91038911 Two Tibetan monks have committed self immolation
Two Tibetan monks have committed self-immolation in the monastery of Kirti, located in Aba prefecture of Sichuan province. On Monday, September 26, reports Associated Press referring to the organization Save Tibet. Young people chanted slogans in support of the Dalai Lama and religious freedom. Self-immolation out 18-year-old Lobsang Kalsang (Lobsang Kalsang) and 19-year-old Lobsang Konchok (Lobsang Konchok). As reported by DPA, with reference to the representatives of Save tibet, one of the monks died, the other is in critical condition. At the same time, the government agency "Xinhua, " reports that the police were able to quickly knock down the flames and the monks were taken to hospital with minor burns. One of the young people who have committed self-immolation, is the brother of the monk who burned himself in the same monastery Kirti March 16, 2011. A few hours later the monks stole him from the hospital and hid behind the walls of the monastery almost daily. A day later the monk died in hospital. Hid his men were sentenced to prison on a murder charge. Then the monk's death triggered a wave of protests in Sichuan province. In the demonstration for freedom in Tibet was attended by over fifteen hundred people. In clashes with the police, killing two residents. After that, the army began the siege of the monastery Kirti. In August, committed self-immolation of another monk. He lived in a monastery, located 200 kilometers from the Kirti. During the mass protests to demand independence for Tibet since 2008, hundreds of monks were arrested, many of them, Chinese authorities sent to the so-called "patriotic re-education ." The Dalai Lama said he hoped the autonomy of Tibet and does not require its full independence. March 14, 2011, he refused the status of the political leader of Tibet and announced that henceforth it will only be a spiritual leader. 76-year-old Dalai Lama XIV, expelled from China in 1959, also said that it is not sure whether there will be his next reincarnation, and whether to keep the Dalai Lama institution as such. He intends to consider this question when it will be about 90 years. If the Tibetan spiritual leader will take a positive decision on his rebirth, he left detailed written instructions on the process of finding a new Dalai Lama. At the same time, the Chinese government once again stated that it intends to appoint a reincarnation of the Dalai Lama alone. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China said that Dalai Lama has never elected a successor on their own. The ministry also stressed that the candidacy of the Dalai Lama XIV was approved by the government.
