132. Kunchok

Name: Kunchok

Age: 42

Sex: Male

Date of self- immolation: September 16, 2014

Protest location: Golog (Chinese: Guoluo) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai Province

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Hospitalized, Tsangkor town in Gade (Chinese: Gande) county in the Prefecture

Info: A 42 year-old Tibetan, Kunchok, set himself on fire outside a police station in the Golog (Chinese: Guoluo) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai Province on September 16, according information received from Tibet.

Kunchok’s self immolation took place in Tsangkor town in Gade (Chinese: Gande) county in the Prefecture but Tibetans nearby managed to extinguish the flames. Kunchok was rushed to hospital, and was deeply distressed that he had survived, according to Tibetan sources. Although the self-immolation happened on September 16, news only reached Tibetans in exile yesterday (October 5) due to restrictions on information and tightened security in the area.

 

131. Thinley Namgyal

Name: Thinley Namgyal

Age: 32

Sex: Female

Date of self-immolation: April 15, 2014

Protest location: Kardze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Deceased

thinleynamgyalInfo: 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.

 

131. Thinley Namgyal

Name: Thinley Namgyal

Age: 32

Sex: Female

Date of self-immolation: April 15, 2014

Protest location: Kardze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Deceased

thinleynamgyalInfo: 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.

 

130. Dolma

Name: Dolma

Age: 31

Sex: Female

Status: Nun

Date of self-immolation: March 29, 2014

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

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.dolma

130. Dolma

Name: Dolma

Age: 31

Sex: Female

Status: Nun

Date of self-immolation: March 29, 2014

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

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.dolma

129. Lobsang Palden

lobsangpaldenName: Lobsang Palden

Age: 20

Sex: Male

Status: monk at Kirti monastery

Date of self- immolation: March 16, 2014

Protest location: Ngaba (Chinese: Aba) county town

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.”

129. Lobsang Palden

lobsangpaldenName: Lobsang Palden

Age: 20

Sex: Male

Status: monk at Kirti monastery

Date of self- immolation: March 16, 2014

Protest location: Ngaba (Chinese: Aba) county town

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.”

128. Unknown

Age: Unknown

Sex: Male

Status: Monk

Date of self- immolation: March 16, 2014

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

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.”

 

128. Unknown

Age: Unknown

Sex: Male

Status: Monk

Date of self- immolation: March 16, 2014

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

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.”

 

127. Lobsang Dorje

Age: 25

Sex: Male

Status: Former Monk at Kirti Monastery

Date of self- immolation: February 13, 2014

Protest location: Ngaba (Chinese: Aba) county town

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.

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