Tibet on Fire: Self-Immolations Against Chinese Rule by Tsering Woeser

Tibet on Fire: Self-Immolations Against Chinese Rule Tsering Woeser ebook
Publisher: Verso Books
Page: 128
ISBN: 9781784781538
Format: pdf

Since 2009, some Tibetans have taken far more drastic action, setting themselves on fire in protest against Chinese rule. A mother of three is the latest Tibetan to self-immolate to protest Chinese rule. A former monk killed himself to protest Chinese rule, advocacy groups another Tibetan, this one in exile, died after setting himself on fire in Nepal. Since the 2008 uprising, nearly 150 Tibetan monks have set fire to themselves in protest at the Chinese occupation of their country. Five Tibetans self-immolate in northeastern Tibet. Many are reported to have shouted, while on fire, calls for the Dalai Lama to return to Tibet and for Tibetan freedom, as well as opposition to Chinese rule. Tibetans to immolate themselves outside Tibet in protest against China. Dalai Lama: Self-Immolations Have Little Effect Tibetans setting themselves on fire to protest against Chinese rule are 2 Tibetans Self-Immolate In China. Radio Free Asia said 30-year-old Kalkyi set herself on fire Sunday near a monastery. On Tuesday, Kunchok Kyab, 26, set fire to himself near the monastery in an apparent protest against Chinese rule. TIBET - CHINA Tibet, a father of four sets himself on fire in protest against Chinese rule. Buy Tibet on Fire: Self-immolations Against Chinese Rule at Walmart.com. At least 130 self-immolation protests by Tibetans living under Chinese rule have taken place CBC & ABC Report: Tibet self-immolation protests against China on rise In November alone, a staggering 28 Tibetans set themselves on fire. Two Tibetans burnt themselves in a protest against Chinese rule. Herself on fire in northwest China's Gansu province, apparently protesting against the 140th Tibetan to self-immolate in protest against Chinese rule in Tibet. A Tibetan man screams as he runs engulfed in flames after self-immolating at a protest in New Delhi, March 26, 2012.