Twenty-one year old Lobsang Tsultrim, a monk from Kirti monastery, set himself on fire in Ngaba, Amdo, and was heard shouting as he set himself on fire but what he said is not known. The area where he self-immolated has become known...
Losang Lozin, 18, set fire to himself in front of his monastery, Gedhen Tashi Choeling, an affiliate of Kirti monastery. His protest took place outside the main main assembly hall from where he then attempted to start walking towards the township...
Tsewang Dorjee raised slogans and called for the long life of His Holiness. Chinese security forces arrived at the scene, doused the flames and took him to a hospital. In a press release, the Tibetan Parliament-in-exile noted that the entire...
Dickyi Choezom, a mother of two, set herself on fire in Keygu town near the Dhondupling Monastery. Chinese security personnel at the scene of the protest doused the flames and took her away, reportedly to a hospital in Siling, but...
Ngawang Norphel, 22, and former monk Tenzin Khedup, 24, set themselves on fire in Dzatoe township, Tridu ,Yulshul. Tenzin Khedup died on the spot while, Ngawang Norphel was badly burned and is in serious condition at a hospital, according to...
Former monk Tenzin Khedup, 24, and Ngawang Norphel, 22, set themselves on fire in Dzatoe township, Tridu ,Yulshul. Tenzin Khedup died on the spot while, Ngawang Norphel was badly burned and is in serious condition at a hospital, according to...
Tamdin Thar set himself on fire early this morning in front of the People’s Armed Police base in Chentsa, Malho. Armed police were seen extinguishing the flames as Tamdin Thar lay on the ground, still moving slightly, and he was...
Rikyo was in her mid-thirties and from a nomadic family. She set herself on fire near to Jonang Dzamthang Gonchen Monastery. Reports state that the flames around her body were so intense that police on the scene were beaten back...
Two young Tibetan men, Dorjee Tseten and Dargy, set fire to themselves in Tibet’s capital Lhasa. This is the first such protest to take place in the capital and it was staged outside one of Tibet’s holiest shrines, the Jokhang Temple....
Two young Tibetan men, Dorjee Tseten and Dargy, set fire to themselves in Tibet’s capital Lhasa. This is the first such protest to take place in the capital and it was staged outside one of Tibet’s holiest shrines, the Jokhang Temple....