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.
Category: Tibet Burning
142. Sonam Tobgya
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.
142. Sonam Tobgya
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.
141. Sangye Tso
Name: Sangye Tso
Age: 36
Sex: Female
Status: businesswoman
Her Salogan written: “Long live His Holiness the Dalai Lama, where is the Panchen Lama, and freedom for Tibetans“
Date of self-immolation: May 27, 2015
location: Chone (Chinese: Zhuoni) county, Kanlho (Chinese: Gannan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture) in Gansu Province
Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Deceased
Sangye Tso set fire to herself and died on May 27 in a township in Chone (Chinese: Zhuoni) county, Kanlho (Chinese: Gannan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture) in Gansu Province, according to Tibetan sources. The location she chose to self-immolate was significant – outside a government building near the monastery of Tashi Choekhorling in Dorkok township. A Tibetan exile source in contact with Tibetans in the area said: “The specific location was the Party and government offices, including the local police station, symbolic to locals of policies of injustice against Tibetans, as well as the main offices to enforce the crackdown against police protest in 2008.”
140. Tenzin Gyatso
Name: Tenzin Gyatso
Age: Early thirties
Sex: M
Status: Layperson
Date of self-immolation: May 20, 2015
location: Tawu (Chinese: Daofu) county in Sichuan
Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Unknown
A Tibetan father of four set fire to himself in Tawu apparently in response to tightened security in the buildup to the Dalai Lama’s 80th birthday. Tenzin Gyatso, the fourth Tibetan to self-immolate this year, was taken away by armed police and it is not known if he is still alive. He set fire to himself outside a government building where political education was carried out, according to Tibetan sources.
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139. Neykyab
Name: Neykyab
Age: Forties or fifties
Sex: Male
Status: Layperson
Date of self-immolation: April 16, 2015
location: Ngaba (Chinese: Aba) county in Sichuan
Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Deceased
The Tibetan man was named by Tibetan sources as Neykyab, believed to be in his forties or fifties. The same sources said that he was the brother-in-law of another Tibetan from Ngaba, Dargye, who set fire to himself in Lhasa on May 27, 2012.
A local source from Ngaba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan (the Tibetan area of Amdo) told Radio Free Asia: “He was protesting against Chinese policies in Tibet. His body was taken away by police.” Another source told RFA: “He had received [religious] recognition for his vow not to harm others in personal disputes—a vow that he took in honor of all those who have sacrificed themselves in self-immolation protests for the cause of Tibetan freedom” the source said.”
138. Yeshi Kandro
Name: Yeshi Kandro
Age: Forties
Sex: Female
Status: Nun
Her Slogan: “The long life of the Dalai Lama, for the Dalai Lama to be invited to Tibet, and for freedom for Tibet.”
Date of self-immolation: April 8, 2015
location: Kardze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan
provinceCurrent whereabouts/wellbeing: Believed to be deceased
A Tibetan nun in her forties called Yeshi Kandro set fire to herself on April 8 in Kardze (Chinese: Ganzi) and is believed to have died, according to Tibetan sources. She called for the long life of the Dalai Lama, for the Dalai Lama to be invited to Tibet, and for freedom for Tibet as she set herself alight, according to the same sources.
138. Yeshi Kandro
Name: Yeshi Kandro
Age: Forties
Sex: Female
Status: Nun
Her Slogan: “The long life of the Dalai Lama, for the Dalai Lama to be invited to Tibet, and for freedom for Tibet.”
Date of self-immolation: April 8, 2015
location: Kardze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan
provinceCurrent whereabouts/wellbeing: Believed to be deceased
A Tibetan nun in her forties called Yeshi Kandro set fire to herself on April 8 in Kardze (Chinese: Ganzi) and is believed to have died, according to Tibetan sources. She called for the long life of the Dalai Lama, for the Dalai Lama to be invited to Tibet, and for freedom for Tibet as she set herself alight, according to the same sources.
137. Norchuk
Name: Norchuk
Her Slogans: Unreported
Age: Late forties
Sex: Female
Profession:Housewife
Date of self-immolation: March 5, 2015
location: A village in Ngaba (Chinese: Aba), the Tibetan area of Amdo
Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Deceased
A 40-year old Tibetan woman set herself on fire and died in a village in Ngaba (Chinese: Aba) on the night of March 5, in the first self-immolation in Tibet this year.
Norchuk was from Dowa village in the Trotsik area of Ngaba (Chinese: Aba) county, Ngaba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan (in the Tibetan area of Amdo). Unusually, her body was not taken by the authorities but local people cremated her remains the next morning in order to pay their respects.
137. Norchuk
Name: Norchuk
Her Slogans: Unreported
Age: Late forties
Sex: Female
Profession:Housewife
Date of self-immolation: March 5, 2015
location: A village in Ngaba (Chinese: Aba), the Tibetan area of Amdo
Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Deceased
A 40-year old Tibetan woman set herself on fire and died in a village in Ngaba (Chinese: Aba) on the night of March 5, in the first self-immolation in Tibet this year.
Norchuk was from Dowa village in the Trotsik area of Ngaba (Chinese: Aba) county, Ngaba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan (in the Tibetan area of Amdo). Unusually, her body was not taken by the authorities but local people cremated her remains the next morning in order to pay their respects.