Monks from Labrang were initially not allowed to go to his home to pray. Graphic images that reached Tibetans in exile depict his burning body near the pilgrimage circuit of the monastery, and one photograph shows a khatag white blessing scarf placed at the spot after his body was removed.
According to reports from exile Tibetans, Dhondup died after his self-immolation and troops took away his body. Troops arrived soon afterwards and put the remains in a large bag and took it away.
Local monks then tried to hold prayers for Dhondup but police and monastic officials tried to prevent this happening. Lhamo Kyab leaves a wife and two children, aged 10 and 7. According to Tibetans in exile, Lhamo Kyab was seen running along the road in flames, and calling for the Dalai Lama to come home to Tibet. The same sources said that police tried to put out the flames, and a local man took off his shirt and tried to fling it over Lhamo Kyab but the blaze was too strong.
Info: Tamdin Dorje, the grandfather of a prominent young Tibetan reincarnate lama at Labrang Tashikyil monastery, died after setting fire to himself in the same place as mother of two Dolkar Tso, who self-immolated on August 7, near a white stupa beside Tsoe Gaden Choeling monastery in Kanlho Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu province see ICT report , 7 August The self-immolation is likely to be noted with concern by the authorities due to the connection to the young lama recognised as the 7th Gungthang Rinpoche, Lobsang Geleg Tenpe Khenchen, who was born in in the village of Dzoege, east of Tsoe city, the seat of Kanlho Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in the southern part of Gansu Province.
Info: According to a report by Voice of America , Sangay Gyatso, years old, set fire to himself on October 6, near the local monastery in the town of Tsoe in the northeastern Tibetan area of Amdo. Sangay Gyatso called for the return of the Dalai Lama to Tibet and the right of Tibetans to freely express their language and religion.
He is believed to have died as a result of his protest. Initial reports from the area tell of heightened tensions in the area and possibly hundreds of security personnel being deployed around the local monastery. Info: Gudrub, a year old writer from neighboring Driru county, set fire to himself and called for freedom in Tibet and for the return of the Dalai Lama.
A doctor later told the group that Gudrub had died, but authorities would not release his body. Info: According to Tibetans in exile in contact with Tibetans in the area, Yangdang set fire to himself along the main road in Dzato county town at around 7 pm, and shouted slogans calling for freedom in Tibet and for the return of the Dalai Lama and the Karmapa a prominent Tibetan lama.
The following day local authorities informed family members that Yangdang would be transferred to a hospital outside the Tibetan area due to his serious condition. However, local authorities later informed family members that Yangdang died while in transport.
Passang Lhamo travelled to Beijing to appeal to the central government after local authorities refused toallow her to retain her home. An image from the area depicts her home in the process of destruction, according to Tibetan sources from the area. Yushu was devastated by a magnitude 6. The town of Kyegu was leveled by the quake, and the subsequent rebuilding process has been fraught with opaque government planning and scant local consultation.
ICT report, Bold protests in earthquake-hit area over government reconstruction plans. According to the Tibetan government in exile Land Grabbing Persists in Kyegudo, A Tibetan Woman Burned Self in Protest , Passang Lhamo set fire to herself after repeated appeals to the central authorities in Beijing failed to yield any concrete results.
The year old was taken to hospital and treated for her burns following her protest, according to the same sources. No more is known about her current condition or whereabouts. Passang Lhamo is the second Tibetan from Kyegudo known to have self-immolated in protest of government policies of evictions and land seizures.
Dickyi Choezom a year old mother of two, set fire to herself on June 27, in response to government land seizures and forced evictions. A severely burned Passang Lhamo in hospital. Info: Two teenage Tibetans, a monk and a layperson who are believed to have been cousins, set themselves on fire on August 27 in Ngaba Chinese: Aba.
The self-immolations took place near the eastern gate of Kirti monastery. Lobsang Damchoe, 17, a former monk, was seen walking with flames shooting from his body before he collapsed to the ground, according to Kirti monks in exile in Dharamsala, India. It is not known what he shouted or said as he set himself on fire. Chinese security personnel extinguished the flames and took both men initially to the hospital in Ngaba town, but later moved them to a hospital in Barkham.
According to the Kirti monks in exile, both young men died in hospital. Lobsang Kelsang, 18, was seen walking with flames shooting from his body before he collapsed to the ground, according to Kirti monks in exile in Dharamsala, India. As Lungtok approached the junction with the central street, a group of policemen surrounded him, put out the flames and took him away. It is unclear whether he was still alive at that time.
Both were taken initially to the county hospital, and then within half an hour they were taken to the Prefecture hospital in Barkham, but according to witnesses, their burns were so severe that there is little hope of survival.
It has been learned that Lungtok passed away on 13th, but as he had been taken to Barkham, it is not known whether his body would be returned to family members. Within a few minutes, local security forces arrived at the scene, doused the still fierce flames, and took him away. According to witnesses, it was not clear at that point whether he was still alive.
It has since been confirmed that Chopa passed away just after 3pm on August 10, shortly before reaching Barkham prefecture hospital. The authorities cremated his body there, and returned just a part of the ashes to his family members.
Dolkar Tso, who is in her mid-twenties and from a farming family, set fire to herself early this afternoon near a white stupa reliquary building at Tsoe Gaden Choeling monastery in Tsoe City Chinese: Hezuo. According to Tibetan sources in exile from her home area, she called out for the return of the Dalai Lama to Tibet, and shouted that there was no freedom in Tibet.
According to the exile Kirti monks, Lobsang Tsultrim attempted to walk along the main street towards the office building of the Forestry Department before he fell to the ground, and armed police emerged and extinguished the flames.
A local Tibetan told the Kirti monks in Dharamsala that Lobsang Tsultrim was still alive when police took him away. He is believed to have been taken to the local government hospital, and then removed elsewhere.
His current whereabouts and welfare is not known. Lobsang Tsultrim was born in Ryiwa village, Cha Township in Ngaba, and he joined Kirti monastery when he was very young. He was a classmate of Phuntsog, who self-immolated on March 16, , and is said to have loved playing basketball. Lobsang Tsultrim is said to have suffered a great deal and may have been detained following the crackdown in Ngaba from March 16, , when at least ten Tibetans were killed by Chinese troops after peaceful protest.
He is the 27th Tibetan from Ngaba to self-immolate since February, , and the eighth Kirti monk to do so. The self-immolation and death today of an year old Tibetan monk from Ngaba is being marked by Tibetans at his monastery, Gedhen Tashi Choeling, an affiliate of Kirti monastery.
Phayul: The Tibetan man who set himself on fire on July 7 has now been identified as Tsewang Dorjee, a year-old nomad from Damshung, central Tibet.
Tsewang Dorjee raised slogans and called for the long life of His Holiness, but barely three minutes into his protest, Chinese security forces arrived at the scene, doused the flames and took him to a hospital. In a press release, the Tibetan Parliament-in-exile noted that the entire Damshung region is currently under lockdown and people who witnessed the self-immolation have since been arrested.
Phayul: A Tibetan woman in her 40s, identified as Dickyi Choezom, a mother of two, set herself on fire on June 27, at around 2pm local time in Keygu town near the Dhondupling Monastery. Chinese security personnel at the scene of the protest doused the flames and took her away, reportedly to a hospital in Siling, but no further information is available.
An exile monk with contacts in the region told Tibetan media that police arrested two of her relatives but many Tibetans gathered and started demanding their release and threatening to set themselves on fire if the two were not released, and they were reportedly released later in the day but carried injuries from severe beatings.
ICT Report — April 9, Tenzin Khedup died on the spot while his colleague, Ngawang Norphel was badly burned and is in serious condition at a hospital, according to Lobsang Sangay, a monk in India who is from the Zekar monastery in Yushul, quoting eyewitnesses. Info: Tibetans in eastern Tibet gathered today to mark the self-immolation of a Tibetan from a nomadic family who set fire to himself and died in Chentsa Chinese: Jianza county town in Qinghai the eastern Tibetan area of Amdo.
Images posted online by Tibetans in exile showed crowds gathering to pile khatags Tibetan blessing scarves on the body of Tamdin Thar, who was in his forties or fifties, while massed ranks of armed police gather at the roadside nearby. Armed police were seen extinguishing the flames as Tamdin Thar lay on the ground, still moving slightly, and he was then taken away in a vehicle by security forces.
According to Tibetan sources in exile in touch with Tibetans in the area, he died within hours, and local people gathered in the town calling for the return of his body, despite an increasing number of armed police being deployed. The body was returned to local people at around mid-day today, according to various sources.
The Chinese state media confirmed the self-immolation and death but did not name Tamdin Thar. Info: Rikyo was in her mid-thirties and from a nomadic family. She set herself on fire near to Jonang Dzamthang Gonchen Monastery. The flames around her body were so intense that police on the scene were beaten back by the fire and attempts to extinguish it failed.
Following her self-immolation, her body was taken to the Jonang Dzamthang Monastery and kept there, according to Tibetans in exile who are from the area.
Chinese government officials came to the monastery and sought to impose an immediate cremation. Rikyo was cremated the same day, and a large number of Tibetans converged at a special cremation prayer service near the monastery. According to monks from Kirti Monastery in exile, year old Dargye had entered Kirti monastery as a boy and disrobed a few years ago.
Voice of America Tibetan language service has reported that the two Tibetans, who self-immolated together, worked in a restaurant in Lhasa. Dargye was reportedly from Ngaba Chinese: Aba in Sichuan where most of the self-immolations have taken place.
The self-immolations are the first in Lhasa where Chinese security has been tight since March when protests occurred across Tibet and rocked the capital city. Nineteen-year old Dorje Tseten had left home after high school and had been renting a room in a house in Lhasa. The entire household was detained soon after his self-immolation. The two Tibetans who self-immolated today were named by two exile Tibetan sources as Choepak Kyap and Sonam. Although paramilitary troops were deployed immediately, local people managed to prevent them from taking away the bodies of the two Tibetans, who had died following the self-immolation, according to the same two sources.
According to the exile Tibetans, who are in contact with Tibetans in the area, the bodies were taken to the monastery in order to carry out prayers, and many other Tibetans are gathering there. It is expected that a cremation and funeral services will be held soon. Info: Circumstances around the deaths of a Tibetan religious figure and his niece in Kardze who died in a fire remain unclear. Thubten Nyandak, 45, and his niece Atse, 23 died on April 6, , in their residence at a monastery.
Tibetan writer Woeser also states that this was a case of self-immolation. Immediately after making the call, he and his niece set themselves on fire. The Beijing-based Tibetan writer Woeser published a photograph on her blog on August 2, of the small wooden building which had caught fire resulting in the deaths of Thubten Nyandak Rinpoche and Atse. The image shows scorch marks around one of the windows, but Woeser contends that both people would have had time to escape the fire, if they chose to do so.
Invisible Tibet, Why are the numbers used for Tibetans who have self-immolated inside Tibet inconsistent? He was also the former abbot of Dzamthang Monastery in Dzamthang Ch: Rangtang County, Ngaba Ch: Aba Prefecture, the site of one self-immolation before his own death, on February 19, , and three more after his death, those of Choepak Kyap and Sonam who jointly self-immolated on April 19, , and Rikyo who self-immolated on May 30, RFA, Lama, nun die in fire — April 6, It is not known when or under what circumstances he left Dzamthang Monastery.
Both Thubten Nyandak Rinpoche and Atse were known to be staunch advocates of Tibetan culture and religion and of unity among Tibetans. Before their deaths, Thubten Nyandak Rinpoche had called family members asking them to bring butter to fuel the lamps he said he was lighting for all of the self-immolators.
Fearing closure of the monastery, the monastery officials told the police that Tulku Athup and his niece died due to accidental fire in the house rather than self-immolation.
Chinese police then withdrew from the monastery. Since then the authorities have imposed severe restrictions across the region and cracked down on local Tibetans leaving many of them severely injured. Info: Chimey Palden, a year old monk from Tsodun monastery in Ngaba, set fire to himself, along with fellow monk Tenpa Darjey, aged 22, on March 30, outside the prefectureal government offices in Barkham, Ngaba.
Chimey Palden went to Kirti monastery in Ngaba as a philosophy student in , but stayed only a few months. In , on a visit to Lhasa, he was searched by Public Security personnel, who found a photo of the Dalai Lama, a picture of the Tibetan national flag and a Tibetan song on his mobile phone. He was detained for more than a month. Info: Tenpa Darjey, a year old monk from Tsodun monastery in Ngaba, set fire to himself, along with fellow monk Chimey Palden, aged 21, on March 30, outside the prefectureal government offices in Barkham, Ngaba.
He then returned to Tsodun where he was regarded as one of the best students in the logic and debating class. He was the youngest of four brothers and sisters. Sherab had been a monk at the small Ganden Tenpeling monastery in Raruwa since the age of nine. Last October he went to study at Kirti monastery in Ngaba, but had returned home on March 26, Info: Sonam Dargye, a year old father of three from the town of Rongpo, is the second Tibetan in the Rebkong area to set fire to himself.
A video released by VOA and shared by Tibetans on Facebook shows the body of Sonam Dargye still aflame in the middle of the street in Rongpo town, as hundreds of Tibetans gather around. Info: Lobsang Tsultrim set himself on fire and proceeded to march along the main road in the upper part of Ngaba county town, shouting slogans of protest against the Chinese government.
As he walked on from the site of his self-immolation, armed police personnel came running to intercept him, at which he turned and ran back in the other direction, continuing to shout. He was then knocked to the ground by a police officer, and the police extinguished the flames, and threw him into the back of a pickup vehicle. He was held down by police officers, but was seen to raise his arms while continuing to shout, showing that he was still alive.
He was the eldest of four brothers and sisters. It is the first self-immolation in Rebkong, and the 28th in Tibet since February, Jamyang Palden survived the self-immolation, but his condition is serious, according to Tibetans in exile in contact with those in the area.
Jamyang Palden set fire to himself in Dolma square, near Rongpo monastery, which is the main monastery in Rebkong. Monks and local people took him to hospital, but it seems that he has since been moved back to the monastery. Despite the buildup of troops, images from Rebkong today show local people gathered at the scene of his self-immolation, quietly praying for him.
The gathering led to a peaceful protest, with Tibetans calling for the Dalai Lama to return to Tibet. There are fears for the safety of Tibetans in Rebkong due to the military buildup following the self-immolation. Jamyang Palden M. Rongpo monastery, Rebgong county. Kunchok Kyap. Losang Tsultrim M. Kirti Monastery, Ngaba. Sonam Dhargyal M. Rebgong county Chinese: Qinghai Province. Lobsang Sherab M. Tempa Dargey M. Chimey Palden M. Tsodun town, Barkham county. Dartsedo county, Kardze Prefecture, Sichuan Province.
Sonam M. Choepak Kyab M. Dorjee Tseten M. Dhargye M. In front of Jokhang Temple, Lhasa. Rikyo F. Tamding Thar M. Ngawang Norphel M. Menphuk township, Zurtso Truldul, village, Nyalam, Shigatse.
Died on 30 July Tenzin Khedup M. Dekyi Choezom F. Injured and whereabouts unknown. Tsewang Dorjee M. Damshung, Near Lhasa. Died on 10 July Lobsang Lozin M. Died on 17 July Lobsang Tsultrim M. Died on 6 August Dolkar Tso F. Died on 7 August Choepa M. Died on 10 August Lungtok M. Kirti monastery, Ngaba. Tashi M. Former monk of Kirti Monastery.
Died on 14 August Lobsang Kalsang M. Delhi news live updates: Smog covers Delhi-NCR; air quality severe amid unhelpful meteorological conditions 3 hours ago. Trending 'One last heist Buzzing Now Trending 'One last heist Nov Latest News Haryana withholds Rs 1. Indeed, the vast majority of protests in Tibet are concentrated in this month. As for November , the peak in self-immolations at this point coincided with the eighteenth National Congress of the Communist Party, at which the new generation of state leaders was to take control of national policy.
Twenty-eight Tibetans engaged in self-immolation, nine doing so in the days before and during the Party Congress. The revealing pattern of self-immolations at this politically significant moment clearly suggests that protestors hoped to press the new generation of leaders to change their policy in Tibet, and that they viewed self-immolation as a means of pressing for such change.
An understanding of this point is essential to an understanding of the act of self-immolation itself. In my interviews with international media on the topic of self-immolation, I have always tried to emphasize one area of frequent misunderstanding: self-immolation is not suicide, and it is not a gesture of despair. Rather, it is sacrifice for a greater cause, and an attempt to press for change, as can be seen in these two peaks in self-immolation.
Such an act is not to be judged by the precepts of Buddhism: it can only be judged by its political results. Each and every one of these roaring flames on the Tibetan plateau has been ignited by ethnic oppression.
Each is a torch casting light on a land trapped in darkness. They are not in any way opposed to Dharma, and certainly do not violate it. The motivations of self-immolators in Tibet, whether monks or laypeople, have nothing at all to do with personal interest…. Best of The New York Review, plus books, events, and other items of interest. Tsering Woeser is a Tibetan poet, essayist, and blogger based in China.
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