China TV blames Dalai Lama for Tibet immolations

BEIJING ? China has released a documentary accusing the Dalai Lama of orchestrating a wave of self-immolations by Tibetans, in its most elaborate attempt so far to shape international opinion about the protests against Chinese rule.

The documentary by China Central Television features police surveillance footage of the fiery protests. Tibetans interviewed describe contacting monks living in exile and sending them photographs of would-be protesters, and the documentary says this is evidence of collusion.

A narrator quotes comments supposedly made by the Dalai Lama in support of the self-immolations together with footage of Tibetans being treated in hospital for severe burns.

The Tibetan government-in-exile in India denies that the Dalai Lama or other exiled Tibetans have been instigating the protests.

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