoming the 11th Tibetan to embrace a grisly protest against Chinese rule and at least the sixth to die doing so.
Free Tibet marches tarnish Hu visit
Hundreds of people took to the streets to protest against China’s stance on human rights and democracy as Heinz Fischer welcomed Hu Jintao at Hofburg Palace in Vienna this morning (Mon).
UN experts demand halt to China repression of monks
(Reuters) - U.N. human rights investigators called on China on Tuesday to halt repression of Tibetan Buddhist monks and voiced concern that many had been arrested or had disappeared during a recent crackdown on religious freedom.
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China: UN experts warn of severe human rights restrictions on Tibetan Buddhist monasteries
GENEVA (1 November 2011) – A group of United Nations independent experts voiced grave concern over reports of heavy security measures, in and around the area of the Tibetan Buddhist Kirti monastery - which houses some 2,500 monks- and other monasteries in Aba County, an area of Sichuan province with many ethnic Tibetans in south-west China.