US Seriously Concerned Over Tibetan Self-Immolations
VOA - Monday, January 9th, 2012
The United States says it is “seriously concerned” that more Tibetans have set themselves on fire in China, and says the actions represent deep frustration with Chinese government restrictions.
U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said Monday the self-immolations show there is enormous anger over severe Chinese restrictions on human rights and religious freedoms.
She added that Washington has consistently raised the issue with China.
Reports from Tibet say another Tibetan monk died Sunday after setting himself on fire in Dari county of Amdo region.
The reports say that before 42-year-old Lama Sopa Tulku set himself ablaze, he said he was doing so to commemorate all the Tibetans who have died since 2009 for Tibet's freedom and for the return of their spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, who fled to India in 1959 amid an abortive uprising against Chinese rule.
Two other Tibetans immolated themselves Friday near the flashpoint Kirti monastery in Sichuan province.
At least 14 Tibetan Buddhists are believed to have set themselves on fire in the past year since a young monk protesting Chinese rule died after self-immolating outside the Kirti monastery in March. That death sparked months of protests by monks and nuns and triggered a major Chinese crackdown that included the arrests and disappearances of hundreds of monks.
Beijing has denounced the self-immolations and accuses Tibetan exiles of encouraging them. The government says Tibetans enjoy religious freedom.
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2011-02-15
Dalai Lama’s Nephew Killed on “Walk For Peace”
Dalai Lama’s Nephew Killed By Car in US
Tuesday, February 15th, 2011 - VOA
The nephew of the Dalai Lama has been struck by a vehicle and killed while conducting a “Walk For Peace” along a highway in the U.S. state of Florida.
Police said Jigme Norbu, the 45-year-old son of the Dalai Lama's brother Thubten Norbu, was walking along the side of an unlit local highway when he was hit by a sports utility vehicle Monday evening. They say he was already dead when emergency medical technicians arrived at the scene.
Norbu died about 40 kilometers south of the city of St. Augustine, where he had set out Monday on what was to have been a 480-kilometer walk to raise awareness about human rights abuses in Tibet. He had conducted several similar walks, including a trek of almost 1,500 kilometers in 2009 from the state of Indiana to New York City.
Norbu was a native of Bloomington, Indiana. His father, who died in 2008 at age 86, was a professor at the University of Indiana in Bloomington, and had served as the Dalai Lama's representative in the United States.
Dalai Lama’s Nephew Killed By Car in US
Article from VOA
Tuesday, February 15th, 2011 - VOA
The nephew of the Dalai Lama has been struck by a vehicle and killed while conducting a “Walk For Peace” along a highway in the U.S. state of Florida.
Police said Jigme Norbu, the 45-year-old son of the Dalai Lama's brother Thubten Norbu, was walking along the side of an unlit local highway when he was hit by a sports utility vehicle Monday evening. They say he was already dead when emergency medical technicians arrived at the scene.
Norbu died about 40 kilometers south of the city of St. Augustine, where he had set out Monday on what was to have been a 480-kilometer walk to raise awareness about human rights abuses in Tibet. He had conducted several similar walks, including a trek of almost 1,500 kilometers in 2009 from the state of Indiana to New York City.
Norbu was a native of Bloomington, Indiana. His father, who died in 2008 at age 86, was a professor at the University of Indiana in Bloomington, and had served as the Dalai Lama's representative in the United States.
Dalai Lama’s Nephew Killed By Car in US
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