China: Tibetan Sets Himself on Fire

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A monk in a Tibetan region of western China died after setting fire to himself on Thursday afternoon, according to two Tibet advocacy groups based outside China. The monk, Tsultrim Gyatso, was the 125th person inside a Tibetan area of China to commit self-immolation as an act of protest since 2009, according to Kate Saunders, a spokeswoman for the International Campaign for Tibet. Another group, Free Tibet, put the total at 123, with 27 this year. The latest protest took place in a town that Tibetans call Amchok, in the Chinese province of Gansu.