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Breaking: Father of three burns self to death, Third self-immolation in a day takes toll to 85

Tibetan self-immolator Gonpo Tsering in an undated photo.
Tibetan self-immolator Gonpo Tsering in an undated photo.

DHARAMSHALA, November 26: In more alarming reports coming out of Tibet, a Tibetan man - the third in a single day - set himself on fire in Luchu region of Kanlho, eastern Tibet protesting China’s rule over of Tibet.

A group of exile Tibetans from Luchu identified the Tibetan self-immolator as Gonpo Tsering, 24 years of age and father of three children, all below the age of six.

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 28 November 2012 08:26 ) Read more...
 
 

Labor rights activists stage mass protest


Demonstrators take part in a protest against the government in Taipei yesterday. Workers hurled eggs at the Presidential Office as thousands took to the streets demanding that the government change economic policies which they say favor big business.
Photo: AFP, Mandy CHENG

Thousands of workers, students and social activists yesterday threw eggs toward the Presidential Office in Taipei during a protest about various economic and social issues, after launching five parades across the city.

“Fuck the government. It’s garbage,” thousands of demonstrators assembled on Ketagalan Boulevard chanted in unison as they moved toward the Presidential Office.

As they reached police barricades that stopped them about 300m away from the Presidential Office building itself, they began to throw eggs.

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 27 November 2012 08:45 ) Read more...
 


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Newsflash

DHARAMSHALA, August 14: In alarming reports coming out of Tibet, two more Tibetans set themselves on fire in protest against China’s rule over Tibet, Monday. There are also unconfirmed reports of a third self-immolation that took place later in the evening.

In more disturbing reports, following the self-immolations, local Tibetans carried out a protest in solidarity with the self-immolators, which reportedly resulted in the death of a Tibetan protestor.