{"id":648,"date":"2011-10-11T05:18:57","date_gmt":"2011-10-11T11:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubune.com\/blog\/?p=648"},"modified":"2011-10-07T22:20:30","modified_gmt":"2011-10-08T04:20:30","slug":"china-hit-by-more-self-immolation-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ubune.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/11\/china-hit-by-more-self-immolation-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"China hit by more self-immolation protests"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Two teenagers have set themselves on fire near a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in south-west China amid rumours that dozens of monks were ready to ‘sacrifice their lives”, rights groups said on Friday.<\/p>\n

The teenagers – Choepel and Khayang – were former monks from Sichuan province’s Kirti monastery, the scene of repeated protests, the London-based Free Tibet said in statement.<\/p>\n

The latest incidents – confirmed by another rights group with contacts in the region – take the number of people reported to have set themselves on fire to seven this year.<\/p>\n

Free Tibet, an activist group, said there were unconfirmed reports that Choepel, 19, had died while the condition of Khayang, 18, was not known. <\/p>\n

PHOTO: AP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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