(Mark Schiefelbein/Associated Press)BEIJING — A man set himself on fire and died in western China’s Sichuan province in the first self-immolation protest among Tibetans this year, monitoring groups reported Thursday. ICT said his death was the 153rd self-immolation by a Tibetan since the protests began in 2009. The Free Tibet Campaign and U.S.-backed Radio Free Asia also reported the death, saying it took place in Ngaba’s Meruma township. “Such sacrifices by Tibetans in Tibet evidence that repression in Tibet under the Chinese rule is making lives unlivable,” Sangay said in a statement from the north Indian town of Dharmsala, where his government has its headquarters. ___Associated Press video journalist Dake Kang in Beijing and writer Ashok Sharma in New Delhi contributed to this report.

Source: Washington Post March 08, 2018 02:19 UTC