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CSI in the News October 2011 - CSI Today

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"The police put out <strong>the</strong> fire and took him away," Free Tibet said, add<strong>in</strong>g however that his upper body issaid to be "very damaged.Ngaba town is believed to be under police and military control with nobody allowed to enter or exit <strong>the</strong>town, <strong>the</strong> group said.Two young monks, Lobsang Kalsang and Lobsang Konchog, aged between 18‐19 years old and also fromKirti monastery, self‐immolated on Sept. 26.Lobsang Kalsang is <strong>the</strong> bro<strong>the</strong>r of Phuntsog, a 21‐year‐old monk also from Kirti monastery who diedafter sett<strong>in</strong>g himself on fire <strong>in</strong> March.The monks waved <strong>the</strong> banned Tibetan flag and called for religious freedom and shouted Long live t! heDalai Lama before <strong>the</strong>y set fire to <strong>the</strong>mselves.In August, ano<strong>the</strong>r monk, identified as Tsewang Norbu, 29, from Tawu countys Nyitso monastery <strong>in</strong>Sichuan prov<strong>in</strong>ces Kardze (<strong>in</strong> Ch<strong>in</strong>ese, Ganzi) prefecture, set himself on fire and died <strong>in</strong> protest atBeij<strong>in</strong>gs rule <strong>in</strong> Tibetan‐populated regionsRis<strong>in</strong>g TensionsThe weekend protest and <strong>the</strong> self‐immolation Monday heightened tensions which looked set tocont<strong>in</strong>ue <strong>in</strong> Tibetan regions of Ch<strong>in</strong>a as <strong>the</strong> rul<strong>in</strong>g Ch<strong>in</strong>ese Communist Party marked its 62nd anniversary<strong>in</strong> power.Saturday's protests by more than 200 Tibetans flared <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Kardze prefecture's Serthar (<strong>in</strong> Ch<strong>in</strong>ese,Seda) county after a photo of <strong>the</strong> Dalai Lama and a huge Tibetan flag were removed from a build<strong>in</strong>g andthrown <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> street, eyewitnesses said.The protesters called for <strong>the</strong> return of <strong>the</strong> Dalai Lama from exile and freedom for Tibet.Calls to <strong>the</strong> Serthar county government religious affairs bureau went unanswered dur<strong>in</strong>g office hours onMonday. Ch<strong>in</strong>a is currently <strong>in</strong> its "Golden Week" of holidays follow<strong>in</strong>g National Day celebrations onSaturday.Page 15 of 154

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