{"id":29541,"date":"2013-08-06T15:42:52","date_gmt":"2013-08-06T10:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=29541"},"modified":"2013-08-06T15:42:53","modified_gmt":"2013-08-06T10:12:53","slug":"tibetan-monk-self-immolates-in-nepal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/tibetan-monk-self-immolates-in-nepal","title":{"rendered":"Tibetan monk self-immolates in Nepal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/tibetan-monk-self-immolates-in-nepal\/nepal\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29543\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"29543\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/tibetan-monk-self-immolates-in-nepal\/nepal\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/nepal.jpg?fit=275%2C183&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"275,183\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"nepal\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/nepal.jpg?fit=150%2C99&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/nepal.jpg?fit=275%2C183&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-29543\" alt=\"nepal\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/nepal-150x99.jpg?resize=150%2C99&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"150\" height=\"99\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/nepal.jpg?resize=150%2C99&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/nepal.jpg?w=275&amp;ssl=1 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>A Tibetan died after self-immolating himself in Nepal&#8217;s capital town Kathmandu Tuesday, the Central \u00a0Tibetan Administration (CTA) said here.\u00a0This was the second self-immolation death in the Himalayan country this year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A monk set himself afire near a monastery in Kathmandu this (Tuesday) morning. He was taken to a nearby hospital where he was declared dead,&#8221; CTA spokesperson Tashi Phuntsok told IANS.<\/p>\n<p>He said this was the third self-immolation case by a Tibetan exile in Nepal&#8217;s capital &#8212; second this year &#8212; protesting China&#8217;s repressive policies in Tibet. Two of them died.<\/p>\n<p>The CTA, based here, said 120 Tibetans have set themselves on fire since February 2009 in Tibet alone &#8212; of them, 103 have died.<\/p>\n<p>The common cry of all self-immolators is the return of the Dalai Lama to Tibet and freedom for Tibetans.<\/p>\n<p>The CTA reiterated that it was not encouraging self-immolations and asked China to send an investigation team here to prove otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, 78, has lived in India since 1959 when he fled his homeland after a failed uprising against Communist rule. His government-in-exile is based here but is not recognised by any country, including India.<\/p>\n<p>Some 140,000 Tibetans live in exile around the world, over 100,000 of them in India.<\/p>\n<p>After India, Nepal holds a large number of Tibetan diaspora.<\/p>\n<p>(Source: IANS)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Tibetan died after self-immolating himself in Nepal&#8217;s capital town Kathmandu Tuesday, the Central \u00a0Tibetan Administration (CTA) said here.\u00a0This was the second self-immolation death in the Himalayan country this year. &#8220;A monk set himself afire near a monastery in Kathmandu this (Tuesday) morning. 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