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A Tibetan man has died after setting himself on fire near a Buddhist monastery in northwest China in the latest self-immolation protest against Beijing’s hardline rule, a rights group said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lhamo Kyeb ran towards the monastery in China’s Gansu province after setting himself ablaze on Saturday, the London-based Free Tibet group said.<\/p>\n

Citing an eyewitness, the group said security forces rushed to put out the flames<\/strong>, but the 27-year-old man was said to have resisted their efforts.<\/p>\n

He shouted slogans calling for the return of exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama and eventually fell to the ground and died.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nearly 60 ethnic Tibetans, many of them monks and nuns, have set themselves on fire in the area since February 2009 to protest against Beijing’s rule, according to Free Tibet.<\/p>\n

Calls to local government authorities as well as Labrang Monastery, one of the largest Buddhist temples outside Tibet, went unanswered on Sunday morning.<\/p>\n

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

China rejects this, saying Tibetans enjoy religious freedom. Beijing points to huge ongoing investment it says has brought modernisation and a better standard of living to Tibet.<\/p>\n

The prime minister of Tibet’s government-in-exile has called on the international community to resist growing pressure from China and stand up for human rights in his homeland.<\/p>\n

Source AP<\/em>
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