For more news visit ☛ http://english.ntdtv.com<br />Follow us on Twitter ☛ http://twitter.com/NTDTelevision<br />Follow us on Facebook ☛ http://me.lt/9P8MUn<br /><br />A Tibetan Buddhist nun burned to death last week after she set herself ablaze as an act of protest.<br /><br />On Sunday, more than ten thousand people reportedly gathered outside of the Tawu Nyitso monastery in China's western Sichuan Province to honor 35-year-old Palden Choetso.<br /><br />Her self-immolation was meant as a call for Tibetan independence. She reportedly died while chanting slogans calling for a "Free Tibet" and the Dalai Lama's return.<br /><br />Choetso was the eleventh Tibetan monk or nun to self-immolate in the past several months. According to a Radio Free Asia report, the Dalai Lama called the self-immolations "very, very sad."
