Policy | 04/12/2013
Beijing, 4 dic (EFE).- A shepherd of 30 years set himself on fire on Tuesday in China's Gansu province to protest Chinese policy in Tibet, writer and activist Tsering Woeser said today on her Twitter account.
As a result of your action, the shepherd, Kunchok Tseten, that caught fire in Maqu county - with a large Tibetan population -, was seriously injured, Woeser indicated..
According to the writer, so far this year there have been 27 cases in which Tibetans have set themselves on fire in protest, 25 within Tibet and 2 out.
From 2009 These cases add up 128, of which 123 They took place in Tibet and the remaining five took place abroad., according to your data.
Woeser is one of the most prominent defenders of the Tibetan people inside China and currently lives under surveillance in Beijing..
Tibet independence organizations argue that the immolations are acts of desperation caused by the Chinese government's repression of culture and religion on the Roof of the World..
For your part, The Chinese Government accuses Tibetan groups in exile of financing these protest acts.
China assures that Tibet has been an inseparable part of its territory for centuries, while Tibetans argue that the region was long virtually independent until it was occupied by communist troops in 1951, si bien Pekín considera ese hecho una "liberación" de la "teocracia".
