Monday, December 22, 2014

Girl dies after self-immolation protest at Ngaba. (At least 134 Tibetans have set themselves on fire inside Tibet since 2009)

The charred remains of Tsephel’s body after her self-immolation at Meuruma, Ngaba on 22 December 2014.

DHARAMSHALA: A twenty-year-old Tibetan girl burned herself to death in an apparent protest against the Chinese government at Meuruma township in Ngaba county, Ngaba Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (incorporated into China’s Sichuan Province), media reports say.
Tsephel, 20, set herself on fire today to protest the Chinese government’s repressive measures in Tibetan areas. Chinese authorities arrived at the site of the self-immolation within minutes and seized her body, a source from the region was quoted as saying.
Hailing from 4th Meuruma township, Tsephel is the daughter of Chutho Rinchen and Chenpa. She is the 10th Tibetan to self-immolate this year. The last reported self-immolation protest was of Sangye Khar who died after burning himself on 16 December at Amchok town, Sangchu county in nearby Gansu Province.

The Central Tibetan Administration led by Sikyong Dr. Lobsang Sangay has repeatedly urged the Chinese authorities in Tibet to address the genuine grievances of the Tibetan people to alleviate their sufferings. It has said that the blame as well as the solution for the self-immolations lies with the Chinese government and has urged the Chinese government to end its political repression, religious persecution, cultural assimilation, economic marginalization and environmental destruction in Tibet which remain the main causes of the Tibetan self-immolation protests.

At least 134 Tibetans have set themselves on fire inside Tibet since 2009 to protest the Chinese government’s repressive measures in Tibet. The Central Tibetan Administration has also consistently appealed to and discouraged Tibetans from drastic actions, including self-immolation, as a form of protest.
 [tibet.net]
22/12/14
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        1 comment:

        1. Third Tibetan self-immolates in less than a fortnight ...

          A Tibetan monk died after setting himself on fire yesterday protesting against the Chinese government’s repressive policies in Tibet. He was the third Tibetan to self-immolate in less than a fortnight, taking the total self-immolation toll inside Tibet to 135 since 2009................http://tibet.net/2014/12/24/third-tibetan-self-immolates-in-less-than-a-month/
          24/12/14

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