A Tibetan farmer burned himself to death in southwestern China on Saturday, the latest in a wave of self-immolations protesting against Beijing's control over Tibetan areas of the country, a rights group said.
Several thousand Tibetans attended Sonam Thargyal's funeral on the same day, many of them protesting against Chinese rule, UK-based Free Tibet said.
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