CHINA-INTERNAL: TIBETAN YOUTH SELF IMMOLATES

VOA Tibetan confirmed on May 4, 2017, that a 16-year-old student Chagdor Kyab from Bora Township, in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in the Amdo region of Gansu province, staged a self-immolation protest on May 2 against Chinese rule,  Sources confirming the protest say that the person was taken away within minutes and that even as of tonight, more than 24 hours after the incidence, most people in Bora are unaware that a self-immolation took place. The identity of the man and whether he had stated any reasons for his act is unknown at present.

 

(Comment: Since 2009 at least 4 Tibetans from Bora have self-immolated. This latest incident has brought the number of self-immolations since 2009 by Tibetans living in China to 149.)

 








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