Self Immolation

Why Tibet Matters

Bianca Jagger | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Lobsang Sangay, Self Immolation, Human Rights, Templeton Prize, Bianca Jagger, Tibet, Protest, Free Tibet, HH the Dalai Lama, China, Prime Minister David Cameron, Torture, Monks, Religion-and-Culture, President Barack Obama, Cultural-Identity, Vietnam, Un-Special-Rapporteur, World News
Bianca Jagger

2012-05-14-Screenshot20120514at8.39.35AM.pngThe Tibetans are standing up to the vast and expanding power of the Chinese state with nonviolent resistance through religious practice, song, literature and even self-immolation.

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Afghan Women, Culture, and Development

American Anthropological Association | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Women's Rights, Taliban, Self Immolation, Afghanistan Opium, Human Rights Watch, Afghanistan, Pashtun, Afghanistan War, World News
American Anthropological Association

As an anthropologist conducting research in Afghanistan, I find that whenever the gaze of the international media falls on Afghan women I feel uncomfortable.

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Cara Santa Maria

WATCH: Pain And Progress In Burn Care (NSFW)

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Recell, Self-Immolation, Video, Skin Graft, Tibet Protests, Talk Nerdy to Me, Health, Burn Care, Burn, Science, Cara Santa Maria, Burns, Fire, Technology, Medicine, Spray on Skin, Science News

What actually happens to the body when it catches fire, and what technological advances in burn treatment await on the horizon?2012-04-09-Screenshot20120409at11.24.01AM.png

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13-Year-Old Sets Self On Fire Because Family Can't Afford School Uniform

AP | RIAZ KHAN | Posted 06.01.2012

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PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Like many in Pakistan, 13-year-old Kamran Khan's family did not have enough money to send him to school. He was such a prom...

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Tibetan Monks Set Selves On Fire

AP | Posted 03.31.2012

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BEIJING -- Two Tibetan monks set themselves on fire in a western Chinese city in the latest in a wave of self-immolations protesting against Chinese r...

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Tibetan Exile Sets Self On Fire WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES

AP | TIM SULLIVAN | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Jampa Yeshi, India, Jamphel Yeshi, Self-Immolation, Anti-China Protest, Tibet China Protest, New Delhi, Tibetan Exile Protest, Tibetan Exile, Jamphel Yeshe, Tibet, China, Ap, Video, World News

NEW DELHI (AP) — A Tibetan exile lit himself on fire and ran shouting through a demonstration in the Indian capital Monday, just before a visit by C...

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Self Immolations In Tibet, Hunger Strikers In New York

John Halpern | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Hunger Strike, Dalai Lama, Self Immolation, Tibetan Buddhism, Buddhism, Tibetan Youth Congress, Tibet Hunger Strike, Tibet, Religion News
John Halpern

It seems that the Dalai Lama's absence from politics this past year has made room for Tibetans to take strong initiative, an interesting result of the high lama's resignation. They still pray for a Buddhist Spring.

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Man on Fire -- But Who Is Watching?

Christal Smith | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Human Rights, Self Immolation, Tibet, Monk, China, Foxconn, Apple Foxconn, Ipad, World News
Christal Smith

"The monk, by burning himself, says with all his strength and determination that he can endure the greatest of sufferings to protect his people... " ...

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China: The Writing on the Great Wall

Rio Helmi | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: Prc, Xi Jing, Self-Immolation, China, China Human Rights, Tibetans, Tibet, China Tibet, World News
Rio Helmi

On Wednesday the 22nd of February, Tibetans would normally celebrate Losar or Tibetan New Year. This year, unlike years before, Tibetans in exile called for a solemn day of reflection and prayer to acknowledge those who have sacrificed their lives for the Tibetan cause.

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Factory Worker Lights Himself On Fire To Protest Working Conditions At Hyundai Plant

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 01.19.2012

Read More: Mohamed Bouazizi, Pay, Labornotes, Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, Mass Suicide, Video, Labor, Self Immolation, Daily Show, Apple, South Korea, Hyundai, Work Conditions, Protest, Foxconn, This American Life, Business News

The auto industry saw a largely strong year in 2011 with U.S. sales rising 10 percent, but a recent incident at a Hyundai plant in South Korea may rai...

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Tibetan Monk's Body Reportedly Paraded Through Streets Of China

AP | SCOTT McDONALD | Posted 03.10.2012

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BEIJING — The body of a Tibetan monk who died after setting himself on fire was paraded through the streets in northwestern China, a report said...

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The Stories That Set A World Ablaze

David Tereshchuk | Posted 02.27.2012

Read More: Egypt Protests, Bouazizi, Media Images, Self Immolation, Arab Spring, Mohamed Bouazizi, Immolation, Protest, Vietnam Self Immolation, Vietnam Protests, Media News
David Tereshchuk

I'm disappointed to be still waiting for American media to fully recall the place in our own country of self-immolation as citizen protest.

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Monk Sets Self Ablaze In Protest Of Chinese Policy

AP | By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA | Posted 01.09.2012

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KATMANDU, Nepal -- A man wearing the robes of a Tibetan Buddhist monk set himself on fire in the Nepalese capital Thursday morning to protest Chinese ...

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In The Internet Age, Tibet Is Still The Hidden Kingdom

Richard Schiffman | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Buddhism, Tibet, Dalai Lama, Tibet Self Immolation, Self Immolation, Tibetan Culture, Tibetan Protesters, China Tibet, Cultural Genocide Tibet, Tibetan Monks, Tibetan Monks Self Immolation, Religion News
Richard Schiffman

There is little hope that Tibet will move off the back burner of global concern. How many more Tibetans will burn themselves in a futile attempt to grab the attention of a world that is looking elsewhere?

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Nun Dies After Setting Herself On Fire

AP | Posted 01.03.2012

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BEIJING -- A Buddhist nun died after setting herself on fire Thursday, Chinese state media reported, in the 11th case of self-immolation among Tibetan...

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Dalai Lama: China's 'Ruthless Policy' Caused Monks To Set Themselves On Fire

AP | Posted 12.29.2011

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TOKYO -- Tibet's exiled Buddhist leader, the Dalai Lama, pointed to what he called China's "ruthless policy" as prompting the recent deaths of Tibetan...

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TIbetan Monk Sets Self Ablaze

AP | Posted 12.26.2011

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BEIJING — A British human rights group says another Tibetan Buddhist monk has set himself on fire in a protest against Chinese rule over the Him...

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Igniting the Embers* of Independence

Jamyang Norbu | Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: Dalai Lama, Arab Spring, Tibet Monk Fire, Tibet Protests, Self Immolation, Tibet, Tibetan Freedom, Tibetan Monks Self Immolation, World News
Jamyang Norbu

Just this year, in Tibet, starting twelve days after the death of Mohamed Bouazizi, we have had nine self-immolations -- so far. And there are unsettling rumors of more to come.

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WATCH: Dalai Lama Prays For Tibetans Who Self-Immolated

Posted 12.19.2011

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The Dalai Lama led prayers in solidarity with Buddhist monks who self-immolated in protest of Chinese rule over Buddhist practices in Tibet. Monks gat...

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Dalai Lama Honors Tibetans Who Set Selves On Fire

AP | By ANGUS McDONALD | Posted 12.19.2011

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DHARMSALA, India -- The Dalai Lama fasted and led prayers Wednesday to honor nine Tibetans who set themselves on fire in protest against Chinese rule,...

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Math Teacher Lights Herself On Fire In School Yard

AP | Posted 12.13.2011

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MONTPELLIER, France — A high school math teacher in southern France sprayed herself with a flammable product and set herself alight in the schoo...

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China Attacks Dalai Lama Over Tibetan Self Immolations

AP | Posted 12.11.2011

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BEIJING -- China on Tuesday accused overseas followers of the Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama of inciting a recent string of self-immolations ...

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Greek Man In Debt Sets Self On Fire (WARNING: Graphic Photos)

AP | Posted 11.16.2011

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Associated Press THESSALONIKI, Greece -- Greek authorities say a 55-year-old man has been hospitalized with chest burns after dousing himself with ...

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Is Norton Simon Show A Big Lie?

Mat Gleason | Posted 06.09.2011

Read More: 1960s, The Sixties, Art, Self Immolation, Norton Simon Museum, Museums, Abstract Painting, Pasadena, Carol Togneri, Frank Stella, Gloria Williams, Elsworth Kelly, Helen Frankenthaler, Arts News
Mat Gleason

The Norton Simon Museum has the best collection of art in Southern California. This is the last museum that should ever have to acquire modern and con...

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One Moroccan Woman's Fiery Protest

Rachel Newcomb | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Corruption, Women's Rights, Self Immolation, Africa, Morocco, Street Children, Single Mothers, World News
Rachel Newcomb

Fadwa Laroui died in a Casablanca hospital on February 23. Her fiery self-sacrifice is a testimony to the hopelessness of Moroccans on the lowest rung of the social ladder.

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