Urgent Call For Restraint In Ngaba Print E-mail

28 September 2011

On September 26 two young monks, Lobsang Kalsang and Lobsang Konchok aged between 18-19 years old, both from Kirti monastery, Ngaba County, eastern Tibet set fire to themselves after staging a peaceful protest.

Lobsang Kelsang is a relative of Phuntsok, a 21-year old monk also from Kirti monastery who died after self-immolating in March. During the protest the two monks waved the Tibetan national flag and shouted slogans calling for religious freedom in Tibet and “long live the Dalai Lama”. China’s state media claims they both survived but this cannot be confirmed. Send an urgent message to Liu Qibao, Sichuan Party Secretary.