A Tibetan man died Wednesday after setting himself on fire to protest Chinese rule, bringing the total number of Tibetans who have carried out similar protests since 2009 to 101, according to a report on Thursday by Radio Free Asia, which is financed by the United States government.
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About 20 Tibetans died by self-immolation in 2013 as a protest against Chinese rule, bringing the total number of such deaths since 2009 to some 120.
By the end of the protest, 120 protesters had been arrested by police, bringing the total number of people facing charges for civil disobedience over the eight-week stretch to around 600.
Seven Tibetans have set fire to themselves this week so far to protest Chinese rule, Tibetan advocacy groups said, bringing the total of self-immolations to nearly 70.
Before dawn on Sunday, the military erected three more, bringing the total number of walls to eight, including one that was partly toppled in protests this week.
A state of emergency was declared in five provinces on Saturday, bringing the total to 22: nearly a third of the country.The violence is the worst since April 10th, when 25 people died in clashes at another protest site.
The Senate confirmed 11 nominees, bringing the total to 51.
September brought 632,000 new donors, bringing the total number during the campaign to 3.1 million.
The station pitched in too, bringing the total to $2,170.
