China Continues to Drive Tibetans To Desperation

Nepalese policemen respond as a Tibetan man burns after he set himself on fire in Katmandu, Nepal.  Police say the man who was about 21 years old and has yet to be identified.  The man went inside a cafe and asked to use a toilet.  Instead, he poured gasoline on himself and set himself on fire before anybody could react. 

Police and locals were able to put out the fire and rush him to the hospital.  Nearly 100 Tibetan monks, nuns and lay people have set themselves on fire in various countries, mostly in ethnic Tibetan areas inside China, since 2009

The self-immolations have been going on mainly in ethnic Tibetan areas of China.  Many have involved Buddhist monks or nuns calling for greater religious freedom and the return of their exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.  Foreign media are banned from the region, making verifying the self-immolation cases difficult.