[Buddha-l] Second Tibetan Monk Burns Himself to Death in Protest

[Jo]

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/16/world/asia/16tibet.html?_r=1

 

The NYT article has more political details than other news articles.

 

Excerpt:

Stephanie Brigden, the director of Free Tibet, identified the monk who
killed himself as Tsewang Norbu, 29. She said he was protesting what she
described as the harsh treatment of Tibetans following the
<http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/18/world/asia/18tibet.html> March 16
immolation by a monk from the Kirti monastery in Aba, or Ngaba in Tibetan,
in the same region of Sichuan. She said the repression worsened further when
Tibetans in Daofu and elsewhere defied a government ban on celebrating the
Dalai Lama's 76th birthday on July 6. 

"We've basically seen an escalation in the clamping down," she said in a
telephone interview. "It is not just limited to this area." 

In a news release, Ms. Brigden said her group had "grave concerns" about
what could happen in Daofu in the aftermath of the monk's immolation, and at
his monastery, Nyitso. She said that telephone and Internet access had been
cut and that the group had "received reports that the army has surrounded
the monastery." 

 

I sympathise with the oppressed monks, but this action to me is
incomprehensible. Very sad. 

 

Joanna