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http://www.dossiertibet.it Tibet : Twin Self-immolation in Barkham County Two Tibetan monks have set themselves on fire today at around 12.30 pm (Tibet Time) at Barkham County, the capital of Ngaba Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture .Tenpa Dhargyal and Chime Palden are monks at Gyalrong Tsodun Kirti Monastery in Barkham County, according to sources. The monks set themselves on fire while shouting slogans against the Chinese government.Sources also told TCHRD that the two were alive when they were taken to the hospital by the security officers. Some monks of Tsodun Kirti Monastery rushed to the scene of the self-immolation in three vehicles. But they were stopped on the way by the police who made them to return to their monastery. There is no confirmed information about the condition and whereabouts of Tenpa Dhargyal and Chime Palden. Both were born in Khorlachang village, Barkham County, Gyalrong Tsodun Township, Ngaba. Tenpa Dhargyal (aged 22) was born in Leko Tsang household. He is the youngest of the four children of parents Kalden and Paltso. He was a monk at Kirti Monastery (in Ngaba) from 2003 to 2009. Since 2009 he had studied at Tsodun Monastery. Chime Palden (aged 21) was born in Yesti Tsang household. He is the son of Rabgyal and Machik Tso. In 2009 he studied in Kirti Monastery for a few months. In 2010, on his way to Lhasa, police officers found on his cell phone a picture of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, a Tibetan Flag and the 'Unity' song by Tibetan singer Sherten for which he was detained in Lhasa for about a month. freetibet.org - 30 March 2012 - Denied travel to Ngaba Tenpa and Choemi travelled 80kms from their monastery in Tsodun Township to the county capital to make their protest. Other monks from the Tsodun monastery attempted to travel to Barkham Town following the twin self-immolations, but they were forced to return to their monastery by Chinese state security forces. There are reports of an increased number of Chinese state security forces deployed in the area following the self-immolations. savetibet.org - 30 March, 2012 - According to Kirti monks in exile in Dharamsala, India, one of the monks died, but one may still be alive. Both 22-year old Tenpa Darjey and Chimey Palden, age 21, were taken to the government hospital. Following the incident, monks from Tsodun monastery, a branch of Kirti monastery, set out for Barkham in three vehicles, with the intention of claiming the body of one of the monks if dead, or taking care of the other monk if still alive. They were stopped around 30 kilometers away from the monastery by armed police and special forces, who sent them back to the monastery. savetibet.org - 30 March, 2012 - According to Kirti monks in exile in Dharamsala, India, one of the monks died, but one may still be alive. Both 22-year old Tenpa Darjey and Chimey Palden, age 21, were taken to the government hospital. Following the incident, monks from Tsodun monastery, a branch of Kirti monastery, set out for Barkham in three vehicles, with the intention of claiming the body of one of the monks if dead, or taking care of the other monk if still alive. They were stopped around 30 kilometers away from the monastery by armed police and special forces, who sent them back to the monastery
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