Empty original: New immolation of a Tibetan next to an important Buddhist monastery
A Tibetan man about 50 years he immolated himself next to the Labrang monastery (northwestern china province of Gansu), one of the most touristy in the west of the country but also a frequent scene of religious and independence protests in recent years, Free Tibet organization reported.
A Tibetan man about 50 years he immolated himself next to the Labrang monastery (northwestern china province of Gansu), one of the most touristy in the west of the country but also a frequent scene of religious and independence protests in recent years, Free Tibet organization reported.
Beijing, 23 oct.- A Tibetan man about 50 years he immolated himself next to the Labrang monastery (northwestern china province of Gansu), one of the most touristy in the west of the country but also a frequent scene of religious and independence protests in recent years, reported the Free Tibet organization. The man, called Dhondup (many Tibetan names only have one word) fire was set around the 09:30 yesterday's local time, Monday, noted the London-based organization, who published a photograph of the event and indicated that the victim probably died, although this point is not confirmed. More than sixty people, many of them monks, have been immolated in the last two years in areas with Tibetan populations in western China, apparently in protest of the religious repression of this town, a wave of suicides that worries both the communist authorities and activists in exile. The Labrang Monastery is the most famous and visited of Tibetan Buddhism outside the autonomous region of Tibet, and was the scene of massive protests in the year 2008, although until now immolations had never been reported in that place. Located in the city of Xiahe, The huge religious complex is in an area where Chinese coexist from the majority ethnicity with Tibetans and Muslims Hui, although in the locality the neighborhoods of each of these towns are clearly separated. China has considered Tibet part of the country for centuries, by dynastic and conquest unions in the imperial era, mientras que para los tibetanos en el exilio el "Techo del Mundo" was virtually independent until it was occupied by the communist army in the early 1990s. 50 of the last century.(EFE agency)
