BEIJING — A Tibetan woman died on Monday after setting herself on fire, the latest in a string of self-immolations protesting Chinese rule, according to Tibetan exile and advocacy groups.

The woman, Tsepe Kyi, described as a 20-year-old nomad from Aba County in the Chinese province of Sichuan, died there, Free Tibet and Radio Free Asia reported. The authorities were said to have later detained her parents and a brother for questioning.

In Tibetan areas of China, family members with advance knowledge of a self-immolation can face jail time.

The latest self-immolation, the second this month, brought to 135 the number of Tibetans who have set themselves ablaze since 2009 in a campaign protesting what many Tibetans describe as intrusive government policies.