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3 Tibetans Sentenced in Immolation Cases
21 March 2013
By Edward Wong

BEIJING — Three Tibetans from Qinghai Province have been given prison sentences for “inciting state secession,” according to a statement on an official provincial Web site. On Monday, a court in Haidong Prefecture sentenced the Tibetans — Kalsang Dhondup, Jigme Thabkey and Lobsang — to terms of six, five and four years, respectively. The online announcement said that the men used self-immolations by Tibetans for publicity purposes and circulated texts and photographs related to Tibetan independence, spreading “bad influence locally and internationally.” Since 2009, at least 109 Tibetans have set fire to themselves to protest Chinese rule, and most have died. To deter the act, Chinese officials are trying to prosecute people associated with those who commit self-immolation. Tibetans opposed to Chinese rule say those who self-immolated did it out of frustration with Chinese policies.

© The New York Times 2013.

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Killings Stir Fears of Ethnic Tensions in Chinese Region
By Edward Wong
8 March 2013

BEIJING — At least four people were killed and eight injured in what appeared to be a knife fight in the city of Korla, a center of oil production in the western Chinese region of Xinjiang, regional officials said on Friday.

The outburst of violence on Thursday put local residents on edge over a potential flare-up in ethnic tensions, a common occurrence in parts of Xinjiang where ethnic Uighur, a Turkic-speaking people, bridle at what they call discrimination by the Han Chinese, who rule China. The police ordered people to stay off the streets in parts of Korla after the fight, but the authorities had lifted that ban by Friday. (Read more )

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Tibetans Accused of Inciting Self-Immolations
By Andrew Jacobs
28 February 2013

BEIJING — Security officials in the northwestern Chinese province of Gansu have arrested five Tibetans and accused them of inciting a series of self-immolations late last year by convincing participants they would become heroes in death, state news media reported. Four of those detained were Buddhist monks, who the police say were guided by a Tibetan exile organization.

The arrests, announced Wednesday by Xinhua, the state news agency, are part of an increasingly desperate government campaign to stop the spate of suicidal protests through intimidation, jail time and rewards for those who cooperate with the police. (Read more)

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China: 2 Tibetan Monks Carry Out Fatal Protests
By Edward Wong
25 February 2013

Two Tibetan monks have died in separate self-immolation protests in Tibetan regions of western China since Sunday, according to reports on Monday by two Tibet advocacy groups. Phagmo Dundrup, in his early 20s, set himself on fire at the Chachung Monastery in Qinghai Province on Sunday, according to a report by International Campaign for Tibet, a group based in Washington. On Monday, Tsesung Kyab, in his late 20s, set himself on fire outside the main temple of Shitsang Gonsar Monastery in Gansu Province. He was a relative of Pema Dorjee, 23, who carried out a similar protest at the same monastery last year. Since 2009, at least 106 Tibetans have set themselves on fire to protest Chinese rule in Tibet. Most have died.

© The New York Times 2013

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Nepal Agreement May Break Deadlock Over Nation’s Leadership
By Gardiner Harris
19 February 2013

NEW DELHI — Nepal’s major political parties have tentatively agreed to select the country’s Supreme Court justice as an interim prime minister so elections can be held in June, potentially breaking a five-year deadlock that has left the nation with a hobbled government.

The agreement is expected to be formally signed early Tuesday evening. The chief justice, Khilaraj Regmi, is expected to lead a technocratic cabinet that will seek to resolve the many issues that have stymied for years efforts to hold a follow-up set of elections to those held in 2008. (Read more)

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Lobsang Sangay : “Pékin porte la responsabilité des immolations de Tibétains”
Par Frederic Bobin
le 14 Fevrier 2013

Le premier ministre tibétain du gouvernement en exil Lobsang Sangay, en 2011, à Washington. | KEVIN LAMARQUE/REUTERS
ENTRETIEN. La centième immolation d’un Tibétain par le feu s’est produite, mercredi 13 février, à Katmandou, capitale du Népal. Un jeune Tibétain s’est aspergé d’essence et a mis le feu à ses vêtements à proximité du sanctuaire bouddhiste de Bodnath, fréquenté par de nombreux pèlerins et touristes. Selon les autorités népalaises, son état est critique. Sur les 99 tentatives précédentes, 83 des immolés avaient succombé à leurs blessures. Le premier ministre tibétain en exil, Lobsang Sangay, successeur politique du dalaï-lama (ce dernier ayant conservé son titre de guide spirituel), avait accordé le 6 février à New Delhi un entretien au Monde dans lequel il dénonce la “ligne dure” de Pékin au Tibet. (Read More)

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