Tibetan Self-Immolations


Tibetan Self-Immolations Reported or Believed To Focus on Political and Religious Issues (Summary, Source, and Location Information)

       
        
          As of December 8, 2016 (140 self-immolations)
          As of March 23, 2016 (139 self-immolations)
          As of February 29, 2016 (138 self-immolations)
          As of July 9, 2015 (137 self-immolations)
          As of May 27, 2015 (136 self-immolations)
          As of April 16, 2015 (134 self-immolations)
          As of March 5, 2015 (132 self-immolations)
          As of December 23, 2014 (131 self-immolations)
          As of September 17, 2014 (128 self-immolations)
          As of April 15, 2014 (126 self-immolations)
          As of March 16, 2014 (124 self-immolations)
          As of February 13, 2014 (122 self-immolations)
          As of February 5, 2014 (121 self-immolations)
          As of December 19, 2013 (120 self-immolations)
          As of November 11, 2013 (118 self-immolations)
          As of September 28, 2013 (117 self-immolations)
          As of July 20, 2013 (116 self-immolations)
          As of June 11, 2013 (115 self-immolations)
          As of April 24, 2013 (113 self-immolations)
          As of March 26, 2013 (110 self-immolations)
          As of March 16, 2013 (107 self-immolations)
          As of February 25, 2013 (105 self-immolations)
          As of February 17, 2013 (100 self-immolations)
          As of January 12, 2013 (95 self-immolations)

 

County Government Threatens Self-Immolation Communities With Collective Punishment
April14, 2014 | Special Report
 
Tibetan Property Protests Result in Self-Immolation, Detention
February 8, 2013 | Commission Analysis
 
Official Opinion Urges Criminal Prosecution of Persons Linked to Self-Immolations
January 18, 2013 | Commission Analysis
 
Special Report: Tibetan Self-Immolation - Rising Frequency, Wider Spread, Greater Diversity
August 22, 2012 | Issue Paper
 
Special Report: Tibetan Monastic Self-Immolations Appear To Correlate With Increasing Repression of Freedom of Religion
December 23, 2011 | Issue Paper