[04. February 2012] Radio Free Asia

Three Tibetans have set themselves on fire in the troubled county of Serthar (in Chinese, Seda) in China’s Sichuan province, the latest in a series of self-immolations against Chinese rule.

News of the self-immolations in a remote village in Serthar on Friday only surfaced a day later due to a clampdown in communications by Chinese authorities following a string of bloody protests a week ago.

“On Feb. 3, three Tibetans self-immolated in protest against Chinese policy at a place called Phuwu in Serthar and one of them died,” an exile source told RFA. The area is near the border with Sichuan’s neighboring Qinghai province. Read more