Tag Archives: Self-immolation

• Tibetan self-immolations replaced by solo demonstrations? 22 December 2015 | Benjamin Haas This post has no comments yet

  Adrak's last words before Chinese police dragged him away were "May the Dalai Lama live 10,000 years". ...

• Tibetan woman dies after fiery protest against China 30 August 2015 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has no comments yet

  A Tibetan woman has died on Thursday after setting herself on fire in protest against China's repressive policies in Tibet, according to a Tibetan rights group in India. ...

• Tibetan monk sets himself alight in Kyegudo 10 July 2015 This post has no comments yet

  A Tibetan monk set himself on fire in protest at China's rule over the Himalayan region, overseas media and rights groups said today, adding it was unclear whether he survived. ...

• Mother of two burns herself to death in protest 28 May 2015 This post has one comment

  A Tibetan mother-of-two burned herself to death to highlight repression in the Chinese Himalayan region, overseas media and rights groups said, the second such fiery protest in eight days. ...

• Tibetan father of four sets himself alight in China: reports 22 May 2015 This post has no comments yet

  A Tibetan father-of-four set himself on fire in protest at China's rule over the Himalayan region, overseas media and rights groups said, adding it was unclear whether he survived. ...

• Tibetan nun burns herself to death in China: reports 11 April 2015 This post has one comment

  A Tibetan nun is believed to have died after setting herself on fire to protest China's rule over the Himalayan region and to voice support for the Dalai Lama, rights groups and media said. ...

• How and why the Dalai Lama left Tibet 17 March 2015 | Jennifer Latson This post has no comments yet

  On 17 March 1959, Tibet’s spiritual and political leader, then 23, disguised himself as a soldier and slipped through the crowds outside the palace he’d never see again. ...

• Tibetan woman self-immolates 9 March 2015 This post has no comments yet

  The self-immolation by Norchuk was the first in Tibetan areas this year and came days before 10 March, the anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan uprising. ...

• Facebook deletes post on Tibetan monk’s self-immolation 27 December 2014 | Austin Ramzy This post has no comments yet

  A prominent Tibetan writer says Facebook deleted her post on the self-immolation of a monk in Sichuan Province, raising concerns about politically motivated censorship. ...

• Chinese police fire on Tibetans after self-immolations 26 December 2014 | Megha Rajagopalan This post has no comments yet

  Chinese police have fired on Tibetan protesters demonstrating after a series of deadly self-immolations by people from Tibet campaigning against Chinese rule of their Himalayan region. ...