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Form of Protest: Self-Immolation in Tibet

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Scores of Tibetans have set themselves on fire since 2011 in one of the biggest waves of self...

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The exiled Tibetan community in Dharamsala, India, aims to chronicle, honor, and publicize the sacrifices of people who set themselves on fire to protest Chinese rule. The Chinese government, in turn, blames what it calls the "Dalai Lama clique" for the burnings, saying the exiles are separatists who aim to break up China.

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