Tibetan monk dies after setting himself on fire in China, in line with the numerous immolations carried out to denounce the Chinese central power, several NGOs announced this Sunday.
La ONG Radio Free Asia, based in the United States, indicated that Lobsang Thokmey immolated himself this Saturday in the Kirti monastery on the occasion of the anniversary of the repression that the Chinese authorities carried out in the year 2008 in Tibet.
He emerged from his monastery room engulfed in flames carrying a Tibetan Buddhist prayer flag and died before reaching the hospital..
The London NGO Free Tibet also reported the death of the monk from 28 years in this monastery, historic center of Tibetan Buddhism teaching, located in Aba prefecture, in Sichuan Province (southwest china).
From 2009, at least 101 Tibetans committed suicide or attempted suicide by setting themselves on fire to protest against Beijing's tutelage and repression.
Many Tibetans can no longer tolerate what they consider to be increasing domination by the Han., The majority ethnicity in China, and the repression of their religion and their culture.
However, China rechaza el desafío a su autoridad y afirma haber "liberado pacíficamente" Tibet and improved the lot of its people by financing the economic development of this poor and isolated region.
