Tibetan nun Wangchen Dolma dies from self-immolation injuries
Phayul.com reports that the Tibetan nun Wangchen Dolma, from the Tawu region of Kham, has died of trauma sustained from self-immolation June 11 in protest of China’s ongoing occupation of her homeland.
According to the article:
“Family members of the deceased’s are being kept under house arrest by local Chinese authorities, following an ongoing clampdown on all channels of communication in the region.
“According to the Dharamshala based exile Tibetan administration, Wangchen Dolma passed away on June 14 in a hospital in Dartsedo where Chinese security personnel had forcibly taken her from the protest site. Read More




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