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An immolation has occurred in Nepal, the first time in this country
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The action has taken place in protest against China's occupation
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The 100th anniversary of the proclamation of independence of Tibet marks
- However, China considers Tibet for itself
EFE 13.02.2013 – 15:35h
A young Tibetan finds himself in critical condition after catching fire this Wednesday in Kathmandu, which brings to one hundred the number of people of that origin who have tried to immolate themselves since 2009 in protest of the Chinese occupation from your country.
According to police sources, Efe, The young man has tried to immolate himself at 8.00 local time (03.15 peninsular time) in front of a temple in Bouddha area, in an act of protest that coincides with the one hundred anniversary of the proclamation of independence of Tibet.
Local police spokesperson, Keshav Official, has specified that the young man who tried to immolate himself has 22 years, and is in a state of extreme seriousness because his entire body was affected after spraying himself with oil and burning himself when leaving a restaurant..
Lord Koirala, a doctor from the hospital in the Nepalese capital to which the young Tibetan was transferred, has avoided providing details about the patient's health status, and has only revealed that he is admitted to the medical center.
"No ha dejado ningún mensaje, pero parece lógico que es contra lo ocupación china", A Tibetan activist who is in exile in Nepal has stated on condition of anonymity, where there is at least 15.000 Tibet refugees.
According to Tibetan exile sources, The young man who tried to immolate himself is a monk but this has not been confirmed by the Nepalese police.
One hundred immolated in protest actions
The immolation attempt is the first to be produced in Nepal but raises the 100 the number of such protest actions registered since 2009, as confirmed to Efe by the spokesperson for the Tibetan exile in New Delhi, TEMPA TSERING.
In most cases they have been monks who set themselves on fire on Tibetan or Chinese soil, but apart from Kathmandu there have also been immolations in the India, that welcomes the largest tibetan community outside your country of origin.
The new immolation attempt coincides with today's celebration of the centenary of Tibet's independence., proclaimed the 13 February 1913 but it became void when Chinese troops invaded the country in the early 1950s..
China considers Tibet part of it for centuries, by dynastic and conquest unions in the imperial era.
Pero el exilio tibetano recuerda que el "Techo del Mundo" It was independent until it was occupied by the Chinese Army.
Accusations between Tibet and China
Although he dissociates himself from the wave of immolations, The Tibetan exile demands that Beijing pay attention to their demands - which mainly revolve around greater autonomy -, which indicates that it would stop this type of protest actions.
The Chinese regime accuses, nevertheless, to the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan Government in exile - based in Dharamsala, in northern India, of encouraging immolations for political purposes.
And it resorts to its status as a superpower to politically and diplomatically silence the voices that are raised around the globe in defense of the Tibetan cause, who have taken advantage of today's commemoration to redouble their demand for freedom for Tibet.
La organización "Radio Free Asia" (RFA) has claimed on its website its right to celebrate the commemoration.
"Cada país tiene un día nacional o de independencia, regardless of your political status, por lo que Tíbet no es una excepción", apunta la organización "Estudiantes por un Tíbet Libre" (SFT, acronym in english) in a statement published by that organization.
