Tibetan monk self-immolates in anti-China protest

More than two dozen Tibetans have set themselves on fire over the last year to protest the suppression of their religion and culture and to call for the return of their exiled spiritual leader,the Dalai Lama.

Radio Free Asia also reported that the monk self-immolated. It said more than 1,000 Tibetans demonstrated in neighbouring Qinghai province to call for the release of more than 50 monks who had been detained Thursday amid a crackdown on a monastery.