Two Monks Self-Immolate in Sichuan and Qinghai
On the sixth anniversary of protests in Tibetan regions, and a subsequent crackdown, two Tibetans...
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Woeser: Tibet’s Enduring Defiance
At The New York Times, Tibetan writer Woeser marks the recent fifth anniversary of the first of...
Caution Over Possible Shift in Tibet Policy
Reports of a relaxation of anti-Dalai Lama policies in Sichuan, Qinghai and even the Tibetan Autonomous Region surfaced last week, only to be swiftly denied by both government and monastery officials. Tibetan writer Woeser added...
Three Tibetan Self-Immolations Reported in One Day
Reports have come in about three separate self-immolation protests today in Tibetan areas of Sichuan. Phayul reports on the deaths of two monks at Kirti Monastery: The exile seat of the Kirti Monastery in Dharamshala identified...
Tibetan Monk and Woman Die in Burning Protest
The Associated Press reports Lobsang Thokmey, a Tibetan Buddhist monk, set himself on fire at Kirti monastery on Saturday, one of two self-immolations in the past week. This self-immolation marks the fifth anniversary of the...
Three Self-Immolations Amid Crackdown, Debate
Three Tibetan self-immolations have taken place in recent days, according to exile media, amid vigorous discussion of the protests and a continued crackdown by Chinese authorities. From Dharamsala-based Phayul.com: Tsezung Kyab,...
Flames Of Protest: The History Of Self-Immolation
In the week since news emerged of the 100th Tibetan self-immolation within China’s borders since 2009, four more cases have been reported. Most recently, according to Dharamsala-based Phayul.com, a pair of teenaged former...
100th Self-Immolation Within Tibet; Another in Nepal
After a Tibetan man set himself on fire in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu on Wednesday, exile and activist groups reported that the 100th self-immolation protest within Tibet had taken place in Ngaba on February 3rd. From...
Two Tibetans Sentenced over Self-Immolations
Two Tibetans accused of inciting self-immolations were sentenced on Thursday. Following a trial held last Saturday, the two were convicted of intentional homicide in line with a legal ruling issued last month. Lorang Konchok,...
Tibetan Teenagers Set Themselves on Fire in China
Two more Tibetans have died outside Kirti Monastery in Aba County, Sichuan, after setting themselves on fire in protest again Beijing’s policies in Tibet. Exile Tibetan groups say the deaths mark the 51st self-immolation...
Mother and Female Student Set Themselves on Fire
The self-immolations in Tibetan areas are continuing. Over the weekend, two more people set themselves alight, reportedly in protest of China’s policies in Tibet: a young student in Gansu and a mother near Kirti Monastery...
Party Chief and Foreign Media Visit Tibetan Areas
As the Tibetan New Year holiday began, the Sichuan Provincial Communist Party Chief visited Aba prefecture and Kirti Monastery, the location of recent self-immolations by protesting Tibetans. From the New York Times: The party...
China Forces Reported to Have Shot at Tibetans
Protests broke out in Aba County in Sichuan after police reportedly beat a Tibetan man who had set himself on fire in protest against Beijing’s policies in Tibet. According to some reports, police fired on the crowd and at...
Two Tibetans Set Themselves Alight In Sichuan (Updated)
After over a dozen people, including one nun, set themselves on fire in the past year in order to protest Beijing’s strict control over ethnically Tibetan areas, two more Tibetans have set themselves alight in Sichuan. One...
China’s Restive Tibetan Regions: No Mercy
Concerns are mounting over the situation in ethnic Tibetan areas, with the recent spate of self-immolation protests and the corresponding crackdown by security forces. Aba and Ganzi have been particularly hard-hit, especially...
Two More Tibetans Set Selves on Fire
Another monk from Kirti Monastery in Aba Prefecture, Sichuan, has set himself on fire in an apparent protest against Chinese rule over Tibetans. the New York Times reports: The former monk, Norbu Damdrul, was the eighth monk or...
News of Tibetan Self-Immolation Incidents Censored Online
Following a series of self-immolation incidents by Tibetan monks near the Kirti Monastery in Aba Prefecture, Sichuan, security forces clamped down on the immediate area. AFP reported on September 26: Police have cut Internet...
Two More Self-Immolations Near Kirti Monastery; One Possibly Fatal
The Associated Press reports that two former monks set themselves on fire on Friday in protest at Chinese policy towards Kirti monastery, following another such incident on Monday: The two former monks, 18-year-old Thongan and...
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