Tag Archives: Protest

• Another Tibetan dies after self-immolation in Labrang 26 October 2012 This post has no comments yet

  A Tibetan man died on Friday after setting himself on fire in northwest China, state media and rights groups said. ...

• Loten Namling honoured with Free Spirit Award 2012 | Tibet Sun Newsroom This post has one comment

  The Free Spirit Award 2012 has been presented to Loten Namling from Switzerland. The award was publicly announced during a film festival in McLeod Ganj, India. ...

• Tibetan man in his sixties dies after self-immolation 23 October 2012 This post has no comments yet

  A Tibetan man has died after setting himself on fire at a Buddhist monastery in northwest China, the second self-immolation in the region in the last three days. ...

• New Tibetan self-immolation: rights groups 14 October 2012 This post has no comments yet

  The grandfather of a revered Tibetan Buddhist figure has burned to death in northwest China after setting himself on fire in protest at Beijing's rule in the restive region. ...

• Dalai Lama speaks to nearly 3,000 at Middlebury College 12 October 2012 | Steve Zind This post has one comment

  The Dalai Lama, spiritual leader of Tibet, took a message for young people to Middlebury College on Friday. ...

• Tibetan dies after self-immolation protest in Nagchu 5 October 2012 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has no comments yet

  A Tibetan writer has died on Thursday after he set himself on fire in protest against Chinese rule in Tibet. Gudup, 43, self-immolated in Diru, Nagchu, in eastern Tibet. ...

• Suicides in Tibet off limits to Australian diplomats 4 October 2012 | Michael Sainsbury This post has no comments yet

  The Australian government has been refused access to areas of Tibet that have been plagued with horrific self-immolation in protest against Chinese rule. ...

• Bangladesh vows to protect Buddhists after attacks 1 October 2012 | Julhas Alam This post has no comments yet

  Hundreds of Buddhists who fled their southern Bangladesh villages in the wake of attacks by Muslims started returning home Monday amid heightened security and more than 160 arrests. ...

• Youth self-immolates in Zatoe in eastern Tibet 30 September 2012 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has no comments yet

  A Tibetan youth from eastern Tibet has set fire to himself in protest against Chinese rule in Tibet, calling for the independence of Tibet and the return of the Dalai Lama and the Karmapa. ...

• Muslims torch Buddhist temples, homes in Bangladesh This post has no comments yet

  Thousands of rioters torched Buddhist temples and homes in southeastern Bangladesh Sunday over a photo posted on Facebook deemed offensive to Islam. ...