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2 December 2011 Last updated at 06:07 ET

Tibet 'in first monk immolation'A monk meditates at a monastery in Sichuan province on 23 March 2008

A former monk sets himself on fire in Tibet, reports say, the first such protest in that region against Chinese rule, but the twelfth this year.


File image of a petitioner in BeijingBeijing to target 'black jails'

Beijing police announce a crackdown on underground jails, which are operated by private security firms and used to silence petitioners.

Damian Grammaticas Article written by Damian Grammaticas Damian Grammaticas Beijing correspondent

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