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Tibetan Mother Self-Immolates in China

A Tibetan mother of two set herself on fire Wednesday to protest China's repressive policies towards Tibetans. Sangye Tso, 36, self-immolated in front of a Chinese security and re-education building located within the compound of Choparshing monastery in the Chinese province of Gansu. Sources say police arrived within minutes of the incident and took her away. It is unclear if Sangye Tso was alive when she was taken into custody.   In recent cases of self-immolation, the...


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