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annata
04-19-2012, 08:15 PM
Thursday, 19 April 2012Two Tibetans Self-Immolate in Zamthang

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Two lay Tibetans in their 20s set themselves on fire today around 1 pm local time to protest China’s repressive policies in the Tibetan regions.
Two Tibetans Self-Immolate in Zamthang


Choephag Kyab and Sonam self-immolated themselves in front of Jonang Zamthang monastery in Barma township of Zamthang county, Ngaba Prefecture in eastern Tibet.

According to eyewitnesses, local people took the two away. Sources in India who have contacts in the region say the two have succumbed to their burns.
On February 19, another Tibetan from Zamthang monastery died of self-immolation. (http://www.voanews.com/tibetan-english/news/139712333.html)18-year-old Nangdrol set himself ablaze calling for the long life of the Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama and freedom for Tibet.
The latest self-immolations bring the number of Tibetans who set themselves ablaze in Ngaba prefecture since March last year to 25. More than 35 Tibetans are confirmed to have self-immolated from Tibetan populated regions in China since February 2009.
The Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, recently told reporters there are indications that China is ready to push through political reforms in Tibet.
“I think here, one hopeful sign is that Wen Jiabao, last few years, in numbers of locations he expressed that People's Republic of China needs some political reform and in one location he even extended that China needs the western style of democracy.”

The Chinese government has described the self-immolations as barbaric and terrorists acts.
It accuses overseas groups and the Dalai Lama of inciting separatism.
Beijing also has also portrayed those who have set themselves on fire as outcasts and criminals
http://www.voanews.com/tibetan-english/news/Two-Tibetans-Self-Immolate-in-Zamthang-148086215.html

annata
04-19-2012, 08:23 PM
The Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, recently told reporters there are indications that China is ready to push through political reforms in Tibet China? never shown before claim before, instread "interference in INTERNAL Affairs ". Tibet is now in effect province of China.
Tibetian Buddhists are in Dharmasala, IN. a country of a religion and ppl in exile. The Dalai Lama is no longer the government reperesentaive, he's retired his 'red hat'

annata
04-19-2012, 08:27 PM
http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/29/opinion/ghitis-tibetan-protests/index.html
Beijing blames the horrific practice on the Dalai Lama (http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/03/27/china-blames-dalai-lama-for-tibetan-self-immolation/), calling the self-immolations "terrorism," even though the actions have no victims other than those who die at their own hand. In addition to trying to suppress Tibetan demands by brute force, as they have done for decades, Chinese officials have continued a propaganda campaign against the Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual leader, providing a version of events that leaps across the bounds of the credible.

For years, Chinese officials have called the Dalai Lama "a monster with a human face (http://articles.latimes.com/2008/mar/20/world/fg-tibet20)," and a "wolf in a monk's robe."
Most recently, Beijing accused him of masterminding the gruesome protests.
A government-run website accused the Dalai Lama of espousing "Nazi racial policies (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/25/china-accuses-dalai-lama-nazi)," and single-handedly crafting the self-immolations as part of a campaign of racial segregation.
China regularly refers to the aging monk as a "splittist" who aims to divide China to achieve Tibetan independence.

In fact, the Dalai Lama long ago gave up his call for independence (http://tibet.net/2012/03/03/statement-of-his-holiness-the-dalai-lama-on-the-52nd-anniversary-of-the-tibetan-national-uprising-day/), instead pursuing a "Middle Way," which seeks genuine autonomy within China, with freedom for Tibetans to preserve their culture and ensure their survival as an ethnic group. In addition, he has remained an ardent supporter of nonviolence, rejecting the campaign of self-immolations while offering prayers for those who died in the incidents.
The Tibetan government in exile has also sharply decried the violent practice (http://tibet.net/2012/03/27/cta-deeply-saddened-by-self-immolation-incidents/).
From its base in Dharamsala, in northern India, it has stated that "as Buddhists, life is precious," urging Tibetans to "refrain from drastic actions."
But despite the Dalai Lama's position, Beijing refuses to hold talks and continues to flood Tibetan areas with Han Chinese, diluting the local population and limiting Tibetan monastic practices
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The Dalai Lama, who has achieved rock star status in much of the world, has done much to rally the West to his cause. But his effort only goes so far. Given China's increasing economic clout, even President Obama tried to avoid upsetting the Chinese government on the Tibet issue. When the Dalai Lama visited the president in 2010, he had to leave the White House through a back door -- in front of garbage bags -- to lower the profile of the visit. The president later met him more openly in the face of criticism.