20 May 2015: 35-year old Tibetan man set himself on fire Tenzin Gyatso, 35, set himself on fire at around 8:00 p.m.in Tawu, eastern Tibet. Reports state that Chinese security personnel stationed in the area rushed to put out the...
Norchuk died in Tibet on Friday 6 March after setting herself alight near her home village in Ngaba County. From a nomadic family, she had recently taken a vow to be a pure vegetarian. Tibetans consider pure vegetarians to be...
23 December 2014: A well-known Tibetan monk set himself on fire and called for “the return of the Dalai Lama to Tibet”. He died during his protest. Kalsang Yeshe, a Tibetan monk known for his work teaching others about Buddhism,...
22 December 2014: Young Tibetan women sets herself on fire in protest against China’s occupation of Tibet. Tsepey, the fourth of six children from a family in Meruma township, set herself on fire in Meruma town in Ngaba county, eastern...
Sangye Khar is believed to be from a semi-nomadic area in Kanlho. Full details of his protest, condition and whereabouts remain sketchy due to security restrictions in the area....
Lhamo Tashi, a Tibetan students, set himself on fire last week, shouting slogans in front of the Kanlho Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture’s police station in Tsoe county before succumbing to his burns on the spot....
Jigme Tenzin, a Tibetan monk, set him self on fire and dies in Tsekhog. Monks who carry out funeral rites arrested and beaten. Jigme Tenzin had already died when monks from the local monastery found him. Monks performed funeral rites and...
A Tibetan monk from Amchok Monastery died of self-immolation protest on December 19, 2013 calling for unity among Tibetans and the return of the Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama. He died instantly and soon local Tibetans and...
Kunchok Tseten, a young Tibetan father, set fire to himself in Meruma township in Ngaba, sparking protests as local people tried to stop police taking him away after he collapsed in the road in flames. Kunchok Tseten’s wife and some...
18-year old Tibetan monk Kunchok Sonam set himself on fire and died outside his monastery in Ngaba, where the crackdown has been among the most intense in Tibetan areas. Kunchok Sonam was regarded as ‘exceptional’ in his studies. He had...