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Two Tibetans die, burning protests top 50: groups
AFP, Published on 28/08/2012
» Two teenagers burned to death in southwest China, taking to over 50 the number of Tibetans who have set themselves alight in protest against Beijing's rule, rights groups said on Tuesday.
Myanmar bloodshed leaves deep scars
AFP, Published on 25/08/2012
» SITTWE, MYANMAR: Charred stumps and scattered rubbish are all that remain of a once-bustling community in strife-torn western Myanmar, just one of many razed to the ground in recent communal violence.
Tibetan sets himself alight in China: group
AFP, Published on 07/08/2012
» A Tibetan man in southwest China set himself on fire Monday, the latest in a series of shocking protests against Chinese rule, an overseas human rights group said.
Tibet monk self-immolates in China: group
AFP, Published on 29/03/2012
» A young Buddhist monk has self-immolated in southwest China, becoming the latest Tibetan to take his own life to protest Beijing's rule, a rights group and exiles said Thursday.
Tibetan monk self-immolates to protest China: group
AFP, Published on 18/02/2012
» A Tibetan monk burned himself to death on Friday in a protest against a crackdown on his monastery, in the latest of a wave of self-immolations against Beijing's rule, an exile group said.
Group urges China restraint amid Tibet unrest
AFP, Published on 15/01/2012
» A rights group has called on Beijing to use restraint after a Tibetan set himself on fire in southwest China on Saturday and police allegedly fired on hundreds of locals, possibly killing one.
Tibetan 'attempts self-immolation'
AFP, Published on 14/01/2012
» A Tibetan set himself on fire in southwest China on Saturday and police fired on hundreds of locals, possibly killing one, as they attempted to rescue the burned body from officials, rights groups said.
Tibetan monk self-immolates in China: Xinhua
AFP, Published on 09/01/2012
» A Tibetan monk died after self-immolating in China, state media said Monday, taking to 15 the number of people who have set themselves on fire in Tibetan areas in less than a year in apparent protest.
Ghosts, amulets, ringtones, and the rest of Thai Buddhism
Life, Chris Baker, Published on 09/01/2012
» Somdet To is, according to Justin McDaniel "arguably the most famous monk in Thai history." His image, picture, chants, biographies, amulets, and pamphlets are everywhere. Yet you could read everything written on Thai Buddhism in English for scholars or tourists without noticing his existence, let alone his importance. In this superb book, McDaniel not only does justice to Somdet To but suggests a new way of thinking about "Thai Buddhism" and how it is studied.
Well-known Forest monk passes away
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 31/01/2011
» Luangta Maha Bua Yannasampanno, one of Thailand's most famous monks, passed away yesterday at the age of 98.