Seven Tibetan self-immolations hit China in a week The two men, identified as Tsepo, 20 and Tenzin, 25, called for independence for Tibet as they set themselves ablaze in front of a government building in their village, north of regional capital Lhasa on Thursday, Free Tibet said. Last week saw a total of seven self-immolation incidents, a significant number since the latest wave of anti-China protests erupted in the region. About 60 ethnic Tibetans, many of them monks and nuns, have set themselves on fire in China since February 2009 to protest against Beijing's rule in Tibet. Only a small minority are thought to have survived. source: AFP