Self-immolations

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27 Mar 2013

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Tibetan man detained after wife self-immolates

19 Mar 2013

A Tibetan woman burned herself to death, leading authorities in China to detain her husband, rights groups and media reports said on Tuesday, in the latest such protest against Beijing’s rule....

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Tibet deputy party chief urges crackdown on self-immolations

8 Mar 2013

Tibet autonomous region officials yesterday called for a crackdown on the wave of self-immolations by ethnic Tibetans in protest against Chinese rule, saying there was "abundant" evidence that...

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Tibetan teens die in rare double self-immolation

21 Feb 2013

Two Tibetan teenagers died after they set fire to themselves in protest at Chinese rule, reports and Western rights groups said, in a rare instance of a double self-immolation in the restive...

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Tibetan burns himself to death in China in 101 self-immolation

14 Feb 2013

A Tibetan man burned himself to death in protest against Chinese rule, reports and Western rights groups said on Thursday, bringing the total to have set themselves on fire to at least 101.

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China convicts man over self-immolation ‘goading’

8 Feb 2013

A Chinese court in a Tibetan area convicted a man of intentional homicide and inciting secession on Friday for “goading” a monk to set himself on fire.

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Opinion

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Briefs, January 27, 2013

China's new leadership will focus on modernising the country before it increases Beijing's role in international affairs, a top official told the Davos forum yesterday.

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Tibetan burns himself to death, second self-immolation in a week

A young Tibetan in southwestern China has died after setting himself on fire, rights groups have reported, marking the second self-immolation protest in a week.

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Eight Tibetans arrested for communication with 'outside forces', report suggests

One monk is among the group accused of sharing information regarding one self-immolator and, in one case, details of the 2008 uprising. "The condition and whereabouts of the arrested Tibetans...

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GANSU

Tibetan man burns to death in Gansu, first self-immolation in China this year

A Tibetan man has died after setting himself on fire in protest at China’s rule of the Himalayan region, a rights group and overseas media said, relaying the first self-immolation of this year.

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Tibet’s capital to preserve its ancient heart

The government of Tibet’s capital city has begun a seven-month, 1.2 billion yuan (HK$ 1.47 billion) project to help preserve Lhasa’s ancient heart.

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TIBET

Beijing media attacks Dalai Lama over self-immolations

Beijing is ramping up the rhetoric against the Dalai Lama before 2013, which has been declared "International Year of Tibet Independence" by pro-independence activists, as state media launch a...

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