Two monks of the Taktsang Lhamo Kirti monastery, Losang Dawa, 20, and Konchok Woeser, 23, set themselves on fire in the monastery’s assembly hall. They shouted slogans of protest against the Chinese government and its policies in Tibet, and died...

A young Tibetan mother, Chugtso, burned herself to death on Tuesday in Dzamthang, drawing thousands of villagers and monks to her home and a monastery near which she self-immolated. Radio Free Asia reported that “Her self-immolation was in protest against...

An unidentified Tibetan woman self-immolated in late March/early April in protest over the planned destruction of her home in Jyekundo. On April 14, 2010, a 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck the area, killing 2,698 and leaving 100,000 homeless according to the official...

Konchok Tenzin was a monk at Mokri monastery, which he joined at a young age. Konchok died in the course of the protest, and his body was taken back to the monastery. In fear that the remains would be confiscated...

A Tibetan forest guard set fire to himself and died on March 25 in Sangchu (Chinese: Xiahe), Gannan. The circumstances of his death remain unclear, but due to unofficial information received from the area, ICT includes this death on the...

Kalkyi, a 30-year old Tibetan woman, set fire to herself close to Jonang Gonchen monastery in Dzamthang. Kalkyi died immediately afterwards and local people took her body to the monastery for prayers. Tibetan sources said that local officials ordered cremation...

28-year old Lobsang Thogme, a Tibetan monk from Kirti monastery, set himself on fire and died on the fifth anniversary of a protest in Ngaba during which armed Chinese police fired into an unarmed crowd.  Lobsang Thogme is the third Kirti monk...

Full details of the circumstances of Kunchok Wangmo’s protest and death are not known. There is a report here: the tibet post Shortly afterwards Kunchok Wangmo’s husband, 32-year old Dolma Kyab, was sentenced to death for ‘killing his wife and burning...

A young monk called Sangdag set fire to himself on a road which is to the south of Ngaba town. Sangdag was from Dowa village in Drotsig Shang, Ngaba Dzong, Ngaba prefecture in Sichuan province and was a monk from the...

Tsesung Kyab set fire to himself in front of the main temple of Shitsang Gonsar monastery in Luchu. Harrowing images received from inside Tibet today depict Tsesung Kyab ablaze outside the temple as pilgrims look on. Many Tibetans were at...