Tenzin Wangmo, a 20-year-old nun from Dechen Chokorling Nunnery in Tibet, is the ninth Tibetan to commit self-immolation since March, and the fifth of those to die. They are protesting repression by Chinese security forces. More at Free Tibet.
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Oct 17, 2011
Nun becomes ninth Tibetan to self-immolate as protest against Chinese military repression
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