The “extreme hardships” in Tibet, where the Chinese regime has imposed harsh lockdowns, are behind five recent suicides, according to a human rights advocacy group.
The lockdown in the west border region—which has dragged on for over 50 days—caused “a spate of suicides” in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, according to the Washington-based International Campaign for Tibet (ICT).
From Sept. 23 to 24, “at least five people took their own lives by jumping to their deaths” in Lhasa, the group said in a Sept. 29 statement, citing unnamed sources in the city. ICT said that the suicides took place in centralized quarantine sites or residential buildings under lockdown….