Tibet Monk Sets Self on Fire to Protest Chinese Rule

A Tibetan monk set off a protest today in western China by setting himself on fire, according to a group campaigning for Tibetan independence. The monk, a 21-year-old from an ethnically Tibetan part of Sichuan province, “immolated himself today in protest against the crackdown,” the International Campaign for Tibet tells…

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Tibet Monk Sets Self on Fire to Protest Chinese Rule

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