Tibetan self-immolation Protester Dies from Injuries
Another Free Tibet protestor, 21-year-old Ngawang Morphel has died of his injuries . Please be warned this contains graphic images.
After he set himself on fire with his friend Tenzin Khedup on June 20. His friend died of his injuries at the scene.
The two men were protesting against China's continued occupation of Tibet. As it has violently stamped out religious freedom and culture in Tibet under its rule.
This spokesman for the Tibetan government in exile speaking on behalf of the Tibetan Prime Minister appealed for these incidents to stopDozens of Tibetans have set themselves on fire since March 2011 in protest against China's six-decade rule over Tibet, according to Tibetan rights groups. China has branded the self-immolators "terrorists" and criminals and has blamed exiled Tibetans and the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, for inciting them. To which The Dalai Lama says he merely seeks greater autonomy for his Himalayan homeland.
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