AFP: Tibetan woman immolates herself in China

AFP
27/05/2015 23:26

 At least 140 Tibetans have burned like hell since 2009


Beijing, China.- a tibetan woman, mother of two children, It was burned to death to protest against the repressive policy of the Chinese authorities, announced a foreign-based radio and organization.

Sangye Tso, of 36 years, He made his gesture in front of a government building in the city of Zhouni, in a Tibetan region of Gansu province (northwest China), indicated the NGO International Campaign For Tibet (ICT).

According to Radio Free Asia (RFA), The woman immolated herself in front of a police station and leaves behind a husband and two children.

Contacted by AFP, An official from Zhouni denied that such an act had taken place in the city.

Last week, RFA and ICT announced the immolation of a Tibetan father of four children in the neighboring province of Sichuan where a significant Tibetan minority also lives..

At least 140 Tibetans have burned like hell since 2009.

Many Tibetans can no longer tolerate what they see as growing Han domination., ultramajority ethnicity in China, and the repression of their religion and culture.

Beijing rejects these allegations and believes that Tibetans benefit from freedom of religion. The Government highlights the important investments dedicated to the modernization of Tibet and improving the quality of life of its inhabitants.

 

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