At the main temple in McLoed Ganj, around 40 students sat on a 24-hour hunger fast in solidarity with Tibetan self-immolators and protesting China’s repressive policies in Tibet. Covering their mouths with black cloth, the students also wrote in their own blood the name ‘Lobsang Konchok,’ a Tibetan monk sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve on charges related to the self-immolation protests.