Empty original: Tibetan man sets himself on fire in protest against Chinese occupation
Free Tibet claimed that almost 60 Tibetans have immolated themselves since March 2011 to protest Chinese control in the Himalayan region.
by AP – 21/10/2012 – 00:24
A human rights group said another Tibetan set himself on fire while shouting slogans calling for the Dalai Lama's return to Tibet.
Free Tibet, based in London, noted that Lhamo Kyeb, of 27 years, died Saturday near a monastery in Gansu province, In northwestern China. The group said he set himself on fire and ran towards the Bhora monastery in Xiahe county and that state security forces ran after him and tried to put out the flames..
Free Tibet added that almost 60 Tibetans have immolated themselves since March 2011 to protest Chinese control in the Himalayan region.
The calls made on Sunday to the regional government and the policeto those seeking their comments were not responded to. A service man in the prefectural government said that I had noto information.
China blames the Dalai Lama, exiled lispiritual power of theebet, of inciting immolations, which he denies.
