Sentences with phrase «immolation protest»
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In my post, I wrote of an «epidemic of self - immolations,» noting that from mid-March to mid-July 2011 more than 40 Tibetans had set themselves on fire to protest the Chinese occupation of Tibet.
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Self - immolation began as a form of protest among Tibetans in China in February 2009, when a young monk set himself ablaze.
Self - immolation is becoming an increasingly common form of protest for Tibetans who want genuine autonomy from China and accuse Beijing of repression.
Among the more extreme cases of mind control is the self - immolation of the Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc in 1963 to protest the repressive regime in South Vietnam.