Tibetan self-immolation triggers clash in China
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A Tibetan has set himself on fire in China, the latest in a series of self-immolations, prompting clashes between police and locals, activists say.
The self-immolation happened in the town of Aba in Sichuan province.
It was not known if the Tibetan had died; he is believed to be male, although that is not confirmed.
Saturday's incident brings to 16 the number of Tibetans who have set themselves alight in the past year, mostly in Sichuan province.
Protesters are demanding an end to tight Chinese controls in ethnically Tibetan areas, activists say.
Two activist groups say a woman was shot during the unrest.
"According to at least two or three sources, a Tibetan layperson set themselves on fire this morning in Ngaba town. As police put out the flames, they beat him severely," said Kate Saunders, of the International Campaign for Tibet, a London-based group
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-16561227
The self-immolation happened in the town of Aba in Sichuan province.
It was not known if the Tibetan had died; he is believed to be male, although that is not confirmed.
Saturday's incident brings to 16 the number of Tibetans who have set themselves alight in the past year, mostly in Sichuan province.
Protesters are demanding an end to tight Chinese controls in ethnically Tibetan areas, activists say.
Two activist groups say a woman was shot during the unrest.
"According to at least two or three sources, a Tibetan layperson set themselves on fire this morning in Ngaba town. As police put out the flames, they beat him severely," said Kate Saunders, of the International Campaign for Tibet, a London-based group
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-16561227
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COMMONSENSEFORCOMMONGOOD_COM
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Monks, PLEASE! If you're going to self immolate, do it in a highly flammable Chinese establishment that will be seen from miles around when you conflagrate to the entire building.
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COMMONSENSEFORCOMMONGOOD_COM
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artemis6
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Wow . Things must be very bad there , far more that they let on .... Good post !
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artemis6
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EthicalVegan
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artemis6:
FAR worse, FAR worse.
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EthicalVegan
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ampersand
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Chinese police beating a monk who set himself on fire just to teach him not to do it again.
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ampersand
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artemis6
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ampersand:
LIke THAT would even work .... there are stupid cops everywhere i guess .
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artemis6
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Varex_Sythe
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ampersand:
You can't be serious...
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Varex_Sythe
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ampersand
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Varex_Sythe:
Gee,..ya' think?
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ampersand
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Varex_Sythe
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ampersand:
Sorry, it just seems insane. Even if it does not apply, this situation kind of reminds me of the phrase, beating a dead horse, except it is a monk, and it is not necessarily dead.
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Varex_Sythe
