Self-immolation isn't what it used to be. This ultimate form of protest became global news in 1963 when Thich Quang Duc set himself ablaze in the middle of Saigon, protesting against religious...
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25 Apr 2013
Three Tibetans have died after setting themselves on fire to protest Chinese rule in a western region where authorities have imposed a heavy security presence, exiled Buddhist monks and reports...
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1 Mar 2013
A Zhejiang resident on Thursday set himself on fire in a bank after he was told it had reduced the amount of money he could use on his credit card, the Wenzhou Economic Daily reported on Friday....
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22 Feb 2013
Two Tibetan teenagers died after setting fire to themselves in protest at Beijing's rule, reports said, in a rare double self-immolation. They were named as Sonam Dargye, 18, and a 17-year-old...
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13 Feb 2013
A Tibetan monk set himself on fire in a Kathmandu restaurant on Wednesday, marking the 100th self-immolation bid in a wave of protests against Chinese rule since 2009.
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9 Feb 2013
A court in a Tibetan area yesterday convicted a man of intentional homicide and inciting secession for "goading" a monk to set himself on fire, state media reported, even though the monk did not...
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Mainland authorities are responding to an intensified wave of Tibetan self-immolation protests against Chinese rule by criminalising suicides and arresting protesters’ friends.
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Officials on a Taiwanese-controlled island group said yesterday they were considering importing water from the mainland. The fortified Quemoy island group was a flashpoint during the cold war,...
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Police have detained a Tibetan monk and his nephew in southwestern China for inciting eight people to set themselves on fire in anti-Chinese protests, the official Xinhua news agency said on...
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Six Tibetans set themselves on fire in China in an escalating wave of protests as the country's leaders gathered for the Communist Party's 18th national congress, exile leaders said yesterday.
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Six Tibetans set themselves on fire in China in an escalating wave of protests as the country’s leaders gathered for a once-a-decade power transition, exile leaders said on Thursday.
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