Tibetan monks die after self-immolation

by admin
Apr 26, 2013

Two Tibetan monks have died after setting themselves alight at the at the Kirti monastery in Aba county, Southern China earlier this week, protesting against Chinese rule.

The recent deaths mean that more than 100 Tibetans have self-immolated in protest since 2011. They were identified as Lobsang Dawa, 20, and Konchog Woeser, 23.

Speaking on the immolations Free Tibet director Eleanor Byrne-Rosengren said,

“All the Tibetans who resort to self-immolation do so because they feel they have no other way to make China and the world listen to their country’s call for freedom”.

 

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