Self Immolation

  • Octogenarian Tibet man self-immolates at Kirti Monastery

    Octogenarian Tibet man self-immolates at Kirti Monastery

    RFA reported on 3rd April that an 81-year-old Tibetan man died after a self-immolation protest against Chinese control last week outside a police station in front of a major monastery in the western Chinese province of Sichuan. The report mentioned that the Kirti event occurred three days before the most recent documented self-immolation, which occurred…

  • Tibetan tries to commit self-immolation near monastery

    Tibetan tries to commit self-immolation near monastery

    A Tibetan man lit himself on fire at a police station in a Tibetan district of northwestern China’s Qinghai province on Wednesday, according to RFA, and was promptly carried away by officials with no news on his health. Tsering Samdup, self-immolated in front of a Chinese police station near a Buddhist monastery in Kyegudo (in…

  • Tibetan singer self immolates to protest the Chinese government

    Tibetan singer self immolates to protest the Chinese government

    A Tibetan man who yelled slogans and set himself on fire in front of the landmark Potala Palace in the Tibet regional capital Lhasa last week has been recognized as a popular modern Tibetan singer, according to RFA. Tsewang Norbu, 25, died after attempting to self-immolate on February 25; according to initial reports, the attempt…

  • Chinese police foiled a self-immolation attempt at Tibet’s Potala Palace.

    Chinese police foiled a self-immolation attempt at Tibet’s Potala Palace.

    According to RFA, in an apparent demonstration in front of the landmark Potala Palace in the Tibet regional capital Lhasa this week, a Tibetan screamed slogans and tried self-immolation, but was foiled by Chinese police. The Tibetan was taken away by police shortly after the altercation outside the Potala on Friday morning. His identity, condition,…

  • Young Tibetan Dies Burning Self in Protest Against China

    Young Tibetan Dies Burning Self in Protest Against China

    Another young Tibetan has died of burning self in protesting against the Chinese repression in Tibet. The Tibetan youth is reported to have committed the unfortunate act of protest by self immolation on Wednesday evening Amdo region of Tibet and he has succumbed to the injuries of the burn.

  • Tibetan Self Immolation Have Waned But Not Lingering for the Dalai Lama

    Tibetan Self Immolation Have Waned But Not Lingering for the Dalai Lama

    Over the past ten years, Tibetans have resorted to the unfathomable means of protest by burning oneself against the Chinese occupation of Tibet. However, these protests have now waned after their spiritual leaders headed by His Holiness the Dalai Lama spoke against it but the Tibetans’ long wait for His Holiness remains strong and steady.

  • Monk Proposes Self Immolation Over Politics in Tibetan Exile

    Monk Proposes Self Immolation Over Politics in Tibetan Exile

    A Tibetan refugee monk from South India has proposed of self immolation over the rising dirty politics in the Tibetan exile community according to a press briefing on Friday morning. The monk explained three factors relating to the Tibetan exile community that lead to his intention to self immolate for the greater cause of Tibetan…

  • A Tibetan Burns Self To Protest Chinese Invasion in Tibet

    A Tibetan Burns Self To Protest Chinese Invasion in Tibet

    Yet again Tibetan is reported to have burnt self in protest against the Chinese invasion in Ngaba northeastern Tibet in the evening of Saturday. The incident came out in the social media where a video of the self immolation was recorded while local witnesses also confirmed the news according to Radio Free Asia.

  • 24 Year Old Tibetan Self Immolator Pema Gyaltsen Alive

    24 Year Old Tibetan Self Immolator Pema Gyaltsen Alive

    24 year old Tibetan self immolator Pema Gyaltsen is alive according to a source finding reported by the Voice of America, Tibetan. The young Tibetan who burned himself in protest against the Chinese rule in Tibet on last Saturday around 4pm, the police had immediately cleared away the charred body from the scene. “Pema Gyaltsen,…

  • China Puts A New Communist Party Secretary In Tibet

    China Puts A New Communist Party Secretary In Tibet

    In the fresh reshuffle in the senior posts by the Chinese Communist leadership, a new cadre responsible for the political control of the most debated region Tibet has been put in place. While at the same time the reshuffle has also been put for Yunnan and Hunan.