Self-immolation protests by Tibetans in China
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Self-immolation protests by Tibetans in China
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As of May 2022, 160 monks, nuns, and ordinary people have self-immolated in Tibet since 27 February 2009, when Tapey, a young monk from Kirti Monastery, set himself on fire in the marketplace in Ngawa City, Ngawa County, Sichuan. According to the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT), "Chinese police have beaten, shot, isolated, and disappeared self-immolators who survived." In 2011, a wave of self-immolations by Tibetans in Tibet, as well as in India and Nepal, occurred after the self-immolati
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-immolation_protests_by_Tibetans_in_China
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2012-02-12T19:04:40Z
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2024-09-06T17:44:27Z
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