China - Teenaged Tibetan Monk Dies in Protest's 44th Self-Immolation - NYTimes.com A teenaged Tibetan monk in Sichuan Province died Tuesday after setting himself on fire in what has become an increasingly familiar protest against harsh government policies in the region, exile groups said. Lobsang Lozin, 18, from the Gyalrong Tsodun Kirti Monastery in the Ngaba Tibetan autonomous prefecture, died around noon, shortly after igniting his fuel-soaked garments near the monastery. Witnesses quoted by the Tibetan government in exile said he shouted slogans before he collapsed. It was the 44th self-immolation since the suicidal protests began in 2009. In March, two monks from the same monastery died after self-immolating. The Chinese media did not immediately report the incident but in the past it has portrayed the spate of self-immolations as acts of terrorism orchestrated by the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader. He has denied the accusations, saying that protesters are motivated by a widely held belief that government policies in the region restrict religious practices and are a threat to Tibetan culture and language.