Two tibetans self-immolate in Lhasa: is protest spreading? - The Christian Science Monitor
28 May 2012, 7:54 am
Two tibetans set themselves on fire outside a Buddhist temple in Lhasa, the first of a series of self-immolation protests against Chinese rule over Tibet to take place in the regional capital, Radio Free Asia reported on Monday. The broadcaster ...

Protesters set themselves on fire near temple popular with tourists in Tibet capital - msnbc.com
28 May 2012, 5:59 am
At least 34 tibetans have set themselves on fire since March 2011 in protest against China's six-decade rule over Tibet, according to Tibetan rights groups. At least 24 have died, Reuters reported. China has branded the self-immolators ...

2 tibetans set selves on fire outside Lhasa temple - The Guardian
28 May 2012, 3:29 am
Associated Press= BEIJING (AP) — Two men engulfed themselves in towering flames outside a temple that is a popular tourist site in Lhasa, marking the first time a recent wave of self-immolations to protest Chinese rule has reached the tightly guarded ...

Protests spread to Lhasa; Two tibetans set themselves ablaze - MSN India
27 May 2012, 10:43 pm
Beijing, May 28 (PTI) A wave of self-immolations in protest against the Chinese government, which rocked regions close to Tibet for several months, has now spread to Lhasa, where two tibetans for the first time set themselves on fire outside a famous ...

US broadcaster: 2 tibetans set selves on fire in Lhasa, a first for region's capital - Greenfield Daily Reporter
27 May 2012, 8:27 pm
BEIJING — Two men engulfed themselves in towering flames outside a temple that is a popular tourist site in Lhasa, marking the first time a recent wave of self-immolations to protest Chinese rule has reached the tightly guarded Tibetan capital ...

Two tibetans carry out self-immolation protests in front of Tibet’s holiest temple in Lhasa - Voice of America
27 May 2012, 7:58 pm
At around 2 pm local time on Sunday, 27 May 2012,  two  young Tibetan men set themselves on fire  in front of the Jokhang temple in Lhasa, sources have told VOA. According to the sources, the security forces, armed with firefighting equipment, arrived ...

tibetans asked to return land for law violation - Times of India
27 May 2012, 6:25 pm
SHIMLA: tibetans in Himachal Pradesh have been asked to return 11,000 sq metres of land in the pristine hills of Rewalsar, 25 km from Mandi, for violating land and tenancy laws. Tibetan exiles had bought land to construct a Buddha idol, but ...

'Proclamation of Independence' of 1913 by 13th Dalai Lama released - Times of India
24 May 2012, 8:59 pm
DHARAMSHALA: An organization of exiled tibetans, Students For free Tibet (SFT), has unveiled a re-creation of the "Tibetan Proclamation of Independence" issued by the 13th Dalai Lama in 1913 on Wednesday late evening at a ceremony organized at ...

China fuelling "increasingly desperate acts" by tibetans says US - Phayul
24 May 2012, 6:57 pm
DHARAMSHALA, May 25: The US State Department in its ‘Annual Country Reports on Human Rights 2011’ released on Thursday said that Chinese authorities' actions have fuelled "increasingly desperate acts" by tibetans, including a wave of self-immolation ...

Gwynne Dyer: tibetans in flames - Georgia Straight
16 May 2012, 12:33 pm
The number of tibetans burning themselves to death in protests against Chinese policy has grown very fast recently: the first self-immolation was in 2009, but 22 of the 30 incidents happened in the past year. And while at first it was only Buddhist monks ...