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| More than 20 students have been injured and their school placed under lockdown after a protest in a Tibetan area of western China on Monday morning, according to a campaign group. | More than 20 students have been injured and their school placed under lockdown after a protest in a Tibetan area of western China on Monday morning, according to a campaign group. |
| Free Tibet said more than 20 of the youths were taken to hospital after a demonstration by 1,000 students, mostly from the Chabcha Sorig Lobling school in Gonghe, known to Tibetans as Chabcha, in Qinghai province. It believed four of the patients required emergency treatment. | Free Tibet said more than 20 of the youths were taken to hospital after a demonstration by 1,000 students, mostly from the Chabcha Sorig Lobling school in Gonghe, known to Tibetans as Chabcha, in Qinghai province. It believed four of the patients required emergency treatment. |
| Separately, it reported that another three Tibetans had set themselves on fire in incidents across three Chinese provinces, at least two of them fatally. Around 80 Tibetans have set fire to themselves since March 2011, with roughly a quarter of those cases occurring since late October. | Separately, it reported that another three Tibetans had set themselves on fire in incidents across three Chinese provinces, at least two of them fatally. Around 80 Tibetans have set fire to themselves since March 2011, with roughly a quarter of those cases occurring since late October. |
| Free Tibet said it was unclear what had happened after security forces arrived at the student protest. It added that the authorities had sealed off the area and barred parents and residents from contacting those inside the school, citing unnamed sources. | Free Tibet said it was unclear what had happened after security forces arrived at the student protest. It added that the authorities had sealed off the area and barred parents and residents from contacting those inside the school, citing unnamed sources. |
| The reports could not be verified independently. | The reports could not be verified independently. |
| Free Tibet said it believed the demonstration had been prompted by a Chinese government book that the group said criticised self-immolations and belittled the Tibetan language. | Free Tibet said it believed the demonstration had been prompted by a Chinese government book that the group said criticised self-immolations and belittled the Tibetan language. |
| "We don't know what happened in this case, but it is unusual," said Robert Barnett, an expert on Tibet at Columbia University, who noted that security forces in Qinghai had generally been regarded as more restrained than those in Sichuan province. | "We don't know what happened in this case, but it is unusual," said Robert Barnett, an expert on Tibet at Columbia University, who noted that security forces in Qinghai had generally been regarded as more restrained than those in Sichuan province. |
| Separately, Free Tibet said an 18-year-old nomad named Kunchok Tsering had died after setting himself on fire on Monday afternoon in Xiahe, Gansu province. Another protester died in the same place last week. | Separately, Free Tibet said an 18-year-old nomad named Kunchok Tsering had died after setting himself on fire on Monday afternoon in Xiahe, Gansu province. Another protester died in the same place last week. |
| China has accused the Dalai Lama of inciting the protests and seeking to split the country; he blames Chinese policies for the deaths, and says he seeks only meaningful autonomy. | China has accused the Dalai Lama of inciting the protests and seeking to split the country; he blames Chinese policies for the deaths, and says he seeks only meaningful autonomy. |
| The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader told an Indian television channel this weekend the self-immolations had brought tears to his eyes. But unlike some other religious figures, he has stopped short of urging people against carrying them out, saying he needs to remain neutral on the issue. | The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader told an Indian television channel this weekend the self-immolations had brought tears to his eyes. But unlike some other religious figures, he has stopped short of urging people against carrying them out, saying he needs to remain neutral on the issue. |
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