Phagmo Dhondup set himslef on fire when hundreds of Tibetans were present at the Chachung monastery, an important and ancient Gelugpa monastery, for a traditional prayer ceremony and presentation of butter-lamps of the Buddha and other deities. According to information from...

Sonam Dargye , 18, died February 19 after setting himself alongside Rinchen, 17, in Ngaba. The two young men were staging a protest against the Chinese government. Sources report that the families were able to recover their bodies....

Rinchen, 17 and Sonam Dhargye, 18, set themselves on fire in protest against the Chinese government. Rinchen and Sonam both went primary school in Kyangtsa township. Rinchen had been working away from home and returned for the Tibetan New Year (Losar)...

49-year old Namlha Tsering set himself on fire in Labrang. Images emerged showing a man huddled on the road amidst traffic with his body ablaze. Chinese police and paramilitary arrived quickly on the scene and removed Namlha Tsering. It is still unknown...

Drugpa Khar, who was in his twenties, doused himself in petrol and set himself on fire in Amchok town in Sangchu. His protest took place on the third day of Tibetan New Year. Drugpa Khar was a father of three children...

“He was regarded as a model for a new generation of students at Kirti,”  Lobsang Namgyal, a former monk at Kirti monastery in Ngaba, set himself on fire and died. Lobsang Namgyal was known as an exceptional student at Kirti...

Konchok Kyab [also known as Konba], age 26 set fire to himself in protest against China’s policy on Tibet; he died after the incident. Konchok Kyab set fire to himself between the local moanstery and Bora Shang, Konchok Kyab was from...

A man in his twenties who has been named as Dupchoek set himself on fire in Drachen village, Marthong county, Ngaba. He died at the scene and his body was taken away by Chinese police....

Tsering Tashi was the first Tibetan to set fire to himself on fire in 2013; he died from his injuries.  His body was removed from his home by the authorities and cremated in the middle of the night before his family...

Seventeen year old student Wangchen Kyi died after setting fire to herself. Wangchen Kyi called for the long life of the Dalai Lama and of the Tibetan people as she set herself on fire....