[08. November 2011] Radio Free Asia

A Tibetan monk badly burned last month in a self-immolation in China’s Sichuan province has refused a Chinese offer of medical help, saying that he regrets not having died in his protest, according to a Tibetan source.

Dawa Tsering, 31, set himself ablaze on October 25 during an annual gathering at a monastery in the Kardze (in Chinese, Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture after calling on Tibetans to unite against Beijing’s rule in Tibetan-populated areas, witnesses said.

Tsering was rushed to a Kardze hospital in a monastery vehicle after the flames were extinguished by fellow monks. But he refused medical treatment and was brought back to his monastery with severe burns and wrapped in bandages. Read more