Tibetan Immolations

The charred remains of an unidentified Tibetan young man were found on Saturday from a forest area near the Dalai Lama temple at Mcleodganj in Upper Dharamshala, the police said.

Two Tibetans -- a monk in China and a teenager in India -- set themselves on fire on the same day to protest Beijing's ironclad control of the Himalayan region, a rights group and reports said today.

A Tibetan has died after setting himself on fire to protest at China's rule of the Himalayan region in the first self-immolation for three months, a rights group and overseas media said today.

The Chinese government is not "seriously" probing the cause of a spate of self-immolations by Tibetans across China, the Dalai Lama said on Monday, Japanese media reported.

A teenager died in the 70th case of immolation since January 2009 in Tibet as thousands of Tibetans protested here Sunday against Chinese rule.

Dozens of Tibetans have set themselves on fire over the past year to protest Chinese rule, sometimes drinking kerosene to make the flames explode from within, in one of the biggest waves of political self-immolations in recent history.

The 27-year-old Tibetan who set himself on fire in Delhi during a protest against Chinese President Hu Jintao's India visit on Monday, has died. "Jamphel Yeshi who was admitted in Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital succumbed to burn injuries Wednesday morning at 9 am," a hospital spokesperson told IANS.

The body of a Tibetan monk who died after setting himself on fire was paraded through the streets in northwestern China, a report said on Monday. This was the latest in a series of self-immolation protests against Chinese rule.

A Buddhist nun in China's southwest Sinhuan Province has died after immolating herself. This is the eleventh case of self-immolation among Tibetans in western China in recent months. Chinese news agency Xinhua reported the news, saying the motive is being investigated.

Thirteen Tibetans were arrested on Sunday for picketing before the Chinese embassy in Delhi, police said. Seven women and six men were held after they shouted slogans against the "illegal Chinese occupation of Tibet", police said.

The charred remains of an unidentified Tibetan young man were found on Saturday from a forest area near the Dalai Lama temple at Mcleodganj in Upper Dharamshala, the police said.

Two Tibetans -- a monk in China and a teenager in India -- set themselves on fire on the same day to protest Beijing's ironclad control of the Himalayan region, a rights group and reports said today.

A Tibetan has died after setting himself on fire to protest at China's rule of the Himalayan region in the first self-immolation for three months, a rights group and overseas media said today.

The Chinese government is not "seriously" probing the cause of a spate of self-immolations by Tibetans across China, the Dalai Lama said on Monday, Japanese media reported.

A teenager died in the 70th case of immolation since January 2009 in Tibet as thousands of Tibetans protested here Sunday against Chinese rule.

Dozens of Tibetans have set themselves on fire over the past year to protest Chinese rule, sometimes drinking kerosene to make the flames explode from within, in one of the biggest waves of political self-immolations in recent history.

The 27-year-old Tibetan who set himself on fire in Delhi during a protest against Chinese President Hu Jintao's India visit on Monday, has died. "Jamphel Yeshi who was admitted in Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital succumbed to burn injuries Wednesday morning at 9 am," a hospital spokesperson told IANS.

The body of a Tibetan monk who died after setting himself on fire was paraded through the streets in northwestern China, a report said on Monday. This was the latest in a series of self-immolation protests against Chinese rule.

A Buddhist nun in China's southwest Sinhuan Province has died after immolating herself. This is the eleventh case of self-immolation among Tibetans in western China in recent months. Chinese news agency Xinhua reported the news, saying the motive is being investigated.

Thirteen Tibetans were arrested on Sunday for picketing before the Chinese embassy in Delhi, police said. Seven women and six men were held after they shouted slogans against the "illegal Chinese occupation of Tibet", police said.