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.

145. Sonam Tso

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.

Kalsang Wangdu

Date: February 29, 2016
Protest location: Nyarong County in Kardze (Chinese: Ganzi)
Age: 18

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Deceased

Info: “[While he burned], he called out for Tibet’s complete independence,” a Tibetan source told RFA, adding that witnesses to Wangdu’s protest “intervened,” intending to take him to Sichuan’s provincial capital for treatment.He carried out his self-immolation around 4pm by his monastery, the Retsokha Aryaling monastery. (RFA report,A Tibetan monk named Kalsang Wangdu, aged 18, has died after setting himself on fire on February 29 (2016) in Nyarong County in Kardze (Chinese: Ganzi), eastern Tibet, according to Radio Free Asia. (RFA report, http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/burns-03012016164905.html).

Tashi Kyi
Date: August 27, 2015
Protest location: Ngulra village in Sangkog (Chinese: Sangke) township Sangchu (Chinese: Xiahe) County, Kanlho Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (Chinese: Sangke township, Xiahe County, Gannan TAP) Gansu province
Age: 55
Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Deceased
Info: A Tibetan woman has died after setting herself on fire in protest against China’s repressive policies on 27 August 2015, according to information received by TCHRD. Tashi Kyi, age 55, self-immolated on the night of 27 August 2015 and died the next day, 28 August 2015.

Tashi Kyi
Date: August 27, 2015
Protest location: Ngulra village in Sangkog (Chinese: Sangke) township Sangchu (Chinese: Xiahe) County, Kanlho Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (Chinese: Sangke township, Xiahe County, Gannan TAP) Gansu province
Age: 55
Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Deceased
Info: A Tibetan woman has died after setting herself on fire in protest against China’s repressive policies on 27 August 2015, according to information received by TCHRD. Tashi Kyi, age 55, self-immolated on the night of 27 August 2015 and died the next day, 28 August 2015.

Name: Sonam Tobgya

Age: late twenties

Sex: Male

Status: Monk

Date of self-immolation: July 9, 2015

location: Kyegudo (Chinese: Yushu) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai province

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Unknown

A Tibetan monk in his late twenties, Sonam Topgyal, set fire to himself in the main square of Kyegudo (Yushu) yesterday (July 9), in an atmosphere of heightened security imposed around the period of the Dalai Lama’s 80th birthday on July 6. According Tibetan exile sources, Sonam Topgyal was taken away by armed police while still alive and is believed to be in hospital, although his whereabouts and welfare is not known.

Name: Sonam Tobgya

Age: late twenties

Sex: Male

Status: Monk

Date of self-immolation: July 9, 2015

location: Kyegudo (Chinese: Yushu) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai province

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Unknown

A Tibetan monk in his late twenties, Sonam Topgyal, set fire to himself in the main square of Kyegudo (Yushu) yesterday (July 9), in an atmosphere of heightened security imposed around the period of the Dalai Lama’s 80th birthday on July 6. According Tibetan exile sources, Sonam Topgyal was taken away by armed police while still alive and is believed to be in hospital, although his whereabouts and welfare is not known.