{"id":30947,"date":"2012-11-19T00:33:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-19T00:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1:10081\/?p=30947 "},"modified":"2012-11-19T00:33:00","modified_gmt":"2012-11-19T00:33:00","slug":"30947-revision-v1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minzhuzhongguo.org\/?p=30947","title":{"rendered":"Two Tibetans Die in Self-Immolations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>November 18, 2012<\/div><div>&nbsp;<\/div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mzzg.org\/UploadCenter\/ArticlePics\/2012\/46\/2012111971A7CE95-3FD6-4819-9A2F-AD0C80EE9A76_w640_r1_s_cx0_cy10_cw0.jpg\" alt=\"2012111971A7CE95-3FD6-4819-9A2F-AD0C80EE9A76_w640_r1_s_cx0_cy10_cw0.jpg (640&#215;360)\" \/><br \/><div>&nbsp;<\/div><div><\/div><div>Rights activists say a 24-year-old Tibetan man has died after setting himself on fire to protest Chinese rule in his homeland.<\/div><div>&nbsp;<\/div><div><\/div><div>Hours earlier on Saturday, a cab driver and mother of two died after setting herself afire, the latest death in a wave of self-immolations to protest Chinese rule.<\/div><div>&nbsp;<\/div><div><\/div><div>Several sources tell VOA&#8217;s Tibetan Language Service that Sangdhak Tsering set himself ablaze outside a local Chinese government office in Dokarmo Township in eastern Tibet.<\/div><div>&nbsp;<\/div><div><\/div><div>The Washington-based International Campaign for Tibet said Sunday that cab driver Chagmo Kyi set herself on fire in Tongren county in western China&#8217;s Qinghai province.<\/div><div>&nbsp;<\/div><div><\/div><div>The group said after the death, monks and others gathered amid a heavy security presence at a cremation site normally reserved for cremation of monks and lamas.<\/div><div>&nbsp;<\/div><div><\/div><div>Tibetan sources have reported 75 self-immolation protests in Tibetan regions of China since 2009, with 60 cases known to have resulted in death.<\/div><div>&nbsp;<\/div><div><\/div><div>Many Tibetans accuse the Chinese government of repressing their religion and culture. &nbsp;China says Tibetans enjoy religious freedom and benefit from better living standards linked to Chinese investment in underdeveloped Tibetan regions.<\/div><div>&nbsp;<\/div><div><\/div><div>Beijing has accused exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama of inciting the self-immolations to promote Tibetan separatism. &nbsp;Speaking on a visit to Japan Monday, the Dalai Lama said China must conduct a &#8220;serious investigation&#8221; 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