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Saturday, May 20, 2017

 

Another Monk Self-immolates in Tibet

By Tenzin Dharpo

 

A 22-year-old Tibetan monk has reportedly died after he self-immolated yesterday evening to protest against Chinese rule in Tibet.

Jamyang Losel set himself ablaze at around 5 a.m. on 19 May near the People’s Hospital in Kangtsa County in Tsojang Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Amdo (Ch. Qinghai) Province according to Radio Free Asia. 

 

“Losel’s body was taken away by the police, and when his family members went to the police station to claim his remains, the police refused to comply with their request. He did not survive his protest,” RFA’s anonymous source said.

The monk hailed from Dong Gya village and belonged to Gyerteng Monastery in Nangra town situated at about 30 kilometers south of Kangtsa County.

Earlier this month, a -16-tear-old Tibetan youth, Chagdor Kyab, from Bora Township, in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Amdo, set himself on fire near Bora Monastery shouting 'Tibet wants freedom' and 'Let His Holiness the Dalai Lama come back to Tibet'.

The self-immolation by Jamyang Losel takes the number of Tibetan self-immolators to 150.

The spate of self-immolation that began in 2009 has become an unprecedented act of resistance in Tibet under China. The overwhelming majority of the self-immolators demanded freedom for Tibet and return of the exiled spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama to his homeland.

Despite international outcry, China has resorted to using crude, and often brutal, measures against the fiery protests. The Chinese authorities have criminalizing self-immolation and subjected friends and family members of the self-immolators to heavy punishments, including imprisonment.