Efe/Beijing
A young Tibetan student has set himself on fire in Sichuan province, west of China and bordering Tibet, the nineteenth event of this type that occurred in the country in 20 days to modo de protesta por la "ocupación" del "Techo del Mundo" and demand the return of the exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.
As confirmed by the Tibetan agency Phayul, the young student, calledWangyal and of some 20 years, he burned alive after 11.00 morning hours in the city of Seda, west of the aforementioned province, inhabited by Tibetan population.
Wangyal, who attended classes at the Popular Silk Institute, decided to set himself on fire in the middle of the city while shouting slogans calling for the return of the Dalai Lama (exiled in Dharmashala, India), y la "libertad del pueblo tibetano", as confirmed to Phayul by a Tibetan source in exile but with contacts in the region.
The same source added that A group of Chinese soldiers arrived at the scene after Wangyang caught fire, and they took him away after putting out the flames that covered his body, so it is The young man's current state of health is unknown..
Wangyal is an orphan and has three brothers and a sister, Phayul confirmed..
This type of protest happens three days later that a Tibetan peasant died after being burned in a bonfire, también a modo de protesta por la "libertad del Tíbet".
The case of Wangyal raises to 82 immolation cases (in this case, immolation attempt) in China in the last two years.
The situation has worsened in these last 20 days, with almost one immolation per day, since the beginning of 18th Congress of the Communist Party (CCP) the day 8, held in Beijing, in which the leaders who will govern the country for the next decade were chosen.
During this month of November, the immolations led to Thousands of people took to the streets to demonstrate in the western region of Qinghai, also bordering Tibet.
Tibetan organizations in exile, como 'Free Tibet', advierten de la "tensa situación" in the region, donde aseguran que hay actualmente desplegadas "un gran número de fuerzas armadas chinas" and? there may be clashes.
These organizations ask Beijing to heed the demands of the Tibetans to stop the wave of immolations, while the communist regime accuses the Dalai Lama, whom last week he was denied an entry visa to 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, yes ok para los tibetanos en el exilio el "Techo del Mundo" was virtually independent until it was occupied by the communist army at the beginning of the 1970s. 50 of the last century.
