The court says the two Tibetans encouraged others to self-immolate . The Dalai Lama , who fled to India in 1959 after a failed uprising , has long denied China 's assertion that he 's seeking Tibetan independence . It sentences one of them to death , with a two-year reprieve . China says the verdict shows the Dalai Lama 's role in the Tibetan unrest . Comment:
The court says the two Tibetans encouraged others to self-immolate . It sentences one of them to death , with a two-year reprieve . China says the verdict shows the Dalai Lama 's role in the Tibetan unrest . Comment: