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130 Tibetans have self-immolated in Tibet and China since February 27, 2009. A Rinpoche and his niece, died in a fire – according to information from the Tibetan government in exile and Woeser, this may have been a self-immolation that was later erroneously described as a house fire. See details below on Thubten Nyandak Rinpoche and his niece Atse.

• 110 men, 21 women

• 107 of the 130 are known to have died following their protest

• 24 of the Tibetans who self-immolated were 18 or under

• 44 of the 130 are from Ngaba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan      province

• 13 of the 130 were monks at Kirti monastery in Ngaba

• 11 of the 130 are former monks at Kirti monastery in Ngaba (It is currently not known    who of the nine chose to disrobe, or were expelled from the monastery by             government authorities)

• Two of the 130 were nuns from Mame Dechen Chokorling nunnery in Ngaba

• 129 of the self-immolations have occurred since March 16, 2011

• Six self-immolations by Tibetans have occurred in exile, detailed below in a separate section of this list

Thinley Namgyal

Age: 32

Thinley NamgyalDate: April 15, 2014

Protest location: Kardze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Deceased

Info: A Tibetan man burned himself to death Tuesday in Sichuan province’s restive Kardze prefecture to protest Chinese rule, triggering a security alert and a clampdown on information flow, according to sources.

Thinley Namgyal, 32, self-immolated at noon in Khangsar township in Tawu (in Chinese, Daofu) county in Kardze (Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, the sources said.

Source:

[ RFA ] Tibetan Man Dies in Self-Immolation Protest in Kardze (15 April 2014)

Dolma

Date: March 29, 2014

Protest location: Bathang county, Sichuan (the Tibetan area of Kham)

Age: 31

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Unknown

Info: A Tibetan, reported to be 31-years-old, called Dolma set fire to herself outside a monastery on March 29, the first self-immolation in Bathang county, Sichuan (the Tibetan area of Kham).

When Tibetans who were circumbulating the Ba Choede monastery, a traditional religious practice, witnessed the self-immolation, they managed to extinguish the flames and take Dolma to hospital.

ICT Report:

• Tibetan nun sets fire to herself outside monastery in first self-immolation in Bathang (31 March 2014)

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Lobsang Palden

Date: March 16, 2014

Monastery: Kirti monastery

Protest location: Ngaba (Chinese: Aba) county town

Age: 20

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Unknown

Info: [ RFA ] “The monks, citing local contacts, said Palden self-immolated to protest “against the violent crackdown on the Tibetans” on March 16, 2008 in Ngaba when Chinese police opened fire on a crowd of Tibetans, killing at least 10, including one monk.”

Source:

• RFA: Two Tibetan Monks Self-Immolate on Crackdown Anniversary (16 March 2014)

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Unknown (male)

Date: March 16, 2014

Protest location: Tsekhog (Zeku) county in Qinghai province’s Malho (Huangnan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture

Age: Unknown

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Unknown

Info: [ RFA ] “In the other self-immolation on Sunday, a monk set himself on fire outside the Sonag monastery in Tsekhog county’s Jador township, exile sources said.”

Source:

• RFA: Two Tibetan Monks Self-Immolate on Crackdown Anniversary (16 March 2014)

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Lobsang Dorje

Date: February 13, 2014

Protest location: Ngaba (Chinese: Aba) county town

Age: 25

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Unknown

Info: A former Kirti monk set fire to himself on February 13, on the main road near the monastery in Ngaba (Chinese: Aba) county town, after attending a monastic mask dance that morning. Twenty-five year old Lobsang Dorje was still alive when he was taken away by police. Kirti monks in exile said: “As they were driving him away in the back of a pickup van covered with black canvas, he sat up and joined his palms, but the policemen pushed him back down. At present it is not known whether he is alive or dead, or where he has been taken.”

Lobsang Dorje, from Chukle Gongma nomadic area in Cha Ruwa, Ngaba (Chinese: Aba) set fire to himself in the same street as Kirti monk Tapey, who was the first Tibetan in Tibet to self-immolate five years ago this month in February 2009.

ICT Report:

• Security intensified in Ngaba after former Kirti monk self-immolates (14 February 2014)

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Phagmo Samdup

Date: February 6, 2014

Protest location: Dokarmo town in Tsekhog (Chinese: Zeku) in Malho (Chinese: Huangnan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai, the Tibetan area of Amdo

Age: Late twenties

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Deceased

Info: Phagmo Samdup set fire to himself at around 9:30pm in the evening. It appears that not many people were outside to witness the self-immolation. Police on patrol extinguished the fire and took Phagmo Samdup away, and it is not known if he survived, Tibetan sources said, adding he had been taken to Tsekhog county town.

ICT Report:

• Self-immolation of Tibetan father of two in Tsekhog (7 February 2014)

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Tsultrim Gyatso

Date: December 19, 2013

Protest location: Amchok town in Sangchu (Xiahe) county Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu

Age: 41

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Deceased

Info: [ TCHRD ] A Tibetan monk from Amchok Monastery died of self-immolation protest on December 19, 2013 calling for unity among Tibetans and the return of the Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama. He died instantly and soon local Tibetans and monks took his charred body to his monastery.

Sources told TCHRD that over 400 monks have gathered at to recite prayers and conduct rituals at the deceased’s residence at the monastery.

In his last note, Tsultrim Gyatso wrote that the reasons for his self-immolation protest are to call for the return of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Tibet, release the 11th Panchen Lama Gedun Choekyi Nyima, and for the welfare of the six million Tibetans.

ICT Report:

• Monks gather to pray after self-immolation of respected Tibetan monk in Amchok (20 December 2013)

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Kunchok Tseten

Date: December 4, 2013

Protest location: Meruma township in Ngaba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan (the Tibetan area of Amdo)

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Unknown

Info: A Tibetan father of two called Kunchok Tseten set fire to himself yesterday (December 3) in Meruma township in Ngaba, sparking protests as local people tried to stop police taking him away after he collapsed in the road in flames. Kunchok Tseten’s wife and some relatives have disappeared and are believed to have been taken into custody, according to Tibetan exile sources.

Kunchok Tseten was heard shouting loudly as he ran down the road ablaze, calling for the long life of the Dalai Lama, for His Holiness to return to Tibet and for Tibetans to be reunited both inside Tibet and in exile. A Tibetan with contacts in the area told Radio Free Asia: “Even after he collapsed on the ground, he was seen by local witnesses folding his hands together in prayer and uttering some words that were not audible.”

ICT Report:

• Tibetan father of two sets fire to himself in Ngaba (4 December 2013)

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Tsering Gyal

Date: November 11, 2013

Protest location: Pema (Chinese: Baima) county in Golok Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai (the Tibetan area of Amdo)

Age: 20

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Unknown

Info: A monk, named as Tsering Gyal by various sources from the area speaking to Tibetans in exile, set fire to himself in Pema (Chinese: Baima) county in Golok Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai (the Tibetan area of Amdo). He was taken to a hospital nearby after police extinguished the flames and it is not known if he is still alive.

Tsering Gyal was a monk from Akyong monastery, which follows the Jonang tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, according to the same sources, including a Tibetan who spoke to an eyewitness.

ICT Report:

• Tibetans gather at monastery in Golok after self-immolation of young monk (11 November 2013)

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Shichung

Date: September 28, 2013

Protest location: Gomang village, Ngaba (Chinese: Aba) county

Age: 40

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Deceased

Info: A Tibetan father of two set fire to himself and died on September 28 in Gomang village, Ngaba (Chinese: Aba) county, according to exile Tibetan sources. When Tibetans gathered around his body, police aimed their guns at the crowd. Village elders averted tensions by appealing to both local Tibetans and police for calm.

Forty-year old Shichung set himself on fire outside his house and ran along the road shouting in protest against the Chinese authorities before he collapsed to the ground in flames and died, according to Kirti monks in exile in Dharamsala. The monks said before he self-immolated, he lit a butter-lamp before an image of the Dalai Lama. A few days earlier, he had said, “The Chinese will never leave us in peace”, according to the same sources.

ICT Report:

• Tibetan father of two sets fire to himself and dies in Ngaba (29 September 2013)

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Kunchok Sonam

Date: July 20, 2013

Protest location: Dzoege, Ngaba (Chinese: Aba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan

Age: 18

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Deceased

Info: An 18-year old monk called Kunchok Sonam set himself on fire on July 20 and died outside his monastery in Dzoege, Ngaba, where the crackdown has been among the most intense in Tibetan areas. Kunchok Sonam was regarded as ‘exceptional’ in his studies. He had told friends that living under Chinese rule in Tibet had brought too much suffering.

A heavy troop presence has now deployed in Thangkor (Ch: Tangke) town and at the Soktsang (Tashi Thekchokling) Gelugpa monastery in Dzoege (Chinese: Ruo’ergai) in Ngaba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan (the Tibetan area of Amdo) where Kunchok Sonam was a monk. Another Tibetan monk, Tangdzin, was detained, according to one Tibetan source. Radio Free Asia reported that hundreds of Tibetans have gathered at the monastery in support of monks who prevented Chinese authorities from taking away his body.

ICT Report:

• Teenage Tibetan monk dies after self-immolation in Dzoege (22 July 2013)

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Wangchen Dolma

Date: June 11, 2013

Protest location: Near Nyatso monastery in Tawu, Kardze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province

Age: Early thirties

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Deceased

Info: A Tibetan nun has died after setting fire to herself on June 11 near a monastery in Tawu, eastern Tibet, during a gathering of several thousand monks for a religious debate and teaching.

Wangchen Dolma chose to self-immolate not at her own mountain retreat, Barshab Dragkar, but near Nyatso monastery in Tawu (Chinese: Daofu) in Kardze (Chinese: Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan (the Tibetan area of Kham) at the time of a major inter-monastic debate and teaching. More than 3,000 monks from at least 50 monasteries representing all of the Buddhist schools are attending the teachings. After the self-immolation, communications were restricted in the area and surveillance of monks at Nyatso monastery was intensified.

ICT Report:

• Tibetan nun dies after self-immolation near monastery hosting major religious teaching (18 June 2013)

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Tenzin Sherab

Date: May 27, 2013

Protest location: Gyaring area of Yushu in Qinghai province

Age: Early thirties

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Deceased

Info: A Tibetan nomad in his early thirties called Tenzin Sherab set fire to himself and died on May 27 in the Gyaring area of Yushu in Qinghai province, according to exile Tibetan sources.

Police took Tenzin Sherab’s body from the site of his self-immolation, but according to the same sources, they later released it to the family. The family were questioned on why they thought Tenzin Sherab had self-immolated.

ICT Report:

• Tibetan nomad self-immolates and dies in Yushu (29 May 2013)

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Losang Dawa

Date: April 24, 2013

Monastery: Taktsang Lhamo Kirti monastery

Protest location: Dzoege county, Sichuan

Age: 20

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Deceased

Info: [ Kirti monks in-exile ] At around 6:40 pm on April 24 2013, two monks of the Taktsang Lhamo Kirti monastery, Losang Dawa, 20, and Konchok Woeser, 23, set themselves on fire in the monastery’s assembly hall. They shouted slogans of protest against the Chinese government and its policies in Tibet, and died immediately. The monks took their bodies to their rooms and said prayers for them. Local authorities have indicated that their remains must be cremated tomorrow.

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Konchok Woeser

Date: April 24, 2013

Monastery: Taktsang Lhamo Kirti monastery

Protest location: Dzoege county, Sichuan

Age: 23

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Deceased

Info: [ Kirti monks in-exile ] At around 6:40 pm on April 24 2013, two monks of the Taktsang Lhamo Kirti monastery, Losang Dawa, 20, and Konchok Woeser, 23, set themselves on fire in the monastery’s assembly hall. They shouted slogans of protest against the Chinese government and its policies in Tibet, and died immediately. The monks took their bodies to their rooms and said prayers for them. Local authorities have indicated that their remains must be cremated tomorrow.

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Chugtso

Date: April 16, 2013

Protest location: Tibetan area of Dzamthang (Chinese: Rangtang) county, Ngaba (Chinese: Aba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan

Age: 20

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Deceased

Source:

• RFA: Thousands Gather After Young Tibetan Mother Self-Immolates (16 April 2013)

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Unknown (female)

Date: Late March/early April, 2013

Protest location: Kyegudo (Chinese: Yushu) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai province

Age: Unknown

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Unknown

Info: An unidentified Tibetan woman self-immolated in late March/early April in protest over the planned destruction of her home in Kyegudo Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai province, according to Radio Free Asia’s Tibetan service. On April 14, 2010, a 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck the area, killing 2,698 and leaving 100,000 homeless according to the official count. The subsequent reconstruction process has been fraught with opaque government planning and scant local consultation. The woman’s condition is believed to not be life-threatening, according to RFA, citing sources in the region. (RFA, April 4, 2013)

The unidentified woman is the third Tibetan from Kyegudo to self-immolate over land-rights issues involved in the reconstruction following the 2010 earthquake. Dickyi Choezom, a Tibetan woman in her forties, reportedly survived her June 27, 2012 self-immolation protest and was taken to hospital in the prefectural capital of Xining. According to Tibetan sources in exile, authorities arrested two of Dickyi Choezom’s relatives, only to release them later the same day after local Tibetans protested, though the two were reported to have been beaten and injured while in detention.

Passang Lhamo, a 62-year old Tibetan woman, traveled to Beijing and self-immolated on September 13, 2012, after authorities refused to allow her to retain her home. Passang Lhamo set fire to herself after repeated appeals to the central authorities in Beijing failed to yield any concrete results. She was taken to hospital and treated for her burns, though her current condition and whereabouts remain unknown.

Source:

• RFA: Tibetan Evictee Self-Immolates (4 April 2013)

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Konchok Tenzin

Date: March 26, 2013

Protest location: Near Mokri monastery in Luchu (Chinese: Luqu) County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Gansu province

Age: 28

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Deceased

Info: Konchok Tenzin was a monk at Mokri monastery, which he joined at a young age. Konchok died in the course of the protest, and his body was taken back to the monastery. In fear that the remains would be confiscated by the authorities, they were cremated the same night, according to Kirti monks in exile, in Dharamsala, India.

Following the incident, security forces were deployed around the monastery and nearby villages in large numbers, and a strict crackdown imposed. This is the sixth self -immolation protest in Luchu county so far, and all the protesters involved have died as a result.

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Lhamo Kyab

Date: March 25, 2013

Protest location: Sangchu (Chinese: Xiahe), Gannan

Age: 43

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Deceased

Info: A Tibetan forest guard set fire to himself and died on March 25 in Sangchu (Chinese: Xiahe), Gannan. The circumstances of his death remain unclear, but due to unofficial information received from the area, ICT includes this death on the list of self-immolations.

In contrast to other self-immolators, Lhamo Kyab, a Tibetan man in his early forties, appears to have set fire to himself by pouring petrol over a pile of logs, setting them alight and placing himself amidst the flames, according to Tibetan sources in exile. He died in a rural area near his home in Meshul township, Sangchu (Chinese: Xiahe), Gannan in Gansu Province. An image received from Tibet depicts what can barely be discerned as human remains on bare earth, near a pile of wood, with denuded steep hillsides beyond. By the time he was found little remained of his body.

ICT Report:

• Self-immolations of a Tibetan forest guard and mother of four in eastern Tibet (26 March 2013)

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Kalkyi

Date: March 24, 2013

Protest location: Dzamthang (Chinese: Rangtang), Ngaba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan (the Tibetan area of Amdo)

Age: 30

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Deceased

Info: A 30-year old Tibetan woman called Kalkyi set fire to herself close to Jonang Gonchen monastery in Dzamthang (Chinese: Rangtang), Ngaba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan (the Tibetan area of Amdo). Kalkyi died immediately afterwards, according to Tibetan exile sources, and local people took her body to the monastery for prayers.

ICT Report:

• Self-immolations of a Tibetan forest guard and mother of four in eastern Tibet (26 March 2013)

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Lobsang Thogme

Date: March 16, 2013

Protest location: Ngaba (Chinese: Aba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan

Age: 28

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Deceased

Info: A 28-year old Kirti monk called Lobsang Thogme set fire to himself and died on Saturday, March 16, the fifth anniversary of a protest in Ngaba (Chinese: Aba), eastern Tibet, in which armed police fired into an unarmed crowd. He is the third Kirti monk to set fire to himself on the anniversary of the crackdown in 2008.

In a translation from the Tibetan, the Kirti monks in exile said: “Before reaching the gate, he fell to the ground. By that time, many monks and laypeople reached the spot, and he was taken to the county hospital, but passed away soon after. It is not known what he shouted during his protest. On arrival at the hospital, a large force of police and soldiers came there and forcibly took possession of his remains, which they then took to the prefecture headquarters at Barkham (Chinese: Markam).”

ICT Report:

• Two self-immolations in Tibet: Kirti monk on crackdown anniversary and woman in Dzoge (18 March 2013)

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Kunchok Wangmo

Date: March 13, 2013

(Note – Xinhua reported the date of Kunchok Wangmo’s death to be March 11, not March 13. Some Tibetan sources believe the date to be March 13.)

Protest location: Ngaba (Chinese: Aba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan

Age: 31

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Deceased. Details of the circumstances of the self-immolation remain unclear. It is not known if Kunchok Wangmo did self-immolate or not, due to restrictions on information and the oppressive political climate.

Info: The Chinese state media Xinhua reported on August 16, 2013, that the Intermediate People’s Court in Ngaba (Aba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture had sentenced a Tibetan man, 32-year old Dolma Kyab (Chinese transliteration: Drolma Gya) to death for ‘killing his wife and burning her body to make it look as if she had self-immolated.’ Full details of the circumstances of Kunchok Wangmo’s death are not known. The imposition of the death penalty is rare in Tibet and there are concerns that the verdict may have been influenced by political circumstances.

ICT Report:

• Death penalty for Tibetan after death of wife in Ngaba (21 August 2013)

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Sangdag

Date: February 25, 2013

Protest location: On a road which is to the south of Ngaba (Chinese: Aba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan

Age: Unknown

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Unknown

Info: 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.

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Tsesung Kyab

Date: February 25, 2013

Protest location: Shitsang Gonsar monastery in Luchu County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Gansu province

Age: Late twenties

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Deceased

Info: 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.

ICT Report:

• Two Tibetans self-immolate at monasteries during prayer ceremonies in Amdo (25 February 2013)

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Phagmo Dundrup

Date: February 24, 2013

Protest location: Chachung monastery in Tsoshar Prefecture in Qinghai province

Age: Early twenties

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Deceased

Info: 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.

ICT Report:

• Two Tibetans self-immolate at monasteries during prayer ceremonies in Amdo (25 February 2013)

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Rinchen

Date: February 19, 2013

Protest location: Dzoege township, Ngaba county, eastern Tibet

Age: 17

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Deceased

Info: 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 Dzoege township, Ngaba county, eastern Tibet around 9.30pm (local time).

According to the same sources, the families were able to recover their bodies. Rinchen and Sonam both went primary school in Kyangtsa township. Rinchen had been working away from home and returned for the Tibetan New Year (Losar) holiday.

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Sonam Dhargye

Date: February 19, 2013

Protest location: Dzoege township, Ngaba county, eastern Tibet

Age: 18

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Unknown

Info: 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 Dzoege township, Ngaba county, eastern Tibet around 9:30pm (local time).

According to the same sources, the families were able to recover their bodies. Rinchen and Sonam both went primary school in Kyangtsa township. Rinchen had been working away from home and returned for the Tibetan New Year (Losar) holiday.

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Namlha Tsering

Date: February 17, 2013

Protest location: Labrang, Gansu (the Tibetan area of Amdo)

Age: 49

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Unknown

Info: 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.

ICT Report:

• Tibetan farmer from nomadic area sets fire to himself in Labrang (17 February 2013)

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Drugpa Khar

Date: February 13, 2013

Protest location: Amchok town in Sangchu (Xiahe) county in Kanlho (Gannan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu

Age: Twenties

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Deceased

Info: 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’s Tibetan language service.

Drugpa Khar was a father of three children aged between one year old and six. He was born in Lushu Kyi village in Tsoe, Kanlho, theTibetan area of Amdo.

ICT Report:

• Further self-immolation in Tibet despite harsh legal measures to deter protests; Tibetan who set fire to himself in Nepal dies (14 February 2013)

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Lobsang Namgyal

Date: February 3, 2013

Protest location: Outside the Public Security Bureau of Dzoege (Chinese: Ruergai/Zoige) County in Ngaba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province

Age: Mid-thirties

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Deceased

Info: Lobsang Namgyal had been a monk at Kirti monastery in Ngaba, his ashes have not been returned to his family, according to the monks.

Lobsang Namgyal was known as an exceptional student at Kirti monastery who had been tipped to study for the highest qualification in Tibetan Buddhism, a Geshe degree. “He was regarded as a model for a new generation of students at Kirti,” the Kirti monks in exile said in a statement in Tibetan.

ICT Report:

• Tibetan sets fire to himself in Kathmandu; in Tibet, 100th self-immolation (13 February 2013)

• Further self-immolation in Tibet despite harsh legal measures to deter protests; Tibetan who set fire to himself in Nepal dies (14 February 2013)

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Konchok Kyab

Date: January 22, 2013

Protest location: Bora, Sangchu county, Kanlho (Chinese: Gannan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Gansu province

Age: 26

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Deceased

Info: 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.

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Tsering

Date: January 18, 2013

Protest location: Drachen village, Marthong county, Ngaba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan province

Age: Twenties

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Deceased

Info: 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.

ICT Report:

• Chinese state media blame “Dalai clique” and announce detentions in aggressive security drive against Tibetan self-immolations (18 January 2013)

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Tsering Tashi

Date: January 12, 2013

Protest location: Main street of Amchok township, Sangchu (Chinese: Xiahe) county, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu province (the traditional Kham area of Tibet)

Age: 22

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Deceased

Info: Following Tsering Tashi’s 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’s 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.

Tsering Tashi was married to Yumtso Kyi and is survived by his wife, parents and two sisters. He was described by Tibetans who knew him as “good-natured and polite” with a keen passion for horses and horse racing.

ICT Report:

• Authorities bar customary religious rituals to enforce quick cremation of Tibetan who self-immolated in Amchok

(15 January 2013)

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Wangchen Kyi

Date: December 9, 2012

Protest location: Dokarmo nomadic area of Tsekhog (Chinese: Zeku) county in Malho (Chinese: Huangnan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai (the Tibetan area of Amdo)

Age: 17

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Deceased

Info: 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.

ICT Report:

• Three Tibetans self-immolate in two days during important Buddhist anniversary: images of troops in Lhasa as Tibetans pray (10 December 2012)

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Kunchok Pelgye

Date: December 8, 2012

Protest location: Taktsang Lhamo Kirti monastery in Dzoege, in Ngaba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan (the Tibetan area of Amdo)

Age: 24

Monastery: Taktsang Lhamo monastery

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Deceased

Info: 24-year old monk Kunchok Pelgye set himself on fire outside the main assembly hall of the Taktsang Lhamo Kirti monastery in Dzoege, in Ngaba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan (the Tibetan area of Amdo).

Kirti monks in exile told ICT: “As he self-immolated, monks present gathered around him in shock and began to recite a prayer that is usually said in Kirti Rinpoche’s honor. His remains were carried back to his room in the monastery, and the hundreds of monks present continued to chant prayers dedicated to him.”

ICT Report:

• Three Tibetans self-immolate in two days during important Buddhist anniversary: images of troops in Lhasa as Tibetans pray (10 December 2012)

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Pema Dorjee

Date: December 8, 2012

Protest location: Close to the main assembly hall of Shitsang Garser monastery in Luchu (Chinese: Luqu) in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu province.

Age: 23

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Deceased

Info: Pema Dorjee lived around 30 kilometers from the monastery and had gone there to pray at the time of the anniversary of Tsongkhapa’s passing. At the time of his self-immolation there were many people at the monastery.

Pema Dorjee shouted that the Dalai Lama should be allowed to return to Tibet, and called for the unity of the Tibetan people. According to Tibetan exile sources, Pema Dorjee left his photos and identity card with his motorbike before his self-immolation.

ICT Report:

• Three Tibetans self-immolate in two days during important Buddhist anniversary: images of troops in Lhasa as Tibetans pray (10 December 2012)

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Lobsang Geleg

Date: December 3, 2012

Protest location: Pema county town, Golog prefecture, Qinghai province

Age: 29

Monastery: Penag Kadak Troedreling Monastery

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Deceased

Info: Lobsang Geleg, aged 29, set fire to himself on December 3 at the main intersection in Pema county town and died at the scene. Before his death Lobsang Geleg shouted slogans and looked to bring his hands together in prayer, according to a local Tibetan who spoke with Tibetans in exile. In what has become an increasingly common response, state security personnel attempted to remove Lobsang Geleg’s body, but were stopped by a gathering of local Tibetans, who took the body to the local monastery for prayers. Lobsang Geleg (informally known as Loge) was a monk at Pema Gonka Dagtroe Lin monastery, in Pema (Chinese: Padma) county, Golog (Chinese: Guoluo) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai province.

Source:

• Tibet.net: Tibetan Monk Dies after Setting Self on Fire, Total Self-Immolation Rises to 92 (4 December 2012)

• RFA: Burning Monk Walks 300 Steps (3 December 2012)

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Sungdue Kyab

Date: December 2, 2012

Protest location: Bora

Age: 17

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Deceased

Info: 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.

Source:

• Tibet.net: Tibetan Immolates in Bora, Toll Reaches 91 (3 December 2012)

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Kunchok Kyab

Date: November 30, 2012

Protest location: Ngaba (Chinese: Aba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan

Age: 29

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Presumed deceased

Info: [ VOA Tibetan ] Kunchok Kyab, a 29 year old man, carried out a self-immolation protest on November 30, 2012 in Ngaba. Kyab was taken away by security forces and his condition is unknown at present. A number of Tibetans who approached the security forces to demand the return of Kunchok Kyab are missing and presumed to be detained.

Source:

• VOA Tibetan: Burning Monk Walks 300 Steps (3 December 2012)

• VOA Tibetan: Self-Immolation and Missing Townspeople in Ngaba (30 November 2012)

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Tsering Namgyal

Date: November 29, 2012

Protest location: Luchu region of eastern Tibet

Age: 31

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Deceased

Info: [ Phayul ] Sources have identified the Tibetan as Tsering Namgyal, 31, a father of two, from Zamtsa Lotso Dewa region of Luchu.

“Tsering Namgyal set himself on fire near the local Chinese government office in Luchu earlier today for the cause of Tibet,” Sonam, a Tibetan monk living in south India told Phayul, citing sources in the region. “Tsering Namgyal passed in his fiery protest.”

Source:

• Phayul: Breaking: Tibetan man burns self to death, Toll climbs to 89 (29 November 2012)

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Wande Khar

Date: November 28, 2012

Protest location: Tsoe region of Kanlho, eastern Tibet

Age: 21

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Deceased

Info: [ Phayul ] According to eyewitnesses, Wande Khar raised slogans calling for the return of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Tibet, the release of Panchen Lama, freedom for Tibet, and the protection of Tibet’s environment.

Source:

• Phayul: Breaking: Young Tibetan burns self to death, Mass prayer service for self-immolators in eastern Tibet (29 November 2012)

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Sanggye Tashi

Date: November 27, 2012

Protest location: Sang Khog, Labrang [Tib:Sangchu Zdong Ch: Xiahe Xian], Gannan prefecture in Gansu province

Age: 18

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Deceased

Info: Details are still emerging.

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Kelsang Kyab

Date: November 27, 2012

Protest location: Kyangtsa township, Ngaba

Age: 24

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Deceased

Info: 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, “May the Dalai Lama live for 100 aeons! May Kirti Rinpoche live for 100 aeons!” 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.

The 24-year old Kelsang Kyab was the third of six children and grew-up a herdsman. Following his self-immolation, local Tibetans returned his body to his home near Kyangtsa township in Dzoege (Chinese: Ruanggui) county, Ngaba (Chinese: Aba) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province.

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Gonpo Tsering

Date: November 26, 2012

Protest location: Luchu county, Kanlho prefecture, Gansu province

Age: 24

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Unknown

Info: Details are still emerging.

Source:

• RFA: Four Tibetans Self-Immolate (26 November 2012)

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Kunchok Tsering

Date: November 26, 2012

Protest location: Labrang, Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu province (Tibetan area of Amdo)

Age: 18

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Deceased

Info: [ Phayul ] Kunchok Tsering, 18, passed away in his self-immolation protest today in Amchok region of Labrang, eastern Tibet. He carried out his protest near a mining site in the region, the same place where Tsering Dhondup, 35, father of three, passed away in his fiery protest on November 20.

Kunchok Tsering is survived by his wife, Sangay Tso, 19 and parents Phagkyab, 40 and Gonpo Tso, 37, and an elder brother.

Source:

• Phayul: Breaking: 18-year-old sets self on fire, Third self-immolation in two days (26 November 2012)

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Wangyal

Date: November 26, 2012

Protest location: Serthar, north-eastern Tibet

Age: Twenties

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Unknown

Info: [ Tibet.net ] Wangyal, a Tibetan man in his 20s, have set himself on fire in protest against the Chinese government in Serthar, north-eastern Tibet.

Wangyal set himself on fire in front of the golden-horse statue at the local ground in Serthar. Chinese authorities immediately arrived at the immolation site and took away Wangyal’s body, eyewitnesses said.

His current whereabouts and status is unavailable.

Source:

• Tibet.net: Another Tibetan Immolates in Serthar, Toll Reaches 82 (26 November 2012)

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Sangay Dolma

Date: November 25, 2012

Protest location: In front of the Chinese government office in Dokarmo town of Tsekhog, Malho, eastern Tibet

Age: Unknown

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Deceased

Info: [ Phayul ] a Tibetan nun set herself on fire in an apparent protest against China’s occupation of Tibet on Sunday, November 25.

Sources tell Phayul that Sangay Dolma, a nun, passed away in her self-immolation protest in front of the Chinese government office in Dokarmo town of Tsekhog, Malho, eastern Tibet. The exact time of her self-immolation protest could not be ascertained immediately.

Source:

• Phayul: Breaking: Tibetan nun passes away in fiery protest, Toll jumps to 83 (26 November 2012)

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Tamdrin Kyab

Date: November 23, 2012

Protest location: Luchu township, Gansu province

Age: 23

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Deceased

Info: Tamdrin Kyab, 23-years old, was formerly a monk at Shitsang monastery. He disrobed in 2007 to help his nomadic family.

Tamdrin Kyab set fire to himself at around 10 p.m. near the Luchu river. According to exile Tibetan sources, local people did not know about his self-immolation because it happened at night, and it was only in the morning that people found his body and took it back to his home. Local Tibetans and monks from Shitsang monastery gathered at his home to pray and offer their condolences.

ICT Report:

• Three self-immolations in two days as total in Tibet reaches 81 (24 November 2012)

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Tamdrin Dorjee

Date: November 23, 2012

Protest location: In front of a government building in Dokarmo in the Tsekhog area of Rebkong, Qinghai province

Age: 29

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Deceased

Info: 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, “As the flames blazed higher, he could be seen putting his hands together in prayer, shouting long life to the Dalai Lama.”

ICT Report:

• Three self-immolations in two days as total in Tibet reaches 81 (24 November 2012)

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Lubhum Gyal

Date: November 22, 2012

Protest location: Dowa township, Rebkong

Age: 18

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Deceased

Info: 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’s self-immolation. Then, disregarding official warnings, they took his body for cremation near Dowa monastery where monks conducted prayer rituals.

ICT Report:

• Three self-immolations in two days as total in Tibet reaches 81 (24 November 2012)

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Tsering Dundrup

Date: November 20, 2012

Protest location: Labrang, Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu province (Tibetan area of Amdo)

Age: 24

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Unknown

Info: 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.

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Wangchen Norbu

Date: November 19, 2012

Protest location: Kangsta, Qinghai (the Tibetan area of Amdo)

Age: 25

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Deceased

Info: VOA Wangchen Norbu, 25, died after burning himself on November 19, 2012 around 8 pm in Kangtsa (Chinese: Gangca), an area adjacent to the hometown of the late Panchen Lama in Tsoshar (Chinese: Haidong) region in Yazi (Chinese: Xunhua) county, Amdo (Chinese: Qinghai).

Sources in the region say that Norbu set himself ablaze near Kangtsa Gaden Choephelling Monastery and shouted slogans calling for the return of the Dalai Lama to Tibet, release of the Panchen Lama and freedom for Tibet.

VOA Tibetan:

• Tibetan Self-Immolations Continue, 25-Year-Old Dies in Protest (19 November 2012)

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Sangdag Tsering

Date: November 17, 2012

Protest location: A township in Tsekhog, Rebkong (Chinese: Tongren), Qinghai

Age: 24

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Deceased

Info: 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.

Sangdag Tsering self-immolated at around 7 p.m. on November 17 outside a government building in Dokar Mo township in Tsekhog (Chinese: Zeku/Zekog) county, which neighbors Rebkong (Chinese: Tongren), in Malho (Chinese: Huangnan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai (the Tibetan area of Amdo). Security personnel at the scene attempted to douse the flames with water but failed.

Sangdag Tsering was married with a three-year old son. A Tibetan in exile said that Sangdag Tsering frequently spoke about the Dalai Lama not being allowed to be in Tibet, that Tibetans have no rights, and that the Panchen Lama is still in prison, referring to the young man recognised by the Dalai Lama as the 11th Panchen Lama who disappeared into Chinese custody at the age of six in 1995.

ICT Report:

• Young Tibetan father self-immolates in Tsekhog; officials warn Tibetans not to gather at cremations (19 November 2012)

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Chagmo Kyi

Date: November 17, 2012

Protest location: Dolma Square, Rebkong (Chinese: Tongren), Qinghai

Age: Unknown

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Deceased

Info: 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.

Local lay Tibetans and monks gathered to mark Chagmo Kyi’s death despite an intense military buildup in the area following peaceful protests and other self-immolations over the past week. According to Tibetan sources hundreds of Tibetans attended her cremation, at a site normally used for the cremation of monks and lamas. They were surrounded by troops.

ICT Report:

• Tibetan self-immolation in Rebkong (17 November 2012)

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Khabum Gyal

Date: November 15, 2012

Protest location: Rebkong, Qinghai province

Age: 18

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Deceased

Info: 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’s 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.

Source:

• Phayul: Breaking: Tibetan woman self-immolates, Two fiery deaths in a day (15 November 2012)

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Tenzin Dolma

Date: November 15, 2012

Protest location: Rebkong (Chinese: Tongren), Qinghai

Age: 23

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Deceased

Info: Phayul Tangzin Dolma, 23, set herself ablaze at around 12 pm (local time) [November 15] in Tsemo region of Rebkong, eastern Tibet.

Exile sources are saying that Tibetans from around the region started gathering in Tsemo upon hearing news of the self-immolation protest.

Source:

• Phayul: Breaking: Tibetan woman self-immolates, Two fiery deaths in a day (15 November 2012)

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Nyangchag Bum

Date: November 12, 2012

Protest location: Dowa township in Rebkong (Chinese: Tongren), Qinghai

Age: 20

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Deceased

Info: 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].”

ICT Report:

• Thousands of Tibetans mobilize in reaction to self-immolations despite security build up (14 November 2012)

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Nyangkar Tashi

Date: November 12, 2012

Protest location: Dowa township in Rebkong (Chinese: Tongren), Qinghai

Age: 24

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Deceased

Info: 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).

It was after the official visit, at around 3:15 p.m. on November 12 at Kadmar Thang in Dowa, that Nyangkar Tashi set fire to himself, calling for the long life of the Dalai Lama and a free Tibet. The same sources said: “At that time, there were lot of people there who were praying and paying their respects to Tamdrin Tso and Jinpa Gyatso. People did not allow Chinese police to take Nyangkar Tashi’s remains but brought his corpse back to his village, Drotsang in Dowa.”

ICT Report:

• Thousands of Tibetans mobilize in reaction to self-immolations despite security build up (14 November 2012)

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Gonpo Tsering

Date: November 10, 2012

Protest location: Front of a monastery in Tsoe (Chinese: Hezuo) in the Kanlho (Gannan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture

Age: 19

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Deceased

Info: 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.

Gonpo Tsering, who had married last year, called for freedom for Tibetans, the protection of the Tibetan language, and for the Dalai Lama to be brought back to Tibet. According to Tibetan sources in exile, monks gathered at the scene and tried to extinguish the flames but failed. They took his body back to his village and prayed for him there.

ICT Report:

• Death of popular, educated young Tibetan after self-immolation confirmed by Chinese media (13 November 2012)

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Jinpa Gyatso

Date: November 8, 2012

Protest location: Rebkong (Chinese: Tongren) in Qinghai province, the Tibetan area of Amdo

Age: Unknown

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Deceased

Info: 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’s long life and his return to Tibet. The situation remains tense.

ICT Report:

• Tibetan self-immolations escalate in number on eve of China’s Party Congress; Tibetans gather en masse in Rebkong (8 November 2012)

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Dorjee

Date: November 7, 2012

Protest location: Ngaba (Chinese: Aba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan

Age: 15

Monastery: Ngoshul monastery

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Deceased

Info: Three young monks from Ngoshul monastery in Ngaba (Chinese: Aba) county in Ngaba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan (the Tibetan area of Amdo) set themselves on fire; one died, while two were believed to have survived and to have been taken away by the authorities. According to Tibetan monks in exile from Kirti monastery, the three monks set fire to themselves at around 3 pm November 7 calling out for the Dalai Lama to return to Tibet and for a free Tibet. One of the monks, 15-year old Dorjee, died immediately while 16-year old Samdrup and 16-year old Dorjee Kyab survived and were taken away by the authorities.

ICT Report:

• Tibetan self-immolations escalate in number on eve of China’s Party Congress; Tibetans gather en masse in Rebkong (8 November 2012)

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Samdrup

Date: November 7, 2012

Protest location: Ngaba (Chinese: Aba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan

Age: 16

Monastery: Ngoshul monastery

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Hospitalized

Info: Three young monks from Ngoshul monastery in Ngaba (Chinese: Aba) county in Ngaba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan (the Tibetan area of Amdo) set themselves on fire; one died, while two were believed to have survived and to have been taken away by the authorities. According to Tibetan monks in exile from Kirti monastery, the three monks set fire to themselves at around 3 pm November 7 calling out for the Dalai Lama to return to Tibet and for a free Tibet. One of the monks, 15-year old Dorjee, died immediately while 16-year old Samdrup and 16-year old Dorjee Kyab survived and were taken away by the authorities.

ICT Report:

• Tibetan self-immolations escalate in number on eve of China’s Party Congress; Tibetans gather en masse in Rebkong (8 November 2012)

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Dorjee Kyab

Date: November 7, 2012

Protest location: Ngaba (Chinese: Aba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan

Age: 16

Monastery: Ngoshul monastery

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Hospitalized

Info: Three young monks from Ngoshul monastery in Ngaba (Chinese: Aba) county in Ngaba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan (the Tibetan area of Amdo) set themselves on fire; one died, while two were believed to have survived and to have been taken away by the authorities. According to Tibetan monks in exile from Kirti monastery, the three monks set fire to themselves at around 3 pm November 7 calling out for the Dalai Lama to return to Tibet and for a free Tibet. One of the monks, 15-year old Dorjee, died immediately while 16-year old Samdrup and 16-year old Dorjee Kyab survived and were taken away by the authorities.

ICT Report:

• Tibetan self-immolations escalate in number on eve of China’s Party Congress; Tibetans gather en masse in Rebkong (8 November 2012)

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Tamding Tso

Date: November 7, 2012

Protest location: Rebkong (Chinese: Tongren) in Qinghai province, the Tibetan area of Amdo

Age: 23

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Deceased

Info: 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: “She 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