Tibet : un mort à 阿巴 Aba (四川 Sichuan) – 26 janvier 2012

New, Deadly Clash in Sichuan Province; Tibetan Protester Dead

VOA Tibetan

Friday, 27 January 2012

A Tibetan rights group says Chinese security forces fired into a crowd of protesters in China’s southwestern Sichuan province, killing one man and wounding three others.

The International Campaign for Tibet said the incident took place Thursday in the province’s Aba prefecture, when crowds tried to stop security forces from arresting a youth who posted pro-Tibet leaflets.

The incident could not be independently verified, but would be the third such incident this week.

Witnesses say security forces killed at least six protesters Monday and Tuesday in separate incidents in Sichuan, which is home to many ethnic Tibetans. They said at least 60 people were injured.

On Thursday, the elected leader of Tibet’s exile community called for a global vigil next month to condemn the killings. Lobsang Sangay described the earlier killings as « gruesome » and « unacceptable. »

Many of the protests have been spurred by activists who were posting leaflets declaring self-immolations by Buddhist monks and others would not stop until Tibet is free. Read more…