Beijing — A young Tibetan man set himself on fire this Sunday in northwest China to protest against Beijing's policy in Tibet., two organizations defending the rights of Tibetans reported.
Suicides like this add up to 60 Since February 2009. Seven of them took place in one week, at the end of October.
Dorjee Lhundrup, who had between 20 and 30 year old, he was killed in the Chinese province of Qinghai, according to the organization Campaign for Tibet, based in the United States.
According to Free Tibet, based in Great Britain, After the immolation, security forces were deployed and population movements were restricted.
China afirma que "liberó pacíficamente" Tibet and has improved the lot of its people by providing funds for economic development in this poor and isolated region.
Many Tibetans, however, They no longer tolerate what they see as the growing dominance of the Hans., the predominant ethnic group in China, as well as the repression of their religion and culture.
