Yesterday, on the tenth day of the hunger strike involving three senior members of the Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC), Tibetan activists prostrated their way to the New Delhi United Nations office, asking for their help in ending the “crisis in Tibet.” Students from all over India made their way to the UN office, chanting prayers. […]

News organizations are reporting this morning that two Tibetan teens self-immolated in protest of Chinese policies yesterday, outside the gates of Kirti Monastery in Ngaba, Tibet. The pair, 18-year-old Lobsang Kalsang and 17-year-old Damchoek, died Monday evening from their injuries. Before the two set themselves afire, they shouted slogans of protest (as others before them […]

The Tibet Post is reporting that another Tibetan has self-immolated in protest of Chinese rule. The 24-year-old man, named Chopa, set himself alight in the center of Meuruma Township in Ngaba Province on Friday morning. His condition is still unknown, though a statement from Kirti Monastery in India said it’s unlikely that Chopa will survive. […]

Two more Tibetans have self-immolated in protest of Chinese occupation in the past two days. On Monday, Lobsang Trinlay, a monk at Kirti Monastery in Ngaba, self-immolated, according to Radio Free Asia. Before setting himself afire, witnesses say, he shouted for the return of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and other exiled Tibetans. At this […]

The Central Tibet Administration reports that 18-year-old Lobsang Lozin of Kirti Monastery self-immolated at noon today in the Ngaba region of Tibet. Before setting himself afire, Lobsang shouted in protest of Chinese rule in Tibet. He died from his injuries on the spot. Chinese security forces are reported to be moving into the area now, following […]

Tsewang Dorjee, a 22-year-old Tibetan man, has died after self-immolating in Dhamshung region on July 7. According to different sources, either 43 or 45 Tibetans have set themselves afire to protest Chinese rule since 2009. Tibet Post International (TPI) reports that the region where the protest took place is now under lockdown, and those who witnessed […]

Phayul and Tibet Post International are reporting that two young Tibetan men immolated themselves Wednesday afternoon in the Kham region of Tibet. Phayul reports that one of the men, 24-year-old Tenzin Khedup, died in the protest, while the condition of Ngawang Norphel, 22, is still unknown. The two men held Tibetan national flags in their […]

Phayul.com and Tibet Post International are both reporting that a Tibetan man in his fifties self-immolated this morning, dying from his injuries. The man self-immolated at 6:30 a.m. Tibet time, in front of a police station in Tsendha county. The area is now flooded with Chinese security forces, as is often the case following self-immolation protests. […]

Voice of America (VOA) is reporting that a 33-year-old woman named Rikyo, a mother of three, self-immolated and died today outside of Jonang Dzamthang monastery in Ngaba, in an apparent protest against Chinese rule in her country. This latest self-immolation comes after two young Tibetan men self-immolated on Sunday. According to VOA, “This week’s immolations […]