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Exile Tibetan monks hold a candle light vigil in Dharmsala, India, as they react to news reports of self-immolation by two Tibetan monks at the Kirti Monastery in Sichuan province's Aba prefectuture, China, Sept. 26, 2011
Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012

Open quoteThe government is trying to prevent these incidents by strengthening control, but too much repression and control is what provokes these acts.Close quote

  • NICHOLAS BEQUELIN
  • of Human Rights Watch, after three Tibetan monks in China set themselves on fire last weekend; there have been 15 suicides in the past year by Buddhist clergy members protesting Beijing's rule
Photo: Ashwini Bhatia / AP | Source: New York Times