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Tibetan student attempts self-immolation in Delhi
A Tibetan college student was arrested today for attempting to set himself on fire at a protest rally in the Indian capital New Delhi. Tsultrim Dorjee, a Delhi University student, tried to self-immolate just before the mass protest rally began from Rajghat, memorial to Mahatma Gandhi. Nearby Tibetans saw him dousing petrol over his body and quickly intervened and prevented him from setting himself on fire. He was then detained by police and released after the protest rally ended. Last month, Dorjee, a former executive member of the Delhi regional chapter of TYC, had carried out a prostration campaign along with a friend in New Delhi. Wearing nothing but shorts and their bodies painted with colours of the Tibetan national flag, Dorjee and Tenzin Tsewang dragged coffins, symbolic of the Tibetans who have “died under Chinese colonial rule,” while doing full body prostrations from the Delhi University campus to the Tibetan colony of New Aruna Nagar. Following the campaign, Dorjee told Phayul that the prostration campaign was to express “solidarity with Tibetans who have sacrificed their lives protesting against China’s occupation of Tibet.” “Through this campaign, we also want to send a message to the Tibetan youth to not only take part but also lead activities and campaigns,” Dorjee had said.
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