EFE:Another Tibetan burns alive in China and the number amounts to 29 in almost a month

Beijing, 3 dic (EFE).- A young Tibetan turned on fire in the province of Gansu, West of China, which raises the number of these cases to 29 Since almost a month ago an climbing escalation broke out, As reported by the Tibetana Phayul agency from exile.
According to Phayul sources in the region, The Tibetan, called Sungdue Kyab, He tried to immolate himself on Sunday, In one of the main avenues of the city of Bora in the aforementioned Chinese province, close to a monastery.
Sungdue se prendió fuego a modo de protesta por la opresión que ejercen las autoridades comunistas en la región y clamando por la libertad del "Techo del Mundo" And the return of the exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.
At the moment, The current health status of the young Tibetan is unknown, whose age is twenty, nevertheless, It is thought that I could stay alive.
As Phayul said, Shortly after caught fire, Chinese authorities arrived at the scene, They turned off the flames that covered Sungdue's body and transferred him to a hospital in a nearby city.
After the event, other Tibetans of the municipality of Sungdue tried to reach the hospital where, apparently, They transferred to the young man, While the Chinese authorities prevented citizens from moving.
Phayul alerta de que la situación en Bora es "tensa" And that the communication lines have been cut.
The region lives an escalation of immolation from the 8 November, coinciding with the celebration of the 18th Congress of the Communist Party (CCP) from China, a conclave in which the Chinese leaders who will lead the country for the next ten years were chosen.
Since that date, have been recorded - along with today's event- until 29 immolations or attempted immolations.
In the last two years, The figure already reaches 91, according to data from the Tibetan agency.
La "tensa" situación en el Tíbet y en regiones chinas próximas al "Techo del Mundo" -and inhabited, mostly, by tibetans- has led the international community to urge the Chinese Government to stop these tragedies.
Free Tibet and other organizations in exile ask Beijing to heed the demands of Tibetans to stop the wave of immolations, While the communist regime accuses Dalai Lama -who last week was denied entry visa in Taiwan- to encourage these protests for politicians' purposes.
China considers Tibet part of the country for centuries, by dynastic and conquest unions in the imperial era, si bien para los tibetanos en el exilio el "Techo del Mundo" It was virtually independent until it was occupied by the communist army in the early 50 of the last century.