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Self-Immolations
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Mar 30: Tsering Samdup
2022 |Tsering Samdup self-immolated in front of a Chinese police station near a Buddhist monastery in Kham Kyegudo in Yushu [Ch:Qinghai] around 4:00 pm on March 30, 2022. He was immediately taken away by Chinese police and no one has been allowed to see him or or inquire about his read more →
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Mar 27: Tashi Phuntsok (Taphun)
2022 | Tashi Phuntsok, also known as Taphun, 81, died after setting himself on fire on March 27, near Kirti Monastery in Ngaba, in Amdo in northeastern Tibet, protesting against Chinese rule. He self-immolated in front of the police station near Kirti Monastery where many protests against China have taken read more →
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Feb 25: Tsewang Norbu
2022 | Tsewang Norbu, 25, a popular contemporary Tibetan singer who attempted self-immolation in front of the Potala Palace in Lhasa on February 25, has died, reports Radio Free Asia. Their initial report said that his attempt was thwarted by police, however their update has confirmed his deathal though there read more →
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Dec 10: Gedun Gyatso
2018 / Gedun Gyatso A second self-immolation has been reported as taking place on December 9, the day following DrukKpa’s protest. Gedun Gyatso, a teenager thought to be a 17 year old monk, set himself on fire in Heroes Street in Ngaba. It appears that he did not survive. The read more →
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Dec 8: DrugKho UPDATED
2018/ DrugKho, 22, self-immolated in protest against Chinese rule in Tibet outside Ngaba County Public Security Bureau. Radio Free Asia reported at the time that their sources in the region were unable to discuss the event, although they did confirm that it took place. The only information that has been read more →
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Nov 8: Dhorbo
2018/Dhorbe, 23, a young Tibetan man, has set himself on fire in Ngaba County in Amdo in eastern Tibet. He died during his protest and it is not known what has happened to his remains. During his protest he is reported to have shouted, “Long Live the Dalai Lama” and read more →
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Mar 7: Tsekho Tukchak
2018/ Tsekho Tukchak, also known as Tsekho Topchag, in his early 40s, self-immolated in Meruma township in Ngaba county in Sichuan. A source told Radio Free Asia that at the time of his self-immolation, Tsekho called out, “Long live His Holiness the Dalai Lama and freedom for Tibet” and continued, read more →
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Dec 23: Koenpe
2017 /Koenpe, a young Tibetan man in his late 20s, self-immolated near Kirti monastery in Ngaba in Tibet on December 23 and died in hospital the following day. The incident took place on “martyr’s lane” where many people have self-immolated and a video circulating on social media showed him engulfed read more →
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Nov 26: Ven Tengha
2017/ Ven Tengha, 65, monk self-immolated on November 26 in Kardze in Kham, in eastern Tibet. Reports are coming through that Ven Tengha shouted slogans calling for Tibetan freedom while carrying out his protest. Reports and videos circulating online show that officials arrived on the scene and doused the flames before setting read more →
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Jul 29: Passang Dhondup
2017/Passang Dhondup, 48, a wood painter at Norbulingka Institute in Sidhpur near Dharamshala, died on July 29 in a self-immolation protest against the illegal Chinese occupation of Tibet. He died at around 3pm at Lhagyal Ri on the Kora – the circumambulation path around His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s residence read more →
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Mar 30: Tsering Samdup
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