Some participants of the TYC cycle rally had the privilege of an audience with His Eminence Sakya Ratna Vajra Rinpoche and Chiwang Rinpoche, seeking their blessings and prayers for the success of this cycle rally.
The President of the Tibetan Youth Congress and representatives from three Tibetan NGOs had a productive meeting with the delegations of Human Rights Network for Tibet and Taiwan team, including Director Sun You-lian, general secretary Mr Tashi Tsering along with Attorney and lecturer Ms. Liao Hui-Fang. Discussed networking and future collaboration to counter the CCP.
Jamyang Losal, 22
A young Tibetan monk set himself on fire and died on Friday in northwestern China’s Qinghai province in an apparent challenge to Chinese rule in Tibetan areas, a Tibetan living in the area said.
The protest brought to 150 the number of self-immolations by Tibetans living in China since the wave of fiery protests began in 2009.
Jamyang Losal, aged about 22, set himself ablaze at around 5:00 a.m. on May 19 near the People’s Hospital in Kangtsa (in Chinese, Gangcha) county in Qinghai’s Tsojang (Haibei) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, a local source told RFA’s Tibetan Service.
“He did not survive his protest,” RFA’s source said, speaking on condition of anonymity
“Losal’s body was taken away by the police, and when his family members went to the police station to claim his remains, the police refused to comply with their request,” he said.
“Losal was a monk belonging to Gyerteng monastery in Kangtsa’s Nangra town,” RFA’s source said, adding that about 20 monks now study at the monastery, which is located about 30 kilometers (18 miles) south of the Kangtsa county seat.
Losal was a native of Dong Gya village in Kangtsa county’s Nangra township, the source said.
Radio Free Asia
Jamyang Losal, 22
A young Tibetan monk set himself on fire and died on Friday in northwestern China’s Qinghai province in an apparent challenge to Chinese rule in Tibetan areas, a Tibetan living in the area said.
The protest brought to 150 the number of self-immolations by Tibetans living in China since the wave of fiery protests began in 2009.
Jamyang Losal, aged about 22, set himself ablaze at around 5:00 a.m. on May 19 near the People’s Hospital in Kangtsa (in Chinese, Gangcha) county in Qinghai’s Tsojang (Haibei) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, a local source told RFA’s Tibetan Service.
“He did not survive his protest,” RFA’s source said, speaking on condition of anonymity
“Losal’s body was taken away by the police, and when his family members went to the police station to claim his remains, the police refused to comply with their request,” he said.
“Losal was a monk belonging to Gyerteng monastery in Kangtsa’s Nangra town,” RFA’s source said, adding that about 20 monks now study at the monastery, which is located about 30 kilometers (18 miles) south of the Kangtsa county seat.
Losal was a native of Dong Gya village in Kangtsa county’s Nangra township, the source said.
Radio Free Asia
Chagdor Kyab
Date: May 2, 2017
Protest location: Bora (Chinese: Bola) in Gansu, the Tibetan area of Amdo
Age: 16
Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Unknown
Info: Reports have emerged of a self-immolation on May 2 of a Tibetan teenager, a student named Chagdor Kyab. Sources from the region told Radio Free Asia that after setting himself on fire near Bora monastery, Chagdor Kyab shouted “Tibet wants freedom” and “Let His Holiness the Dalai Lama come back to Tibet” while he burned. It is not known if he is still alive.
Chagdor Kyab
Date: May 2, 2017
Protest location: Bora (Chinese: Bola) in Gansu, the Tibetan area of Amdo
Age: 16
Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Unknown
Info: Reports have emerged of a self-immolation on May 2 of a Tibetan teenager, a student named Chagdor Kyab. Sources from the region told Radio Free Asia that after setting himself on fire near Bora monastery, Chagdor Kyab shouted “Tibet wants freedom” and “Let His Holiness the Dalai Lama come back to Tibet” while he burned. It is not known if he is still alive.
148. Wangchuk Tseten
Date: April 15, 2017
Protest location: Kardze (Chinese: Ganzi) in eastern Tibet
Age: Unknown
Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Unknown, believed unlikly to have survived
Info: Footage has emerged of a self-immolation on April 15 of a Tibetan man, father of three Wangchuk Tseten. Wangchuk Tseten was from Kardze Prefecture. A video circulating online shows police spraying fire extinguishers on a blackened, smoky body lying on the ground. It is not known if Wangchuk Tseten is still alive, although it is believed to be unlikely.
Date: March 18, 2017
Protest location: Nyagrongkel
Age: Unknown
Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Unclear
Info: VOA Tibetan has learnt that Pema Gyaltsen, the young man who carried out a self-immolation protest in Kham Nyarong on March 18, and whose condition was unclear after he was taken away by Chinese security, is still alive today. He is believed to be in a hospital, within the provincial capital city of Chengdu.
Date: December 8, 2016
Protest location: Machu (Chinese: Maqu) in Gansu, the Tibetan area of Amdo
Age: Thirties
Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Deceased
Info: A Tibetan man, who has been named as Tashi Rabten, was heard calling for the Dalai Lama to return to Tibet as he set fire to himself on December 8 and died in Machu (Chinese: Maqu) in Gansu, the Tibetan area of Amdo. Video and images depicted a body engulfed in flames with a young boy looking on, and a woman standing nearby reciting prayers. A second video circulating on social media shows police arriving to take away the body.
Date: March 23, 2016
Protest location: Dzoege (Chinese: Ruo’ergai) county in the Ngaba (Aba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture
Age: 50s
Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Deceased
Info (RFA): A Tibetan mother of five has burned herself to death in southwestern China’s Sichuan province in a challenge to Beijing’s rule in the second such protest in a Tibetan area of China this year, a source in the region told RFA’s Tibetan Service.
Sonam Tso, believed to have been in her 50s, self-immolated on March 23 near a monastery in Dzoege (in Chinese, Ruo’ergai) county in the Ngaba (Aba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, RFA’s source said, speaking on condition of anonymity.