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Tibetan Father of Four Self-Immolates in China

A father of four in China's Sichaun Province set himself on fire Wednesday to protest China's repressive policies towards Tibetans. Tenzin Gyatso self-immolated outside a government meeting hall in Khangsar town of Tawu county after sunset. Sources say the police authorities arrived within minutes of the incident and confiscated his body. It has been a standard practice in the past few self-immolations, for the protester to be taken away still alive.  The next morning, the...


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