{"id":9404,"date":"2012-03-28T15:37:20","date_gmt":"2012-03-28T13:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/03\/tibetan-dies-from-self-immolation-in-india-before-hu-visit\/"},"modified":"2012-03-28T15:37:20","modified_gmt":"2012-03-28T13:37:20","slug":"tibetan-dies-from-self-immolation-in-india-before-hu-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/tibetan-dies-from-self-immolation-in-india-before-hu-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"Tibetan dies from self-immolation in India before Hu visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">NEW DELHI, March 28<\/span> (Reuters) &#8211; A Tibetan man died on<br \/>\nWednesday after setting himself on fire earlier this week in New<br \/>\nDelhi to protest Chinese rule of the Himalayan region, activists<br \/>\nsaid, hours before Chinese President Hu Jintao was due to arrive<br \/>\nin India for a summit of emerging market nations.<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Thirty Tibetans, mostly Buddhist monks and nuns, have set<br \/>\nthemselves on fire, mostly in southwestern China, in the past<br \/>\nyear, according to Tibetan rights groups. At least 20 have died.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Jamphel Yeshi, 27, set himself ablaze on Monday at a protest<br \/>\ncriticizing President Hu&#8217;s visit. He died in a local hospital<br \/>\nfrom his injuries, the general secretary of the Tibetan Youth<br \/>\nCongress said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The fact that Tibetan people are setting themselves on fire<br \/>\nin this 21st century is to let the world know about their<br \/>\nsuffering,&#8221; Yeshi wrote in a handwritten statement found in his<br \/>\nroom.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Pictures taken by a Reuters photographer showed the activist<br \/>\nrunning down a street enveloped in flames on Monday. He suffered<br \/>\nburn injuries across 98 percent of his body.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Born in Tibet but living in exile in India, Yeshi was an<br \/>\nactivist with the youth organization, which seeks independence<br \/>\nfor the Himalayan region, under Chinese rule for more than six<br \/>\ndecades.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Hu is due to arrive in Delhi on Wednesday afternoon to take<br \/>\npart in a one day summit between Brazil, Russia, India, China<br \/>\nand South Africa &#8212; known collectively as BRICS.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Indian police have arrested a number of Tibetans in recent<br \/>\ndays, activists say, in an apparent bid to prevent protests<br \/>\nmarring Hu&#8217;s visit.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>India hosts large community of Tibetans &#8211; including exiled<br \/>\nspiritual leader the Dalai Lama &#8211; one of the main sources of<br \/>\nfriction with neighbouring China, which accuses the Dalai Lama<br \/>\nof stirring unrest.\t<\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Annie Banerji; Editing by Frank Jack Daniel and<br \/>\nEd Lane)<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI, March 28 (Reuters) &#8211; A Tibetan man died on Wednesday after setting himself on fire earlier this week in New Delhi to protest Chinese rule of the Himalayan region, activists said, hours before Chinese President Hu Jintao was due to arrive in India for a summit of emerging market nations. 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