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| Three Tibetans have died after setting themselves on fire to protest against Chinese rule in a western region where authorities have imposed a heavy security presence, exiled Buddhist monks and reports said on Thursday. | Three Tibetans have died after setting themselves on fire to protest against Chinese rule in a western region where authorities have imposed a heavy security presence, exiled Buddhist monks and reports said on Thursday. |
| More than 100 Tibetans have self-immolated since 2011 to protest against Chinese policies in the region and call for the return of their spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, from exile. | More than 100 Tibetans have self-immolated since 2011 to protest against Chinese policies in the region and call for the return of their spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, from exile. |
| Two of the three latest protesters were monks at a monastery in Ruo'ergai county of Aba prefecture, according to exiled monks and the Free Tibet group. The two monks, aged 20 and 23, set themselves on fire in a corner of an assembly hall of the Taktsang Lhamo Kirti monastery, wrote Losang Yeshe and Kanyag Tsering, monks living in exile in Dharmsala, India. | Two of the three latest protesters were monks at a monastery in Ruo'ergai county of Aba prefecture, according to exiled monks and the Free Tibet group. The two monks, aged 20 and 23, set themselves on fire in a corner of an assembly hall of the Taktsang Lhamo Kirti monastery, wrote Losang Yeshe and Kanyag Tsering, monks living in exile in Dharmsala, India. |
| The US broadcaster Radio Free Asia reported that a Tibetan woman in Rangtang county in the same prefecture also died after self-immolating on Wednesday. The broadcaster said the woman was 23 years old but that other personal details were not known. | The US broadcaster Radio Free Asia reported that a Tibetan woman in Rangtang county in the same prefecture also died after self-immolating on Wednesday. The broadcaster said the woman was 23 years old but that other personal details were not known. |
| Police and propaganda officials in both counties were either unreachable by phone or said they were unaware of the self-immolations. | Police and propaganda officials in both counties were either unreachable by phone or said they were unaware of the self-immolations. |
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