- At least two of them have died from the serious burns
- These are young people and among them there was a woman
- The actions coincide with the beginning of the PCC Congress
Six Tibetans have tried to immolate themselves in the last 48 hours setting fire as a way of protest of occupation of the Tibet On the part of the Beijing Army. The actions coincide with the Start of the Congress of the Communist Party of China, that will choose the new leaders of the country.
Five of the cases have occurred in the province of Siachen. As the spokesman in New Delhi of the Tibetan Government has told Efe in exile, TEMPA TSERING, "al menos dos" of those people have died For the serious burns. These are young people and among them there is a woman.
No details have yet spread about the sixth person who has tried to burn.
It is the more massive immolation attempt From the beginning, More than a year ago, of this type of resistance actions against the Chinese Tibet occupation, in a protest wave that has cost life near 60 Tibetans, mostly Buddhist monks.
Wave of immolations
Siachen is part of the historically Tibetan territory and has been the scene of a good part of the Immolations attempts and the current protest wave, what The Chinese government attributes to Dalai Lama, Exiled in the city of Dharamsala, northern india.
Tibetan government sources in exile, Based also in Dharamsala, They have denied, nevertheless, that the Dalai Lama promotes the wave of immolations, what, They say, responde "a actos individuales, that are not coordinated, aunque tienen alto contenido político".
This attempt at mass immolation coincides with the beginning of the XVIII Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, in which a renewal of the power dome in Beijing and in which Hu Jintao is expected, Chinese president, He has assured that si fallan "en la lucha contra la corrupción, The State will fall".
