{"id":30828,"date":"2012-11-12T15:02:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-12T15:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1:10081\/?p=30828 "},"modified":"2012-11-12T15:02:00","modified_gmt":"2012-11-12T15:02:00","slug":"30828-revision-v1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minzhuzhongguo.org\/?p=30828","title":{"rendered":"2 More Tibetans Dead After Fiery Anti-China Protests"},"content":{"rendered":"
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November 12, 2012<\/div>
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The death toll in Chinese-ruled Tibet is rising after two more Tibetans set themselves on fire to protest China’s policies.<\/div>
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VOA Tibetan said Nyingkar Tashi, 24, set himself on fire in front of a school in a town in Rebkong, an area called Tongren by the Chinese. Witnesses said he called for the return of the Dalai Lama and freedom for Tibet before he died.<\/div>
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A second man, Nyangchak Bhum, 18, set himself on fire and died several hours later in front of Chinese government offices in Dowa, also in the Rebkong region.<\/div>
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Witnesses say in both cases large crowd gathered after the self-immolations to say prayers.<\/div>
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VOA’s Tibetan service says there are also reports that China has dispatched more soldiers to the region from a nearby military base.<\/div>
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Monday’s self-immolations bring the total since February 2009 to 72, with the last nine coming since just last week.  In 58 cases, the protesters have died.<\/div>
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During a visit to Japan earlier, Monday, the Dalai Lama said China needed to conduct a “serious investigation” into the self-immolations rather than just place the blame on him.<\/div>
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Last week in Beijing, the Chinese-appointed vice governor of Tibet blamed the Dalai Lama for many of the recent protests.<\/div>
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Lobsang Gyaincain said “external Tibetan forces and the Dalai [Dalai Lama] clique are sacrificing other people’s lives to attain their secret political motives.”  <\/div>
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The self-immolations coincide with China’s 18th Party Congress in Beijing and the country’s once-in-a-decade leadership transition.<\/div>
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China has long accused Tibetan exiles of self-immolating as part of a separatist struggle, denouncing them as terrorists.<\/div>
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Anger over Chinese rule in Tibet sparked new protests Monday in New Delhi.<\/div>
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Exiled Tibetans, with their faces painted in the red and yellow colors of the Tibetan flag, charged the Chinese embassy.<\/div>
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Several protesters were detained. <\/div>
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