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A Tibetan monk died after self-immolating in China, taking to 15 the number of people who have set themselves on fire in Tibetan areas in protest in less than a year.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nyage Sonamdrugyu, 40, set himself ablaze early Sunday morning in Qinghai in northwest China, the official Xinhua news agency reported, saying the monk was a high-ranking lama — a Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It is the first time the Tibetan-inhabited province has been hit by such a protest. Most self-immolations have taken place in the neighboring province of Sichuan, in what rights groups say are protests against perceived religious repression.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Tibetan government-in-exile, based in India, said in a statement the victim, whom it called Sonam Wangyal, self-immolated in Darlag county in the Tibetan autonomous prefecture of Golog to protest a lack of religious freedom.<\/p>\n

“Due to his position as a local spiritual leader, approximately 2,000 local Tibetans are said to have held a candlelight vigil urging the local police authorities to release his body,” it said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The incident comes after two former monks in Sichuan set themselves on fire on Friday — one died and another is being treated in hospital.<\/p>\n

The two — 18 and 22-years-old respectively — had once been monks at Kirti monastery, the scene of sporadic bouts of unrest since a young monk named Phuntsog set himself alight last March.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Many Tibetans in China accuse the government of religious repression and eroding their culture, as the country’s majority Han ethnic group increasingly moves into historically Tibetan areas.<\/p>\n

What a way to die! If you want to go out with a bang, guess that is the way to do it!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Source AFP<\/em>
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