Two Tibetan men in their twenties, Sonam and Choepak Kyap, set fire to themselves today close to a local government office in Barma township near Jonang Dzamthang Gonchen monastery in the Tibetan area of Dzamthang, Ngaba. Paramilitary troops were deployed immediatel...
Two Tibetan men in their twenties, Sonam and Choepak Kyap, set fire to themselves today close to a local government office in Barma township near Jonang Dzamthang Gonchen monastery in the Tibetan area of Dzamthang, Ngaba. Paramilitary troops were deployed immediatel...
Circumstances around the deaths of a Tibetan religious figure and his niece in Kardze who died in a fire remain unclear. Thubten Nyandak, 45, and his niece Atse, 23 died on April 6, 2012, in their residence at a monastery....
Chimey Palden, a 21-year old monk from Tsodun monastery in Ngaba, set fire to himself, along with fellow monk Tenpa Darjey, aged 22 outside the prefectureal government offices in Barkham, Ngaba. The area was quickly put under lockdown by armed...
Tenpa Darjey, a 22-year old monk from Tsodun monastery in Ngaba, set fire to himself, along with fellow monk Chimey Palden, aged 21, on March 30, 2012 outside the prefectureal government offices in Barkham, Ngaba. The area is now under...
Lobsang Sherab, a 20-year old monk, set himself on fire in protest against China’s rule in Tibet. Local sources reported that Sherab’s body was immediately removed by authorities following his self-immolation, ignoring pleas for his body to be handed over...
Jamyang Palden, a monk in his thirties from Rongpo monastery in Rebkong, set fire to himself  in Dolma square, which is the main monastery in Rebkong. Monks and local people took him to hospital, but it seems that he has...
18-year old Tibetan monk, Gepey, died after setting himself ablaze in the late afternoon of 10 March 2012. It is not known if Gepey deliberately chose this date to mark the anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan Uprising, and the fourth...