Kalsang Yeshi

Date: December 23, 2014

Protest location: Tawu, the Tibetan area of Kham

Age: Late twenties or thirties

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Deceased

Info: A Tibetan monk known for his work teaching others about Buddhism set fire to himself and died today in Tawu, the Tibetan area of Kham, according to reports from Tibetans in exile. According to the same sources, Kalsang Yeshe self-immolated near a police station that had been established recently by his monastery, Nyitso, where repression of monks and local people has been particularly intense in recent years.

Tseypey

Date: December 22, 2014

Protest location: Center of a town in Ngaba (Chinese: Aba), the Tibetan area of Amdo

Age: 19

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Deceased

Info: She was identified by exile sources as Tseypey, the fourth of six children from a family in Meruma township, and the same sources say that she died on the scene.

Tseypey was described by Tibetans who knew her as “well-behaved, honest and gentle”, according to Kirti monks in exile in Dharamsala. She had not received a formal education but grew up working as a herder with her parents. According to the same sources, her 60 year old father and 50 year old mother have reportedly been taken away by police, but it is not clear whether they have been detained.

Tseypey

Date: December 22, 2014

Protest location: Center of a town in Ngaba (Chinese: Aba), the Tibetan area of Amdo

Age: 19

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Deceased

Info: She was identified by exile sources as Tseypey, the fourth of six children from a family in Meruma township, and the same sources say that she died on the scene.

Tseypey was described by Tibetans who knew her as “well-behaved, honest and gentle”, according to Kirti monks in exile in Dharamsala. She had not received a formal education but grew up working as a herder with her parents. According to the same sources, her 60 year old father and 50 year old mother have reportedly been taken away by police, but it is not clear whether they have been detained.

Date: December 16, 2014

Protest location: Amchok town in Sangchu (Xiahe) county Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu

Age: Unknown

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Unknown

Info: Sangye Khar is believed to be from a semi-nomadic area in Kanlho, Gansu. Details of the self-immolation were sketchy due to security restrictions in the area.

Name: Lhamo Tashi

Age: Early twenties

Sex: Male

Status: Student

Date of self- immolation: September 17, 2014

Protest location: Tsoe City, the capital of Kanlho (Chinese: Gannan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Gansu Province (the Tibetan area of Amdo)

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Deceased

Info: A Tibetan student, Lhamo Tashi, set fire to himself and has died on September 17 outside a government Public Security Bureau headquarters in Tsoe City, northeastern Tibet, where he was studying. After setting himself on fire at around midnight, Lhamo Tashi, who was in his early twenties, was taken away by police in Tsoe City, the capital of Kanlho (Chinese: Gannan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Gansu Province (the Tibetan area of Amdo).

Name: Kunchok

Age: 42

Sex: Male

Date of self- immolation: September 16, 2014

Protest location: Golog (Chinese: Guoluo) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai Province

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Hospitalized, Tsangkor town in Gade (Chinese: Gande) county in the Prefecture

Info: A 42 year-old Tibetan, Kunchok, set himself on fire outside a police station in the Golog (Chinese: Guoluo) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai Province on September 16, according information received from Tibet.

Kunchok’s self immolation took place in Tsangkor town in Gade (Chinese: Gande) county in the Prefecture but Tibetans nearby managed to extinguish the flames. Kunchok was rushed to hospital, and was deeply distressed that he had survived, according to Tibetan sources. Although the self-immolation happened on September 16, news only reached Tibetans in exile yesterday (October 5) due to restrictions on information and tightened security in the area.

Name: Thinley Namgyal

Age: 32

Sex: Female

Date of self-immolation: April 15, 2014

Protest location: Kardze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Deceased

Info: A Tibetan man burned himself to death Tuesday in Sichuan province’s restive Kardze prefecture to protest Chinese rule, triggering a security alert and a clampdown on information flow, according to sources.

Thinley Namgyal, 32, self-immolated at noon in Khangsar township in Tawu (in Chinese, Daofu) county in Kardze (Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, the sources said.

Name: Thinley Namgyal

Age: 32

Sex: Female

Date of self-immolation: April 15, 2014

Protest location: Kardze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Deceased

Info: A Tibetan man burned himself to death Tuesday in Sichuan province’s restive Kardze prefecture to protest Chinese rule, triggering a security alert and a clampdown on information flow, according to sources.

Thinley Namgyal, 32, self-immolated at noon in Khangsar township in Tawu (in Chinese, Daofu) county in Kardze (Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, the sources said.

Name: Dolma

Age: 31

Sex: Female

Status: Nun

Date of self-immolation: March 29, 2014

Protest location: Bathang county, Sichuan (the Tibetan area of Kham)

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Unknown

Info: A Tibetan, reported to be 31-years-old, called Dolma set fire to herself outside a monastery on March 29, the first self-immolation in Bathang county, Sichuan (the Tibetan area of Kham).

When Tibetans who were circumbulating the Ba Choede monastery, a traditional religious practice, witnessed the self-immolation, they managed to extinguish the flames and take Dolma to hospital.

Name: Dolma

Age: 31

Sex: Female

Status: Nun

Date of self-immolation: March 29, 2014

Protest location: Bathang county, Sichuan (the Tibetan area of Kham)

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Unknown

Info: A Tibetan, reported to be 31-years-old, called Dolma set fire to herself outside a monastery on March 29, the first self-immolation in Bathang county, Sichuan (the Tibetan area of Kham).

When Tibetans who were circumbulating the Ba Choede monastery, a traditional religious practice, witnessed the self-immolation, they managed to extinguish the flames and take Dolma to hospital.