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| name | date | info | age | wellbeing | location | location_ | lat | long | |
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| Sangdag | February 25, 2013 | On February 25, 2013, a monk called Sangdag set fire to himself around 10:00am on a road which is to the south of Ngaba town. Sangdag was from Dowa village in Drotsig Shang, Ngaba Dzong, Ngaba prefecture in Sichuan province and was a monk from the Diphu monastery (Sakya school) in Ngaba Dzong. | Unknown | Unknown | On a road which is to the south of Ngaba (Chinese: Aba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan | aba, sichuan | |||
| Tsesung Kyab | February 25, 2013 | Tsesung Kyab set fire to himself on February 25 in front of the main temple of Shitsang Gonsar monastery in Luchu. Harrowing images received from inside Tibet today depict Tsesung Kyab ablaze outside the temple as pilgrims look on. Many Tibetans were at the monastery for a prayer ceremony and ritual in which monks carry the Buddha's statue and circumambulate the monastery. The images do not depict police attempting to extinguish the flames although, according to Tibetan exile sources, there was a police presence at the monastery. According to the same sources, his body was taken to his home in Choekhor village for prayers. | Late twenties | Deceased | Shitsang Gonsar monastery in Luchu County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Gansu province | ||||
| Phagmo Dundrup | February 24, 2013 | Phagmo Dundrup self-immolated on February 24 evening 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 Tibetan sources in exile, monks tried to extinguish the flames after Phagmo Dondrup set himself ablaze. The monks took him to the hospital but he passed away last night in a hospital in Xining. | Early twenties | Deceased | Chachung monastery in Tsoshar Prefecture in Qinghai province | ||||
| Rinchen | February 19, 2013 | Rinchen, 17 years old Tibetan, died February 19 after setting himself on fire in Ngaba. He was accompanied by Sonam Dhargye, 18 years, who also set himself on fire in protest against the Chinese government in Dzoge township, Ngaba county, eastern Tibet around 9.30pm (local time). | 17 | Deceased | Dzoge township, Ngaba county, eastern Tibet | Zoige, Aba, Sichuan | |||
| Sonam Dhargye | February 19, 2013 | Rinchen, 17 years old Tibetan, died February 19 after setting himself on fire in Ngaba. He was accompanied by Sonam Dhargye, 18 years, who also set himself on fire in protest against the Chinese government in Dzoge township, Ngaba county, eastern Tibet around 9.30pm (local time). | 18 | Unknown | Dzoge township, Ngaba county, eastern Tibet | Zoige, Aba, Sichuan | |||
| Namlha Tsering | February 17, 2013 | A 49-year old Tibetan man called Namlha Tsering set himself on fire today in the main street of Labrang, Gansu (the Tibetan area of Amdo), which is not far from Labrang monastery. 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 not yet known whether he is still alive. | 49 | Unknown | Labrang, Gansu (the Tibetan area of Amdo) | ||||
| Drugpa Khar | February 13, 2013 | Drugpa Khar, who was in his twenties, doused himself in gasoline and set himself on fire in Amchok town in Sangchu (Xiahe) county in Kanlho (Gannan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu, on the third day of Tibetan New Year (February 13), according to Tibetan sources in exile and Radio Free Asia‰Ûªs Tibetan language service. | Twenties | Deceased | Amchok town in Sangchu (Xiahe) county in Kanlho (Gannan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu | ||||
| Lobsang Namgyal | February 3, 2013 | Lobsang Namgyal had been a monk at Kirti monastery in Ngaba, his ashes have not been returned to his family, according to the monks. | Mid-thirties | Deceased | Outside the Public Security Bureau of Dzorge (Chinese: Ruergai/Zoige) County in Ngaba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province | ||||
| Konchok Kyab | January 22, 2013 | Konchok Kyab [also known as Konba], age 26 set fire to himself around noon on January 22 to protest China's policy on Tibet and he passed away after the incident. Konchok Kyab set fire to himself between the local moanstery and Bora Shang, Konchok Kyab was from the Gyara village in Bogtsa unit in Bora Shang, Sangchu Dzong, Gannan prefecture in Gansu province. | 26 | Deceased | Bora, Sangchu county, Kanlho (Chinese: Gannan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Gansu province | ||||
| Tsering | January 18, 2013 | A man in his twenties who has been named as Tsering set himself on fire in Drachen village, Marthong county, Ngaba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan province. He passed away at the scene and his body was taken away by Chinese police, according to Tibetan exile sources. He is survived by his wife and two children. | Twenties | Deceased | Drachen village, Marthong county, Ngaba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan province | ||||
| Tsering Tashi | January 12, 2013 | Following Tsering Tashi‰Ûªs self-immolation in the main street of Amchok township on January 12, Chinese police and Public Security Bureau officials arrived in several vehicles. They barred the monks of Amchok monastery and local lay Tibetans from offering prayers and ordered Tsering Tashi‰Ûªs family members to cremate the body as soon as possible. When the family initially said that they needed to perform the customary religious rituals for a death, they were threatened and told that they would be responsible for the consequences if they refused. | 22 | Deceased | Main street of Amchok township, Sangchu (Chinese: Xiahe) county, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu province (the traditional Kham area of Tibet) | ||||
| Wangchen Kyi | December 9, 2012 | Seventeen year old student Wangchen Kyi died after setting fire to herself at around 8 pm in the evening on December 9 in the Dokarmo nomadic area of Tsekhog (Chinese: Zeku) county in Malho (Chinese: Huangnan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai (the Tibetan area of Amdo. Wangchen Kyi called for the long life of the Dalai Lama and of the Tibetan people as she set herself ablaze, according to reports from exile Tibetans in contact with people in the area. | 17 | Deceased | Dokarmo nomadic area of Tsekhog (Chinese: Zeku) county in Malho (Chinese: Huangnan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai (the Tibetan area of Amdo) | ||||
| Kunchok Pelgye | December 8, 2012 | Deceased | 24 | Taktsang Lhamo monastery | Taktsang Lhamo Kirti monastery in Dzoege, in Ngaba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan (the Tibetan area of Amdo) | ||||
| Pema Dorjee | December 8, 2012 | Pema Dorjee lived around 30 kilometers from the monastery and had gone there to pray at the time of the anniversary of Tsongkhapa‰Ûªs passing. At the time of his self-immolation there were many people at the monastery. | 23 | Deceased | Close to the main assembly hall of Shitsang Garser monastery in Luchu (Chinese: Luqu) in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu province. | luqu, gannan, gansu | |||
| Lobsang Geleg | December 3, 2012 | Deceased | 29 | Penag Kadak Troedreling Monastery | Pema county town, Golog prefecture, Qinghai province | ||||
| Sungdue Kyab | December 2, 2012 | A young Tibetan man set fire to himself along the road to Bora monatery, in Sangchu county, on December 2, according to Tibetans in exile in contact with Tibetans in Tibet. Sungdue Kyab, 17-years old, is married with a 2-year old son. Sungdue Kyab survived his protest and was taken away by police, reportedly to the hospital in the city of Tsoe in Kanlho (Chinese: Gannan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu province. Local Tibetans and monks from Bora monastery gathered at the site of the protest, when the scene became very tense, according to the same Tibetan sources. | 17 | Unknown | Bora | ||||
| Kunchok Kyab | November 30, 2012 | 29 | Presumed deceased | Ngaba (Chinese: Aba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan | |||||
| Tsering Namgyal | November 29, 2012 | 31 | Deceased | Luchu region of eastern Tibet | luqu, gannan, gansu | ||||
| Wande Khar | November 28, 2012 | 21 | Deceased | Tsoe region of Kanlho, eastern Tibet | |||||
| Sanggye Tashi | November 27, 2012 | Details are still emerging. | 18 | Deceased | Sang Khog, Labrang [Tib:Sangchu Zdong Ch: Xiahe Xian], Gannan prefecture in Gansu province | ||||
| Kelsang Kyab | November 27, 2012 | During the early evening hours of November 27, Keslang Kyab self-immolated in protest outside a government office building in Kyangtsa township in Ngaba, according to Tibetan monks living in exile who are in contact with Tibetans in the area. As Kelsang Kyab neared the government office building, he doused himself with petrol and shouted slogans, including, ‰ÛÏMay the Dalai Lama live for 100 aeons! May Kirti Rinpoche live for 100 aeons!‰Ûù He set himself alight as he approached the front of the building and died at the scene. Following the protest, armed security forces were deployed and blocked off the town of Kyangtsa. | 24 | Deceased | Kyangtsa township, Ngaba | Zoige, Aba, Sichuan | |||
| Gonpo Tsering | November 26, 2012 | Details are still emerging. | 24 | Unknown | Luchu county, Kanlho prefecture, Gansu province | luqu, gannan, gansu | |||
| Kunchok Tsering | November 26, 2012 | 18 | Deceased | Labrang, Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu province (Tibetan area of Amdo) | |||||
| Wangyal | November 26, 2012 | Twenties | Unknown | Serthar, north-eastern Tibet | |||||
| Sangay Dolma | November 25, 2012 | Unknown | Deceased | In front of the Chinese government office in Dokarmo town of Tsekhog, Malho, eastern Tibet | |||||
| Tamdrin Kyab | November 23, 2012 | Tamdrin Kyab, 23-years old, was formerly a monk at Shitsang monastery. He disrobed in 2007 to help his nomadic family. | 23 | Deceased | Luchu township, Gansu province | ||||
| Tamdrin Dorjee | November 23, 2012 | Tamdrin Dorjee, self-immolated on November 23. He was from Makor village in Dokarmo township, in the Tsekhog area of Rebkong (Chinese: Tongren), Malho (Chinese: Huangnan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai province. According to a Tibetan exile source, ‰ÛÏAs the flames blazed higher, he could be seen putting his hands together in prayer, shouting long life to the Dalai Lama.‰Ûù | 29 | Deceased | In front of a government building in Dokarmo in the Tsekhog area of Rebkong, Qinghai province | ||||
| Lubhum Gyal | November 22, 2012 | On November 22, Lubhum Gyal, age 18, died after setting himself ablaze in the main street of Dowa township in Rebkong. Tibetans gathered at the scene of Lubhum Gyal‰Ûªs self-immolation. Then, disregarding official warnings, they took his body for cremation near Dowa monastery where monks conducted prayer rituals. | 18 | Deceased | Dowa township, Rebkong | ||||
| Tsering Dundrup | November 20, 2012 | Tsering Dundrup set fire to himself around 9:00am and he was in his thirties. Tsering Dundrup was both a farmer and nomad and he is from Chungan village in Amchok Shang, Labrang [Chinese: Xiahe county], Ganlho prefecture, Gansu province. | 24 | Unknown | Labrang, Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu province (Tibetan area of Amdo) | ||||
| Wangchen Norbu | November 19, 2012 | 25 | Deceased | Kangsta, Qinghai (the Tibetan area of Amdo) | |||||
| Sangdag Tsering | November 17, 2012 | A 24-year old Tibetan, Sangdag Tsering, set fire to himself and died on November 17 in a township in Tsekhog in Rebkong, Qinghai. He was the second Tibetan to self-immolate on November 17, following the death of mother of two Chagmo Kyi. | 24 | Deceased | A township in Tsekhog, Rebkong (Chinese: Tongren), Qinghai | ||||
| Chagmo Kyi | November 17, 2012 | A Tibetan mother of two, Chagmo Kyi, self-immolated on November 17 at around 4 pm and died in Dolma Square, Rebkong (Chinese: Tongren), Qinghai. | Unknown | Deceased | Dolma Square, Rebkong (Chinese: Tongren), Qinghai | ||||
| Khabum Gyal | November 15, 2012 | On the morning of November 15, 18-year old Khabum Gyal self-immolated near the town of Rebkong and passed away. Following the incident, local people and monks from nearby Gartse monastery took Khabum Gyal‰Ûªs body to the monastery for prayers and cremation. The teenaged Khabum Gyal, from the nearby village of Chukya, was the second youngest of seven children. | 18 | Deceased | Rebkong, Qinghai province | ||||
| Tenzin Dolma | November 15, 2012 | 23 | Deceased | Rebkong (Chinese: Tongren), Qinghai | |||||
| Nyangchag Bum | November 12, 2012 | Twenty-year old Nyangchag Bum, the oldest of three brothers in his family, self-immolated and died early in the evening of November 12 in Dowa township, Rebkong. Local people took his corpse to the monastery and prayed there. According to Tibetans in exile,"A few thousand people gathered, saying long life prayers for the Dalai Lama and chanting the Mani mantra [associated with the Dalai Lama]." | 20 | Deceased | Dowa township in Rebkong (Chinese: Tongren), Qinghai | ||||
| Nyangkar Tashi | November 12, 2012 | Twenty-four year old Nyangkar Tashi set fire to himself while Tibetans were gathering to pray for a young Tibetan mother, Tamdrin Tso, who self-immolated and died on November 7 in Dowa township in Rebkong county, Malho (Chinese: Huangnan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai Province (the Tibetan area of Amdo). | 24 | Deceased | Dowa township in Rebkong (Chinese: Tongren), Qinghai | ||||
| Gonpo Tsering | November 10, 2012 | A 19-year old Tibetan who was known as one of the brightest students at his school died after self-immolating in front of a monastery in Tsoe (Chinese: Hezuo) in the Kanlho (Gannan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu on Saturday (November 10). The death was quickly confirmed by the Chinese state media. | 19 | Deceased | Front of a monastery in Tsoe (Chinese: Hezuo) in the Kanlho (Gannan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture | ||||
| Jinpa Gyatso | November 8, 2012 | As Jinpa Gyatso set himself ablaze, he could be heard shouting for the return of the Dalai Lama to Tibet, according to a Tibetan source in exile. His body was taken by local Tibetans to an area where high lamas are cremated. According to other exile sources, following the cremation, Tibetans began to gather at the square where Jinpa had died, and some shouted slogans calling for the Dalai Lama‰Ûªs long life and his return to Tibet. The situation remains tense. | Unknown | Deceased | Rebkong (Chinese: Tongren) in Qinghai province, the Tibetan area of Amdo | ||||
| Dorjee | November 7, 2012 | Deceased | 15 | Ngoshul monastery | Ngaba (Chinese: Aba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan | ||||
| Samdrup | November 7, 2012 | Hospitalized | 16 | Ngoshul monastery | Ngaba (Chinese: Aba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan | ||||
| Dorjee Kyab | November 7, 2012 | Hospitalized | 16 | Ngoshul monastery | Ngaba (Chinese: Aba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan | ||||
| Tamding Tso | November 7, 2012 | Tamdrin Tso, a 23-year old mother of a six-year old boy, set herself on fire and died in the center of the Drorong Po village in Dowa township in Rebkong (Chinese: Tongren). According to Tibetans sources in exile, local Tibetans had noticed Tamdrin Tso praying for Tibetans who had self-immolated: ‰ÛÏShe said Mani mantra [mantras associated with the Dalai Lama] and took vows about fasting and not drinking. Also she prayed and offered butter lamps in the monastery. Local people said that even though Tamdrin Tso did all of these things, in the end she could not bear it. And she set fire to herself.‰Ûù | 23 | Deceased | Rebkong (Chinese: Tongren) in Qinghai province, the Tibetan area of Amdo | ||||
| Tsegyal | November 7, 2012 | 27 | Deceased | Bankar village, Driru County, Tibet Autonomous Region | |||||
| Dorjee Lhundrup | November 4, 2012 | A young Tibetan man called Dorjee Lhundrup set fire to himself today in Rebkong (Chinese: Tongren) in Qinghai province, the Tibetan area of Amdo. Dorjee Lhundrup was a farmer in his mid-twenties from Chuma village in Rebkong. He had two children, a two-year old daughter and a four-year old son. | Mid-twenties | Deceased | Rebkong (Chinese: Tongren) in Qinghai province, the Tibetan area of Amdo | ||||
| Tsewang Kyab | October 26, 2012 | Tsewang Kyab set fire to himself near the bus stand in Setri village in Sangkok township in Sangchu (Chinese: Xiahe) county, Kanlho (Chinese: Gannan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu province, in the Tibetan region of Amdo. Tsewang Kyab died, and despite an attempt by officials to intervene, local Tibetans covered up his corpse with khatags (white blessing scarves) and took him to his home. | Early-twenties | Deceased | In Setri village in Sangkok township in Sangchu (Chinese: Xiahe) county, Kanlho (Chinese: Gannan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu province, in the Tibetan region of Amdo | ||||
| Lhamo Tseten | October 26, 2012 | Lhamo Tseten self-immolated in front of the local military base and township administration in Amchok, which is in Sangchu (Chinese: Xiahe) county, Kanlho (Chinese: Gannan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Gansu province (the Tibetan area of Amdo). He was married to a local Tibetan woman, Tsering, and they have a two year old daughter. | Mid-twenties | Deceased | Amchok township in Sangchu (Chinese: Xiahe) county, Kanlho (Chinese: Gannan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu province (the Tibetan area of Amdo) | ||||
| Tsepo | October 25, 2012 | Two Tibetans in their twenties set fire to themselves in a double self-immolation near a government building in Nagchu (Chinese: Naqu), Tibet Autonomous Region, on Thursday, October 25. Some Tibetan sources reported that the Tibetans were cousins. | 20 | Deceased | Near a government building in Nagchu (Chinese: Naqu), Tibet Autonomous Region | ||||
| Tenzin | October 25, 2012 | Two Tibetans in their twenties set fire to themselves in a double self-immolation near a government building in Nagchu (Chinese: Naqu), Tibet Autonomous Region, on Thursday, October 25. Some Tibetan sources reported that the Tibetans were cousins. | 25 | Unknown | Near a government building in Nagchu (Chinese: Naqu), Tibet Autonomous Region | ||||
| Dorje Rinchen | October 23, 2012 | According to Tibetans in exile, Dorje Rinchen did not die immediately but has now passed away. The same sources said that local people did not allow his body to be taken away by troops. Instead his body was taken home to his village, Sayi, which is around two kilometers east of Labrang monastery. Monks from Labrang were initially not allowed to go to his home to pray. | Late fifties | Deceased | Near the military camp and in front of the Gyugya market on the main street of Labrang (Chinese: Xiahe) in Kanlho (Gannan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Gansu Province (the Tibetan area of Amdo) | ||||
| Dhondup | October 22, 2012 | A Tibetan man called Dhondup set fire to himself this morning (October 22) at the side of a temple called Serkhang (meaning golden house or temple) in Labrang Tashikyil (Chinese: Xiahe) monastery in Kanlho (Gannan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Gansu Province (the Tibetan area of Amdo). Graphic images that reached Tibetans in exile depict his burning body near the pilgrimage circuit of the monastery, and one photograph shows a khatag (white blessing scarf) placed at the spot after his body was removed. | Sixties | Deceased | At the side of a temple called Serkhang in Labrang Tashikyil (Chinese: Xiahe) monastery in Kanlho (Gannan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Gansu Province (the Tibetan area of Amdo) | ||||
| Lhamo Kyab | October 20, 2012 | A Tibetan in his late twenties called Lhamo Kyab set fire to himself and died today near Bora monastery in Sangchu (Chinese: Xiahe) county, Kanlho (Gannan) prefecture in Gansu province. Lhamo Kyab leaves a wife and two children, aged 10 and 7. | Late twenties | Deceased | Near Bora monastery in Sangchu (Chinese: Xiahe) county, Kanlho (Gannan) prefecture in Gansu province | ||||
| Tamdin Dorje | October 13, 2012 | Tamdin Dorje, the grandfather of a prominent young Tibetan reincarnate lama at Labrang Tashikyil monastery, died after setting fire to himself in the same place as mother of two Dolkar Tso, who self-immolated on August 7, near a white stupa beside Tsoe Gaden Choeling monastery in Kanlho Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu province (see | Early fifties | Deceased | Near a white stupa beside Tsoe Gaden Choeling monastery in Kanlho (Chinese: Gannan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu province (Tibetan area of Amdo) | ||||
| Sangay Gyatso | October 6, 2012 | Deceased | 27 | Layperson | Tsoe, Kanlho (Chinese: Gannan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu province (Tibetan area of Amdo) | ||||
| Gudrub | October 4, 2012 | Deceased | 43 | Writer | Nagchu county, Nagchu prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region | ||||
| Yangdang | September 29, 2012 | Deceased | 27 | Layperson | Dzatoe County, Yulshul Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai province | ||||
| Passang Lhamo | September 13, 2012 | On September 13, 2012 Passang Lhamo from Kyegudo (Chinese: Yushu) in Qinghai, set fire to herself in Beijing, according to Tibetan sources. Passang Lhamo travelled to Beijing to appeal to the central government after local authorities refused toallow her to retain her home. An image from the area depicts her home in the process of destruction, according to Tibetan sources from the area. News of Passang Lhamo's self-immolation only emerged recently due to security restrictions. | 62 | Unknown, survived self-immolation | Beijing | ||||
| Lobsang Damchoe | August 27, 2012 | Two teenage Tibetans, a monk and a layperson who are believed to have been cousins, set themselves on fire on August 27 in Ngaba (Chinese: Aba). The self-immolations took place near the eastern gate of Kirti monastery. | 17 | Deceased | Ngaba (Chinese: Aba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan | ||||
| Lobsang Kelsang | August 27, 2012 | Two teenage Tibetans, a monk and a layperson who are believed to have been cousins, set themselves on fire on August 27 in Ngaba (Chinese: Aba). The self-immolations took place near the eastern gate of Kirti monastery. | 18 | Deceased | Ngaba (Chinese: Aba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan | ||||
| Lungtok | August 13, 2012 | At around 6:50pm on August 13th, a 21 year old layman named Tashi from the Soruma pastoral area in Choejema township, and the monk Lungtok, aged about 20, also from Soruma and a student in Kirti monastery‰Ûªs medical college, set fire to themselves in a prayer wheel enclosure on the monastery‰Ûªs perimeter, and then emerged shouting protest slogans onto the ‰Û÷Heroes‰Ûª road‰Ûª leading into town from the monastery. | About 20 | Deceased | Ngaba (Chinese: Aba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan | ||||
| Tashi | August 13, 2012 | At around 6:50pm on August 13th, a 21 year old layman named Tashi from the Soruma pastoral area in Choejema township, and the monk Lungtok, aged about 20, also from Soruma and a student in Kirti monastery‰Ûªs medical college, set fire to themselves in a prayer wheel enclosure on the monastery‰Ûªs perimeter, and then emerged shouting protest slogans onto the ‰Û÷Heroes‰Ûª road‰Ûª leading into town from the monastery. | 21 | Deceased | Ngaba (Chinese: Aba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan | ||||
| Chopa | August 10, 2012 | On August 10 at about 10:15 am, 24 year old Chopa set himself on fire in Me‰Ûªuruma township, Ngaba county, shouting slogans of protest against the Chinese government. Within a few minutes, local security forces arrived at the scene, doused the still fierce flames, and took him away. According to witnesses, it was not clear at that point whether he was still alive. It has since been confirmed that Chopa passed away just after 3pm on August 10, shortly before reaching Barkham prefecture hospital. The authorities cremated his body there, and returned just a part of the ashes to his family members. | 24 | Deceased | Me'uruma township, Ngaba (Chinese: Aba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan | ||||
| Dolkar Tso | August 7, 2012 | Dolkar Tso, who is in her mid-twenties and from a farming family, set fire to herself early this afternoon near a white stupa (reliquary building) at Tsoe Gaden Choeling monastery in Tsoe City (Chinese: Hezuo). According to Tibetan sources in exile from her home area, she called out for the return of the Dalai Lama to Tibet, and shouted that there was no freedom in Tibet. | Twenties | Deceased | Near Tsoe Gaden Choeling monastery in Kanlho (Chinese: Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture) in Gansu Province (the Tibetan area of Amdo) | ||||
| Lobsang Tsultrim | August 6, 2012 | According to the exile Kirti monks, Lobsang Tsultrim attempted to walk along the main street towards the office building of the Forestry Department before he fell to the ground, and armed police emerged and extinguished the flames. A local Tibetan told the Kirti monks in Dharamsala that Lobsang Tsultrim was still alive when police took him away. He is believed to have been taken to the local government hospital, and then removed elsewhere. His current whereabouts and welfare is not known. | 21 | Deceased | Ngaba (Chinese: Aba) town in Ngaba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan (the Tibetan area of Amdo) | ||||
| Losang Lozin | July 17, 2012 | The self-immolation and death today of an 18-year old Tibetan monk from Ngaba is being marked by Tibetans at his monastery, Gedhen Tashi Choeling, an affiliate of Kirti monastery. | 18 | Deceased | North of Barkham county, Sichuan province | ||||
| Tsewang Dorjee | July 7, 2012 | The Tibetan man who set himself on fire on July 7 has now been identified as Tsewang Dorjee, a 22-year-old nomad from Damshung, central Tibet. | 22 | Deceased | Damshung, Tibet Autonomous Region | ||||
| Dickyi Choezom | June 27, 2012 | A Tibetan woman in her 40s, identified as Dickyi Choezom, a mother of two, set herself on fire on June 27, at around 2pm (local time) in Keygu town near the Dhondupling Monastery. Chinese security personnel at the scene of the protest doused the flames and took her away, reportedly to a hospital in Siling, but no further information is available. | Forties | Unknown | Kyegudo | ||||
| Ngawang Norphel | June 20, 2012 | Carrying Tibetan flags and shouting pro-independence slogans, former monk Tenzin Khedup, 24, and Ngawang Norphel, 22, torched themselves in Dzatoe (in Chinese, Zaduo) township, Tridu (Chenduo) county, in the Yulshul (Yushu) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, the exile sources said. | 22 | Believed to have died on July 30 | Trindu, Qinghai province | ||||
| Tenzin Khedup | June 20, 2012 | Carrying Tibetan flags and shouting pro-independence slogans, former monk Tenzin Khedup, 24, and Ngawang Norphel, 22, torched themselves in Dzatoe (in Chinese, Zaduo) township, Tridu (Chenduo) county, in the Yulshul (Yushu) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, the exile sources said. | 24 | Deceased | Trindu, Qinghai province | ||||
| Tamdin Thar | June 15, 2012 | Tibetans in eastern Tibet gathered today to mark the self-immolation of a Tibetan from a nomadic family who set fire to himself and died in Chentsa (Chinese: Jianza) county town in Qinghai (the eastern Tibetan area of Amdo). Images posted online by Tibetans in exile showed crowds gathering to pile khatags (Tibetan blessing scarves) on the body of Tamdin Thar, who was in his forties or fifties, while massed ranks of armed police gather at the roadside nearby. | Fifties | Deceased | Chentsa (Chinese: Jianza) county town in Qinghai (the eastern Tibetan area of Amdo) | ||||
| Rikyo | May 30, 2012 | Rikyo was in her mid-thirties and from a nomadic family. She set herself on fire near to Jonang Dzamthang Gonchen Monastery. The flames around her body were so intense that police on the scene were beaten back by the fire and attempts to extinguish it failed. | 33 | Deceased | Tibetan area of Dzamthang (Chinese: Rangtang) county, Ngaba (Chinese: Aba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan | ||||
| Dargye | May 27, 2012 | Two young Tibetan men set fire to themselves on May 27 outside one of Tibet‰Ûªs holiest shrines, the Jokhang Temple, in the first self-immolation in Lhasa, Tibet‰Ûªs historic capital. According to monks from Kirti Monastery in exile, 25-year old Dargye had entered Kirti monastery as a boy and disrobed a few years ago. Voice of America Tibetan language service has reported that the two Tibetans, who self-immolated together, worked in a restaurant in Lhasa. Dargye was reportedly from Ngaba (Chinese: Aba) in Sichuan (where most of the self-immolations have taken place). | Believed to be 25 | Deceased | Outside of the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region | ||||
| Dorje Tseten | May 27, 2012 | Two young Tibetan men set fire to themselves on May 27 outside one of Tibet‰Ûªs holiest shrines, the Jokhang Temple, in the first self-immolation in Lhasa, Tibet‰Ûªs historic capital. Nineteen-year old Dorje Tseten had left home after high school and had been renting a room in a house in Lhasa. The entire household was detained soon after his self-immolation. Voice of America Tibetan language service has reported that the two Tibetans, who self-immolated together, worked in a restaurant in Lhasa. Dorje Tseten was reportedly from Labrang (Chinese: Xiahe) in Gansu, the Tibetan area of Amdo. | 19 | Deceased | Outside of the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region | ||||
| Choepak Kyap | April 19, 2012 | Two Tibetan men in their twenties set fire to themselves today close to a local government office in Barma township near Jonang Dzamthang Gonchen monastery in the Tibetan area of Dzamthang (Chinese: Rangtang) county, Ngaba (Chinese: Aba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan. | Twenties | Deceased | Close to a local government office in Barma township near Jonang Dzamthang Gonchen monastery in the Tibetan area of Dzamthang (Chinese: Rangtang) county, Ngaba (Chinese: Aba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan | ||||
| Sonam | April 19, 2012 | Two Tibetan men in their twenties set fire to themselves today close to a local government office in Barma township near Jonang Dzamthang Gonchen monastery in the Tibetan area of Dzamthang (Chinese: Rangtang) county, Ngaba (Chinese: Aba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan. | Twenties | Deceased | Close to a local government office in Barma township near Jonang Dzamthang Gonchen monastery in the Tibetan area of Dzamthang (Chinese: Rangtang) county, Ngaba (Chinese: Aba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan | ||||
| Chimey Palden | March 30, 2012 | Deceased | 21 | Tsodun monastery | Barkham (Chinese: Ma'erkang), Ngaba (Chinese: Aba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan (Tibetan area of Amdo) | ||||
| Tenpa Darjey | March 30, 2012 | Deceased | 22 | Tsodun monastery | Barkham (Chinese: Ma'erkang), Ngaba (Chinese: Aba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan (Tibetan area of Amdo) | ||||
| Lobsang Sherab | March 28, 2012 | Deceased | 20 | Ganden Tenpeling monastery | Cha township, Ngaba (Chinese: Aba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan | ||||
| Sonam Dargye | March 17, 2012 | Deceased | 44 | Farmer | Northeastern Qinghai province | ||||
| Lobsang Tsultrim | March 16, 2012 | Deceased | 20 | Kirti | Ngaba county town in Ngaba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province (the Tibetan area of Amdo) | ||||
| Jamyang Palden | March 14, 2012 | Deceased | Thirties | Rongpo (Rongwo) | Rebkong, Qinghai | ||||
| Gepey | March 10, 2012 | Deceased | 18 | Kirti | Near a Chinese military camp location 1.5 kilometers from Kirti monastery in Ngaba (Chinese: Aba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan | ||||
| Dorjee | March 5, 2012 | Deceased | 18 | Unknown | Cha (Chinese: Jia) township, Ngaba (Chinese: Aba) county, Ngaba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan province | ||||
| Rinchen | March 4, 2012 | Deceased | Early thirties | Unknown | Near a military camp in the vicinity of Kirti monastery in Ngaba (Chinese: Aba) town in Ngaba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan (the Tibetan area of Amdo) | ||||
| Tsering Kyi | March 3, 2012 | Deceased | 19 | Student | Machu town (Chinese: Maqu) in Kanlho (Chinese: Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture), Gansu | ||||
| Nangdrol | February 19, 2012 | Deceased | 18 | unknown | Dzamthang (Chinese: Rangtang) county, Ngaba (Chinese: Aba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan | ||||
| Damchoe Sangpo | February 17, 2012 | 38 | Bongthak | Themchen county town, Themchen county, Tsonub Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai province | |||||
| Lobsang Gyatso | February 13, 2012 | Unknown | 19 | Kirti | Ngaba | ||||
| Tenzin Choedron | February 11, 2012 | Deceased | 18 | Mame Dechen Chokorling (also known as Mame nunnery) | Ngaba | ||||
| Sonam Rabyang | February 9, 2012 | Taken to a hospital; condition is unclear | Mid thirties | Lab monastery | Triwang (Chinese: Chen wen) Town, the Capital of Tridu County | ||||
| Rinzin Dorje | February 8, 2012 | Deceased | 19 | Former monk at Kirti | Ngaba county town in Ngaba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province (the Tibetan area of Amdo) | ||||
| Losang Jamyang | January 14, 2012 | Twenties | Formerly of Andu monastery | Ngaba county town, Ngaba county, Ngaba Tibetan and Qiang Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province | |||||
| Sonam Wangyal | January 8, 2012 | Deceased | Forties | Dungkyob monastery | Darlag county, Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai province | ||||
| Tsultrim | January 6, 2012 | Deceased | Around twenty | Formerly of Kirti | Ngaba county town, Ngaba county, Ngaba Tibetan and Qiang Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province | ||||
| Tennyi | January 6, 2012 | Deceased | Around twenty | Kirti | Ngaba county town, Ngaba county, Ngaba Tibetan and Qiang Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province | ||||
| Tenzin Phuntsog | December 1, 2011 | Deceased. | Forties | former monk at Karma monastery in Chamdo township | Chamdo (Chinese: Changdu or Qamdo) prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region | ||||
| Palden Choetso | November 3, 2011 | Deceased | 35 | Ganden Jangchup Choeling | Tawu (also known as Dawu) county in Kardze, TAP, Sichuan | ||||
| Dawa Tsering | October 25, 2011 | Unknown | 38 | Kardze | Kardze county, Kardze TAP, Sichuan | ||||
| Tenzin Wangmo | October 17, 2011 | Deceased | 20 | Mame Dechen Chokorling (also known as Mame nunnery) | Sumdo bridge, located below Mame nunnery, approximately three kilometers outside of Ngaba county town, Ngaba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province | ||||
| Norbu Damdrul | October 15, 2011 | Deceased. | 19 | Formerly of Kirti (It is not known whether Norbu Damdrul chose to disrobe, or was expelled from the monastery by government authorities.) | Ngaba county town, Ngaba county, Ngaba Tibetan and Qiang Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province | ||||
| Choepel | October 7, 2011 | Deceased | 19 | Formerly of Kirti (It is not known whether Choepel chose to disrobe, or was expelled from the monastery by government authorities.) | Ngaba county town, Ngaba county, Ngaba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province | ||||
| Kayang | October 7, 2011 | Deceased | 18 | Formerly of Kirti (It is not known whether Kayang chose to disrobe, or was expelled from the monastery by government authorities.) | Ngaba county town, Ngaba county, Ngaba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province | ||||
| Kelsang Wangchuk | October 3, 2011 | Tibetan exile sources indicate that he is in a ward of the county hospital under strict surveillance. The same sources said that he had sustained a head injury as a result of the beatings from police at the time of his detention. | 17 | Kirti | Ngaba county town, Ngaba county, Ngaba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province | ||||
| Lobsang Kelsang | September 26, 2011 | In a hospital, according to exile Tibetan sources. Lobsang Kelsang was featured on Chinese state television from hospital. | Believed to be 18 | Kirti | Ngaba county town, Ngaba county, Ngaba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province | ||||
| Lobsang Kunchok | September 26, 2011 | In a hospital, according to exile Tibetan sources. | Believed to be 18 | Kirti | Ngaba county town, Ngaba county, Ngaba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province | ||||
| Tsewang Norbu | August 15, 2011 | Deceased | 29 | Nyitso | Tawu county, Kardze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province | ||||
| Phuntsog | March 16, 2011 | 20 | Kirti | Ngaba county town, Ngaba county, Ngaba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province | |||||
| Tapey | February 27, 2009 | Twenties | Kirti | Ngaba county town, Ngaba county, Ngaba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province |
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