Two young Tibetan monks set themselves on fire in western China on Monday in protest over government religious controls, according to Tibetan exiles and activist groups outside the country.
The 18-year-old monks were both from the Kirti monastery in western Sichuan province where the self-immolation of Phuntsog, a 21-year-old monk, in March sparked protests and an intense crackdown by Chinese security services. One of the monks who set himself alight on Monday was Phuntsog’s younger brother, according to the activist group Free Tibet.
“They yelled: ‘Long live His Holiness the Dalai Lama; we need religious freedom immediately’,” a monk from the Kirti monastery told the Financial Times from exile in India.
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