Confirmed accounts of today’s self-immolation protest against China’s illegal and violent rule of Tibet have now reported two separate incidents, both in Eastern Tibet’s Amdo region. According to Dossier Tibet “One was a monk from the Kirti Temple in Amdo Ngaba (Editor’s Note: named in other report as Mr Khechok Palden) , the other was a monk from Amdo Tsekhog” . More Details Here
Below a Tibetan named as Mr Khechok Palden engulfed himself in flames near Amdo Kirti monastery, in Eastern Tibet’s Amdo region approximately 11.30 am local time.
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