Human rights ‘guardians’ look away Tibetans’ self-immolations

Spiritual leader from Tibet now in exile in India Dalai Lama. (File photo/AP)

LHASA: while there is a spate of incidents of self-immolations by Tibetans in protest against the Chinese colonial rule, a complete silence among world governments puts a question mark on the global community’s commitment to human rights and the ‘rule of law’.