List of political self-immolations
Updated: Wikipedia source
This is a list of notable people who committed self-immolation (the act of setting themselves on fire) for political reasons. Non-political self-immolations are not included in the list.
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· List › 1940s
Kuo-shun
Kuo-shun
Date
1948
Name
Kuo-shun
Age
–
Country
Republic of China (Communist-controlled Zone)
Protesting
Persecution of Buddhists and destruction of sacred objects by the government of Mao Zedong
Notes and references
Buddhist monk from Vietnam. In the city of Harbin, he sat in the lotus position on a pile of sawdust and soybean oil and self-immolated.
| Date | Name | Age | Country | Protesting | Notes and references |
| 1948 | Kuo-shun | – | Republic of China (Communist-controlled Zone) | Persecution of Buddhists and destruction of sacred objects by the government of Mao Zedong | Buddhist monk from Vietnam. In the city of Harbin, he sat in the lotus position on a pile of sawdust and soybean oil and self-immolated. |
· List › 1950s
Poh Kwong
Poh Kwong
Date
December 8, 1959
Name
Poh Kwong
Age
–
Country
Thailand
Protesting
Loss of money intended to build a new hospital, was possibly swindled through government corruption
Notes and references
Buddhist monk from China. In the city of Bangkok, he sat on a five-foot (1.5 m) pyre and attempted to immolate himself before being stopped by police.
| Date | Name | Age | Country | Protesting | Notes and references |
| December 8, 1959 | Poh Kwong | – | Thailand | Loss of money intended to build a new hospital, was possibly swindled through government corruption | Buddhist monk from China. In the city of Bangkok, he sat on a five-foot (1.5 m) pyre and attempted to immolate himself before being stopped by police. |
· List › 1960s
Thích Quảng Đức
Thích Quảng Đức
Date
June 11, 1963
Name
Thích Quảng Đức
Age
66
Country
South Vietnam
Protesting
Persecution of Buddhists by the government of Ngô Đình Diệm
Notes and references
Led to several other monks and nuns committing the same act. Before Diệm was toppled, the photo, photographed by Malcolm Browne, became well-associated with his political protest.
Thitch Mguyen Huong [sic]
Thitch Mguyen Huong [sic]
Date
August 4, 1963
Name
Thitch Mguyen Huong [sic]
Age
20s
Country
Buddhist monk. Self-immolated in the town center of Phan Thiết. Government soldiers removed his body before other monks could recover it.
Thich Thanh Tuck [sic]
Thich Thanh Tuck [sic]
Date
August 13, 1963
Name
Thich Thanh Tuck [sic]
Age
17
Country
Buddhist novice monk.
Dieti Quang [sic]
Dieti Quang [sic]
Date
August 15, 1963
Name
Dieti Quang [sic]
Age
–
Country
Buddhist nun. Self-immolated in the courtyard of Từ Đàm Pagoda in Huế.
Thich Tieu
Thich Tieu
Date
August 16, 1963
Name
Thich Tieu
Age
71
Country
Buddhist monk. He soaked his robes in gasoline and self-immolated in the courtyard of Từ Đàm Pagoda in Huế. Before, he announced over the loudspeaker that he was going to commit suicide in demand for Buddhist rights. After his death (the third self-immolation in one week), the government declared martial law, sparking more Buddhist protests.
Ho Dan Van
Ho Dan Van
Date
October 27, 1963
Name
Ho Dan Van
Age
35–45
Country
Buddhist monk. Dressed in civilian clothing, he was dropped off by a motorcyclist in front of a Catholic cathedral in Saigon, where he squatted in a lotus-fashion, poured gasoline in his lap and struck a match.
unidentified female
unidentified female
Date
December 1963
Name
unidentified female
Country
South Vietnam
Protesting
Vietnam War
Notes and references
Three men self-immolated in the next week, all for personal reasons.
Kizappazuvur Chinnasamy
Kizappazuvur Chinnasamy
Date
January 25, 1964
Name
Kizappazuvur Chinnasamy
Age
27
Country
India
Protesting
Imposition of Hindi over the Tamil language
Notes and references
Inspired 5 other self-immolations.
Keeranoor Muthu
Keeranoor Muthu
Date
1965
Name
Keeranoor Muthu
Age
21
Country
Hotel worker
Kodambakkam Sivalingam
Kodambakkam Sivalingam
Date
January 26, 1965
Name
Kodambakkam Sivalingam
Age
21
Country
Madras city government employee
Virugambakkam Aranganathan
Virugambakkam Aranganathan
Date
January 27, 1965
Name
Virugambakkam Aranganathan
Age
33
Country
Worked in Madras for the Telephone Department.
Ayampalayam Veerappan
Ayampalayam Veerappan
Date
February 11, 1965
Name
Ayampalayam Veerappan
Age
26
Country
School headmaster
Satyamangalam Muthu
Satyamangalam Muthu
Date
February 1965
Name
Satyamangalam Muthu
Age
21
Country
Farmer
Mayavaram Sarangapani
Mayavaram Sarangapani
Date
March 1965
Name
Mayavaram Sarangapani
Age
20
Country
Student
Alice Herz
Alice Herz
Date
March 16, 1965
Name
Alice Herz
Age
82
Country
United States
Protesting
Vietnam War
Notes and references
Women Strike for Peace member. Self-immolated on a street corner in Detroit, Michigan.
Thich Giac Thanh
Thich Giac Thanh
Date
April 20, 1965
Name
Thich Giac Thanh
Country
Saigon, Vietnam
Protesting
Vietnam War
Notes and references
Buddhist monk
Huh Jik
Huh Jik
Date
July 23, 1965
Name
Huh Jik
Age
62
Country
South Korea
Protesting
Treaty on Basic Relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea
Notes and references
Worked for a minor political party. Self-immolated on the steps of the Seoul Capitol.
Hiroko Hayashi
Hiroko Hayashi
Date
October 12, 1965
Name
Hiroko Hayashi
Age
36
Country
United States
Protesting
Vietnam War
Notes and references
Japanese American. Self-immolated in San Diego, California.
Norman Morrison
Norman Morrison
Date
November 2, 1965
Name
Norman Morrison
Age
31
Country
Quaker from Baltimore. Committed act below Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara's Pentagon office in front of his one-year-old daughter.
Roger Allen LaPorte
Roger Allen LaPorte
Date
November 9, 1965
Name
Roger Allen LaPorte
Age
22
Country
Catholic Worker. Self-immolated in front of the Headquarters of the United Nations in New York City.
Celene Jankowski
Celene Jankowski
Date
November 9, 1965
Name
Celene Jankowski
Age
24
Country
Mother whose three-month-old baby girl died in October 1965. Her brother had also died in the Korean War. Self-immolated in front of her home in South Bend, Indiana. Survived.
Nikolai Didyk
Nikolai Didyk
Date
April 7, 1966
Name
Nikolai Didyk
Age
26
Country
Soviet Union
Protesting
Government refusal to let him fight in the Vietnam War
Notes and references
Died on April 10.
Thích Nữ Thanh Quảng
Thích Nữ Thanh Quảng
Date
May 28, 1966
Name
Thích Nữ Thanh Quảng
Age
55
Country
South Vietnam
Protesting
Government of Nguyễn Cao Kỳ and United States support of the regime (Buddhist Uprising)
Notes and references
Buddhist nun.
Ho Thi Thieu
Ho Thi Thieu
Date
May 28, 1966
Name
Ho Thi Thieu
Age
58
Country
Buddhist laywoman. Self-immolated in pagoda in Saigon. Thousands were present, and monks covered her body with a Buddhist flag.
Thích Nữ Vinh Ngoc
Thích Nữ Vinh Ngoc
Date
May 28, 1966
Name
Thích Nữ Vinh Ngoc
Age
19
Country
Buddhist nun. Self-immolated in Huế.
Name missing
Name missing
Date
May 29, 1966
Name
Name missing
Age
–
Country
Buddhist monk self-immolated in Da Lat.
Nguyen Thi Van
Nguyen Thi Van
Date
May 31, 1966
Name
Nguyen Thi Van
Age
17
Country
Buddhist laywoman. Self-immolated outside a pagoda in Huế.
Name missing
Name missing
Date
May 31, 1966
Name
Name missing
Age
–
Country
Buddhist
Name missing
Name missing
Date
May 31, 1966
Name
Name missing
Age
–
Country
Buddhist
Thích Nữ Dien Dinh
Thích Nữ Dien Dinh
Date
June 4, 1966
Name
Thích Nữ Dien Dinh
Age
26
Country
Buddhist nun. Self-immolated in the courtyard of a small pagoda in Da Nang.
Thích Nữ Bao Luan
Thích Nữ Bao Luan
Date
June 4, 1966
Name
Thích Nữ Bao Luan
Age
24
Country
Buddhist nun. Self-immolated in the same location as Thích Du Dien Dinh in Da Nang.
Thích Dieu Nữ Tri
Thích Dieu Nữ Tri
Date
June 4, 1966
Name
Thích Dieu Nữ Tri
Age
–
Country
Buddhist nun. Self-immolated in the same location as Thích Du Dien Dinh in Da Nang.
Name missing
Name missing
Date
June 4, 1966
Name
Name missing
Age
–
Country
Novice Buddhist monk. Self-immolated in Quảng Trị
Woman; name missing
Woman; name missing
Date
June 17, 1966
Name
Woman; name missing
Age
–
Liangqing
Liangqing
Date
July 12, 1966
Name
Liangqing
Age
70
Country
China
Protesting
Destruction of the Famen Temple
Notes and references
Buddhist monk
Peter Tyrrell
Peter Tyrrell
Date
April 26, 1967
Name
Peter Tyrrell
Age
51
Country
United Kingdom
Protesting
Child abuse in Irish industrial schools
Notes and references
Self-immolated on Hampstead Heath. Wrote an autobiography titled Founded on Fear, which was published posthumously in 2006.
Nhất Chi Mai
Nhất Chi Mai
Date
May 16, 1967
Name
Nhất Chi Mai
Age
34
Country
South Vietnam
Protesting
Vietnam War
Notes and references
Buddhist nun
John Copping
John Copping
Date
August 18, 1967
Name
John Copping
Age
33
Country
United States
Protesting
Vietnam War
Notes and references
Navy veteran.
Thích Nữ Tri
Thích Nữ Tri
Date
October 3, 1967
Name
Thích Nữ Tri
Age
–
Country
South Vietnam
Protesting
1967 South Vietnamese presidential election
Notes and references
Buddhist nun
Woman; name missing
Woman; name missing
Date
October 8, 1967
Name
Woman; name missing
Age
–
Florence Beaumont
Florence Beaumont
Date
October 15, 1967
Name
Florence Beaumont
Age
55
Country
United States
Protesting
Vietnam War
Thích Nữ Hue
Thích Nữ Hue
Date
October 22, 1967
Name
Thích Nữ Hue
Age
–
Country
South Vietnam
Protesting
1967 South Vietnamese presidential election
Notes and references
Buddhist nun
Thích Nữ Thuong
Thích Nữ Thuong
Date
November 1, 1967
Name
Thích Nữ Thuong
Age
–
Yui Chunoshin [eo]
Yui Chunoshin [eo]
Date
November 12, 1967
Name
Yui Chunoshin [eo]
Age
73
Country
Japan
Protesting
Vietnam War
Notes and references
Esperantist
Erik Thoen
Erik Thoen
Date
December 4, 1967
Name
Erik Thoen
Age
27
Country
United States
Protesting
Zen Buddhist. Self-immolated in Sunnyvale, California.
Kenneth D'Elia
Kenneth D'Elia
Date
December 5, 1967
Name
Kenneth D'Elia
Age
20
Country
United States
Protesting
Self-immolated outside the United Nations headquarters in New York City, replicating Roger LaPorte's death two years earlier. Died on December 12.
Pham Van Qui
Pham Van Qui
Date
February 29, 1968
Name
Pham Van Qui
Age
28
Country
South Vietnam
Protesting
Buddhist layman self-immolated outside pagoda.
Ronald Brazee
Ronald Brazee
Date
March 19, 1968
Name
Ronald Brazee
Age
16
Country
United States
Protesting
Student. Died 5 weeks later.
Kazuo Shirakawa
Kazuo Shirakawa
Date
April 2, 1968
Name
Kazuo Shirakawa
Age
17
Country
Japan
Protesting
Burned self with kerosene outside the U.S. consulate in Osaka. Died 12 hours later.
Ryszard Siwiec
Ryszard Siwiec
Date
September 8, 1968
Name
Ryszard Siwiec
Age
59
Country
Poland
Protesting
Poland's participation in Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
Notes and references
Died 4 days later.
Michaele Burrazzo
Michaele Burrazzo
Date
September 14, 1968
Name
Michaele Burrazzo
Age
40
Country
Italy
Protesting
Unemployment
Notes and references
Survived.
Vasyl Makukh
Vasyl Makukh
Date
November 5, 1968
Name
Vasyl Makukh
Age
40
Country
Soviet Union
Protesting
Soviet rule in Ukraine
Notes and references
Self-immolated on Khreshchatyk, Kyiv's main street, while shouting "Colonialism out of Ukraine!" and "Long live a free Ukraine!"
Jan Palach
Jan Palach
Date
January 16, 1969
Name
Jan Palach
Age
20
Country
Czechoslovakia
Protesting
Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
Notes and references
Student. Inspired other self-immolations in Soviet satellite states.
Sándor Bauer
Sándor Bauer
Date
January 20, 1969
Name
Sándor Bauer
Age
17
Country
Hungary
Protesting
Communist rule in Hungary and Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
Notes and references
Died 3 Days later
Josef Hlavatý
Josef Hlavatý
Date
January 20, 1969
Name
Josef Hlavatý
Age
25
Country
Czechoslovakia
Protesting
Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
Notes and references
Blue-collar worker. Self-immolated in Plzeň. Died 5 days later.
Miroslav Malinka
Miroslav Malinka
Date
January 22, 1969
Name
Miroslav Malinka
Age
–
Country
Blue-collar worker. Referenced Jan Palach. Self-immolated in Brno.
Jan Bereš
Jan Bereš
Date
January 26, 1969
Name
Jan Bereš
Age
16
Country
Apprentice. Referenced Jan Palach. Self-immolated in Cheb.
Gilbert Antonio Sanginetto
Gilbert Antonio Sanginetto
Date
January 31, 1969
Name
Gilbert Antonio Sanginetto
Age
19
Country
Italy
Protesting
Survived.
Mykola Bereslavsky
Mykola Bereslavsky
Date
February 10, 1969
Name
Mykola Bereslavsky
Age
45
Country
Soviet Union
Protesting
Soviet rule in Ukraine
Lodovico Ferretti
Lodovico Ferretti
Date
February 15, 1969
Name
Lodovico Ferretti
Age
17
Country
Italy
Protesting
Anger against capitalist system
Notes and references
Survived.
Jan Zajíc
Jan Zajíc
Date
February 25, 1969
Name
Jan Zajíc
Age
19
Country
Czechoslovakia
Protesting
Communist rule in Czechoslovakia
Notes and references
Student[citation needed]
Francine Lecomte
Francine Lecomte
Date
March 30, 1969
Name
Francine Lecomte
Age
30
Country
France
Protesting
Nigerian Civil War
Notes and references
Woman, apparently obsessed with Biafra, set herself on fire and died outside the Nigerian embassy in Paris.
Evžen Plocek
Evžen Plocek
Date
April 2, 1969
Name
Evžen Plocek
Age
39
Country
Czechoslovakia
Protesting
Communist rule in Czechoslovakia
Notes and references
Businessman[citation needed]
Eliyahu Rips
Eliyahu Rips
Date
April 9, 1969
Name
Eliyahu Rips
Age
20
Country
Soviet Union
Protesting
Survived. Later became professor of mathematics.[citation needed]
Michal Lefčík [sk]
Michal Lefčík [sk]
Date
April 11, 1969
Name
Michal Lefčík [sk]
Age
19
Country
Czechoslovakia
Protesting
Soldier
Bruce Mayrock
Bruce Mayrock
Date
May 30, 1969
Name
Bruce Mayrock
Age
20
Country
United States
Protesting
Genocide against Biafra in the Nigerian Civil War
Notes and references
Columbia University student. Died several hours later.
Unknown male
Unknown male
Date
July 3, 1969
Name
Unknown male
Age
17
Country
West Germany
Protesting
Transportation fares
Notes and references
Set himself on fire in Saarbrücken after more than a week of protests. Survived.
Jan Polášek
Jan Polášek
Date
August 21, 1969
Name
Jan Polášek
Age
19
Country
Czechoslovakia
Protesting
Communist rule in Czechoslovakia
Notes and references
Survived self-immolation in Brno.
| Date | Name | Age | Country | Protesting | Notes and references |
| June 11, 1963 | Thích Quảng Đức | 66 | South Vietnam | Persecution of Buddhists by the government of Ngô Đình Diệm | Led to several other monks and nuns committing the same act. Before Diệm was toppled, the photo, photographed by Malcolm Browne, became well-associated with his political protest. |
| August 4, 1963 | Thitch Mguyen Huong [sic] | 20s | Buddhist monk. Self-immolated in the town center of Phan Thiết. Government soldiers removed his body before other monks could recover it. | ||
| August 13, 1963 | Thich Thanh Tuck [sic] | 17 | Buddhist novice monk. | ||
| August 15, 1963 | Dieti Quang [sic] | – | Buddhist nun. Self-immolated in the courtyard of Từ Đàm Pagoda in Huế. | ||
| August 16, 1963 | Thich Tieu | 71 | Buddhist monk. He soaked his robes in gasoline and self-immolated in the courtyard of Từ Đàm Pagoda in Huế. Before, he announced over the loudspeaker that he was going to commit suicide in demand for Buddhist rights. After his death (the third self-immolation in one week), the government declared martial law, sparking more Buddhist protests. | ||
| October 27, 1963 | Ho Dan Van | 35–45 | Buddhist monk. Dressed in civilian clothing, he was dropped off by a motorcyclist in front of a Catholic cathedral in Saigon, where he squatted in a lotus-fashion, poured gasoline in his lap and struck a match. | ||
| December 1963 | unidentified female | South Vietnam | Vietnam War | Three men self-immolated in the next week, all for personal reasons. | |
| January 25, 1964 | Kizappazuvur Chinnasamy | 27 | India | Imposition of Hindi over the Tamil language | Inspired 5 other self-immolations. |
| 1965 | Keeranoor Muthu | 21 | Hotel worker | ||
| January 26, 1965 | Kodambakkam Sivalingam | 21 | Madras city government employee | ||
| January 27, 1965 | Virugambakkam Aranganathan | 33 | Worked in Madras for the Telephone Department. | ||
| February 11, 1965 | Ayampalayam Veerappan | 26 | School headmaster | ||
| February 1965 | Satyamangalam Muthu | 21 | Farmer | ||
| March 1965 | Mayavaram Sarangapani | 20 | Student | ||
| March 16, 1965 | Alice Herz | 82 | United States | Vietnam War | Women Strike for Peace member. Self-immolated on a street corner in Detroit, Michigan. |
| April 20, 1965 | Thich Giac Thanh | Saigon, Vietnam | Vietnam War | Buddhist monk | |
| July 23, 1965 | Huh Jik | 62 | South Korea | Treaty on Basic Relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea | Worked for a minor political party. Self-immolated on the steps of the Seoul Capitol. |
| October 12, 1965 | Hiroko Hayashi | 36 | United States | Vietnam War | Japanese American. Self-immolated in San Diego, California. |
| November 2, 1965 | Norman Morrison | 31 | Quaker from Baltimore. Committed act below Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara's Pentagon office in front of his one-year-old daughter. | ||
| November 9, 1965 | Roger Allen LaPorte | 22 | Catholic Worker. Self-immolated in front of the Headquarters of the United Nations in New York City. | ||
| November 9, 1965 | Celene Jankowski | 24 | Mother whose three-month-old baby girl died in October 1965. Her brother had also died in the Korean War. Self-immolated in front of her home in South Bend, Indiana. Survived. | ||
| April 7, 1966 | Nikolai Didyk | 26 | Soviet Union | Government refusal to let him fight in the Vietnam War | Died on April 10. |
| May 28, 1966 | Thích Nữ Thanh Quảng | 55 | South Vietnam | Government of Nguyễn Cao Kỳ and United States support of the regime (Buddhist Uprising) | Buddhist nun. |
| May 28, 1966 | Ho Thi Thieu | 58 | Buddhist laywoman. Self-immolated in pagoda in Saigon. Thousands were present, and monks covered her body with a Buddhist flag. | ||
| May 28, 1966 | Thích Nữ Vinh Ngoc | 19 | Buddhist nun. Self-immolated in Huế. | ||
| May 29, 1966 | Name missing | – | Buddhist monk self-immolated in Da Lat. | ||
| May 31, 1966 | Nguyen Thi Van | 17 | Buddhist laywoman. Self-immolated outside a pagoda in Huế. | ||
| May 31, 1966 | Name missing | – | Buddhist | ||
| May 31, 1966 | Name missing | – | Buddhist | ||
| June 4, 1966 | Thích Nữ Dien Dinh | 26 | Buddhist nun. Self-immolated in the courtyard of a small pagoda in Da Nang. | ||
| June 4, 1966 | Thích Nữ Bao Luan | 24 | Buddhist nun. Self-immolated in the same location as Thích Du Dien Dinh in Da Nang. | ||
| June 4, 1966 | Thích Dieu Nữ Tri | – | Buddhist nun. Self-immolated in the same location as Thích Du Dien Dinh in Da Nang. | ||
| June 4, 1966 | Name missing | – | Novice Buddhist monk. Self-immolated in Quảng Trị | ||
| June 17, 1966 | Woman; name missing | – | |||
| July 12, 1966 | Liangqing | 70 | China | Destruction of the Famen Temple | Buddhist monk |
| April 26, 1967 | Peter Tyrrell | 51 | United Kingdom | Child abuse in Irish industrial schools | Self-immolated on Hampstead Heath. Wrote an autobiography titled Founded on Fear, which was published posthumously in 2006. |
| May 16, 1967 | Nhất Chi Mai | 34 | South Vietnam | Vietnam War | Buddhist nun |
| August 18, 1967 | John Copping | 33 | United States | Vietnam War | Navy veteran. |
| October 3, 1967 | Thích Nữ Tri | – | South Vietnam | 1967 South Vietnamese presidential election | Buddhist nun |
| October 8, 1967 | Woman; name missing | – | |||
| October 15, 1967 | Florence Beaumont | 55 | United States | Vietnam War | |
| October 22, 1967 | Thích Nữ Hue | – | South Vietnam | 1967 South Vietnamese presidential election | Buddhist nun |
| November 1, 1967 | Thích Nữ Thuong | – | |||
| November 12, 1967 | Yui Chunoshin [eo] | 73 | Japan | Vietnam War | Esperantist |
| December 4, 1967 | Erik Thoen | 27 | United States | Zen Buddhist. Self-immolated in Sunnyvale, California. | |
| December 5, 1967 | Kenneth D'Elia | 20 | United States | Self-immolated outside the United Nations headquarters in New York City, replicating Roger LaPorte's death two years earlier. Died on December 12. | |
| February 29, 1968 | Pham Van Qui | 28 | South Vietnam | Buddhist layman self-immolated outside pagoda. | |
| March 19, 1968 | Ronald Brazee | 16 | United States | Student. Died 5 weeks later. | |
| April 2, 1968 | Kazuo Shirakawa | 17 | Japan | Burned self with kerosene outside the U.S. consulate in Osaka. Died 12 hours later. |
· List › 1970s
Regis –
Regis –
Date
January 17, 1970
Name
Regis –
Age
17
Country
France
Protesting
Nigerian Civil War
Robert Gerenkens
Robert Gerenkens
Date
January 20, 1970
Name
Robert Gerenkens
Age
18
Country
France
Protesting
"Wars and the follies of men"
Notes and references
Attended the same school in Lille as Regis, the previous self-immolator.
Márton Moyses
Márton Moyses
Date
February 13, 1970
Name
Márton Moyses
Age
28
Country
Romania
Protesting
Communist rule in Romania
Rafael Elizalde Mac-Clure
Rafael Elizalde Mac-Clure
Date
April 10, 1970
Name
Rafael Elizalde Mac-Clure
Age
62 or 63
Country
Chile
Protesting
Climate crisis inaction
Notes and references
Writer, activist and translator who set himself on fire near the Eulogio Sánchez Airport.
Robert Rex Vice
Robert Rex Vice
Date
May 6, 1970
Name
Robert Rex Vice
Age
27
Country
United States
Protesting
Vietnam War and Kent State Shootings
Notes and references
Non-student protester at Wabash College demonstration. Died later in hospital.
George Winne Jr.
George Winne Jr.
Date
May 10, 1970
Name
George Winne Jr.
Age
23
Country
United States
Protesting
Vietnam War
Notes and references
Student at the University of California, San Diego. Died the following day.
Thích Nữ Lien Tap
Thích Nữ Lien Tap
Date
June 4, 1970
Name
Thích Nữ Lien Tap
Age
24
Country
South Vietnam
Protesting
Buddhist nun
Kostas Georgakis
Kostas Georgakis
Date
September 19, 1970
Name
Kostas Georgakis
Age
22
Country
Greece
Protesting
Military rule in Greece
Notes and references
Student at the University of Genoa[citation needed]
Joseba Elosegi
Joseba Elosegi
Date
September 19, 1970
Name
Joseba Elosegi
Age
54
Country
Spain
Protesting
Bombing of Guernica in 1937. Independence of the Basque Country.
Notes and references
Survived
unidentified male
unidentified male
Date
October 2, 1970
Name
unidentified male
Age
–
Country
France
Protesting
Communist rule in Czechoslovakia
Jeon Tae-il
Jeon Tae-il
Date
November 13, 1970
Name
Jeon Tae-il
Age
22
Country
South Korea
Protesting
Labor conditions and the government's opposition to reform
Nguyen Thi Co
Nguyen Thi Co
Date
May 1971
Name
Nguyen Thi Co
Age
–
Country
South Vietnam
Protesting
Vietnam War
Notes and references
Buddhist nun
–
–
Date
Thích Nữ Tinh Nhuan
Name
–
Man; name missing
Man; name missing
Date
August 16, 1971
Name
Man; name missing
Age
–
Country
Vietnam War veteran
37
37
Date
Nguyen Minh Dang
Name
37
Age
Vietnam War veteran
Thích Nữ Tinh Cuong
Thích Nữ Tinh Cuong
Date
October 1971
Name
Thích Nữ Tinh Cuong
Age
–
Country
Buddhist nun
Thích Nữ Dien Han
Thích Nữ Dien Han
Date
1972
Name
Thích Nữ Dien Han
Age
–
Country
Buddhist nun
Romas Kalanta
Romas Kalanta
Date
May 14, 1972
Name
Romas Kalanta
Age
19
Country
Soviet Union
Protesting
Communist rule in Lithuania
Notes and references
Inspired largest post-war riots in occupied Lithuania and the USSR and 13 other self-immolations
V. Stonys
V. Stonys
Date
May 29, 1972
Name
V. Stonys
Age
24
Country
Self-immolated in Varėna.
Huguette Gaulin
Huguette Gaulin
Date
June 6, 1972
Name
Huguette Gaulin
Age
28
Country
Canada
Notes and references
French Canadian novelist who publicly self-immolated in Montreal while screaming "You have destroyed the beauty of the world!"
unidentified male
unidentified male
Date
September 27, 1972
Name
unidentified male
Age
37
Country
Denmark
Protesting
Protest against European Common Market and his unemployment
Notes and references
Survived with extensive second-degree burns.
Józef Dolak
Józef Dolak
Date
September 30, 1972
Name
Józef Dolak
Age
26 or 27
Country
Poland
Protesting
Protest against Communist rule in Poland
Notes and references
Probably followed the example of Jan Palach
Willie B. Phillips
Willie B. Phillips
Date
October 7, 1972
Name
Willie B. Phillips
Age
27
Country
United States
Protesting
Racism against African-Americans
Notes and references
Self-immolated at Atlanta parade. Died in hospital.
Thích Nữ Du Dieu
Thích Nữ Du Dieu
Date
1974
Name
Thích Nữ Du Dieu
Age
–
Country
South Vietnam
Protesting
Vietnam War
Notes and references
Buddhist nun
Phan Van Lua
Phan Van Lua
Date
August 15, 1974
Name
Phan Van Lua
Age
33
Country
South Vietnam
Protesting
Anti-Communism
Notes and references
Vietnam War veteran discharged with wounds self-immolated in front of the National Assembly. Died at scene.
Antanas Kalinauskas
Antanas Kalinauskas
Date
August 10, 1976
Name
Antanas Kalinauskas
Age
19
Country
Soviet Union
Protesting
Communist rule in Lithuania
Notes and references
In Soviet Army barracks in Gulbene, Latvia. Died the following day.
Oskar Brüsewitz
Oskar Brüsewitz
Date
August 22, 1976
Name
Oskar Brüsewitz
Age
47
Country
East Germany
Protesting
Communist repression of religion in East Germany
Notes and references
Lutheran pastor
Alain Escoffier
Alain Escoffier
Date
February 10, 1977
Name
Alain Escoffier
Age
27
Country
France
Protesting
Communism
Notes and references
Member of the Party of New Forces, a neo-fascist political party.[citation needed]
Leopoldo Aragon
Leopoldo Aragon
Date
September 1, 1977
Name
Leopoldo Aragon
Country
Sweden
Protesting
Protest against Torrijos–Carter Treaties
Notes and references
A Panamanian national self-immolated in front of the U.S. embassy in Stockholm.
Hartmut Gründler
Hartmut Gründler
Date
November 16, 1977
Name
Hartmut Gründler
Age
37
Country
West Germany
Protesting
Atomic policy[citation needed]
Oleksa Mykolajovyč Hirnyk
Oleksa Mykolajovyč Hirnyk
Date
January 21, 1978
Name
Oleksa Mykolajovyč Hirnyk
Age
65
Country
Soviet Union
Protesting
Communist rule in Ukraine
Notes and references
Probably followed the example of Jan Palach.
Erika Ruppert
Erika Ruppert
Date
February 8, 1978
Name
Erika Ruppert
Age
24
Country
West Germany
Protesting
Political protest
Notes and references
Ruppert and Helmut Kleinknecht wrote a letter a day before their act in which they explained the reasoning behind their decision, and their affiliation with Ananda Marga. The next morning, she and Kleinknecht doused themselves with gasoline and self-immolated at the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in Berlin.
Helmut Kleinknecht
Helmut Kleinknecht
Date
February 8, 1978
Name
Helmut Kleinknecht
Age
28
Country
Self-immolated along with Erika Ruppert at the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in Berlin.
Andre Kilchinski
Andre Kilchinski
Date
May 4, 1978
Name
Andre Kilchinski
Age
41
Country
Israel
Protesting
Protest against Nazism
Notes and references
Occurred on Holocaust Day. Rescued with slight burns.
Elizabeth Weniger
Elizabeth Weniger
Date
June 14, 1978
Name
Elizabeth Weniger
Age
25
Country
Philippines
Protesting
Political protest
Notes and references
Swiss-born Elizabeth Weniger self-immolated at Rizal Park in Manila after distributing leaflets explaining her reasons.
Musa Mamut
Musa Mamut
Date
June 23, 1978
Name
Musa Mamut
Age
46
Country
Soviet Union
Protesting
Discrimination against Crimean Tatars in the Soviet residence permission system, which prohibited nearly all Crimean Tatars who were deported in 1944 from returning to their place of birth
Notes and references
Mamut was born and raised Crimea until the NKVD deported all Crimean Tatars to Central Asia in May 1944. He returned to Crimea in 1975 and was later arrested and charged for not having a residence permit to live there, despite being born in the peninsula; the residence permit system was designed to prevent exiled Crimean Tatars from returning to their homeland. Then police came to arrest him on 23 June 1978 Mamut self-immolated rather than being deported again and died 5 days later.
Rolf Günther
Rolf Günther
Date
September 17, 1978
Name
Rolf Günther
Age
41
Country
East Germany
Protesting
Probably protest against repression of religion in East Germany, maybe also internal church conflicts
Notes and references
Set himself on fire in front of 300 people after revealing a banner that read "finally wake up!"
Lynette Phillips
Lynette Phillips
Date
October 3, 1978
Name
Lynette Phillips
Age
24
Country
Switzerland
Protesting
Social protest
Notes and references
Lynette Phillips had previously planned to self-immolate outside the British Houses of Parliament in London, but upon receiving word of this, British authorities deported her. She changed her plan and decided to self-immolate outside the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. She protested against "inhumanity, injustice and irrationality prevalent in our society". She died at the scene.
Chiao Shaoying
Chiao Shaoying
Date
December 28, 1978
Name
Chiao Shaoying
Age
40
Country
Taiwan
Protesting
Nationalism
Notes and references
Taken to hospital in poor condition.
| Date | Name | Age | Country | Protesting | Notes and references |
| January 17, 1970 | Regis – | 17 | France | Nigerian Civil War | |
| January 20, 1970 | Robert Gerenkens | 18 | France | "Wars and the follies of men" | Attended the same school in Lille as Regis, the previous self-immolator. |
| February 13, 1970 | Márton Moyses | 28 | Romania | Communist rule in Romania | |
| April 10, 1970 | Rafael Elizalde Mac-Clure | 62 or 63 | Chile | Climate crisis inaction | Writer, activist and translator who set himself on fire near the Eulogio Sánchez Airport. |
| May 6, 1970 | Robert Rex Vice | 27 | United States | Vietnam War and Kent State Shootings | Non-student protester at Wabash College demonstration. Died later in hospital. |
| May 10, 1970 | George Winne Jr. | 23 | United States | Vietnam War | Student at the University of California, San Diego. Died the following day. |
| June 4, 1970 | Thích Nữ Lien Tap | 24 | South Vietnam | Buddhist nun | |
| September 19, 1970 | Kostas Georgakis | 22 | Greece | Military rule in Greece | Student at the University of Genoa[citation needed] |
| September 19, 1970 | Joseba Elosegi | 54 | Spain | Bombing of Guernica in 1937. Independence of the Basque Country. | Survived |
| October 2, 1970 | unidentified male | – | France | Communist rule in Czechoslovakia | |
| November 13, 1970 | Jeon Tae-il | 22 | South Korea | Labor conditions and the government's opposition to reform | |
| May 1971 | Nguyen Thi Co | – | South Vietnam | Vietnam War | Buddhist nun |
| Thích Nữ Tinh Nhuan | – | ||||
| August 16, 1971 | Man; name missing | – | Vietnam War veteran | ||
| Nguyen Minh Dang | 37 | Vietnam War veteran | |||
| October 1971 | Thích Nữ Tinh Cuong | – | Buddhist nun | ||
| 1972 | Thích Nữ Dien Han | – | Buddhist nun | ||
| May 14, 1972 | Romas Kalanta | 19 | Soviet Union | Communist rule in Lithuania | Inspired largest post-war riots in occupied Lithuania and the USSR and 13 other self-immolations |
| May 29, 1972 | V. Stonys | 24 | Self-immolated in Varėna. | ||
| June 6, 1972 | Huguette Gaulin | 28 | Canada | French Canadian novelist who publicly self-immolated in Montreal while screaming "You have destroyed the beauty of the world!" | |
| September 27, 1972 | unidentified male | 37 | Denmark | Protest against European Common Market and his unemployment | Survived with extensive second-degree burns. |
| September 30, 1972 | Józef Dolak | 26 or 27 | Poland | Protest against Communist rule in Poland | Probably followed the example of Jan Palach |
| October 7, 1972 | Willie B. Phillips | 27 | United States | Racism against African-Americans | Self-immolated at Atlanta parade. Died in hospital. |
| 1974 | Thích Nữ Du Dieu | – | South Vietnam | Vietnam War | Buddhist nun |
| August 15, 1974 | Phan Van Lua | 33 | South Vietnam | Anti-Communism | Vietnam War veteran discharged with wounds self-immolated in front of the National Assembly. Died at scene. |
| August 10, 1976 | Antanas Kalinauskas | 19 | Soviet Union | Communist rule in Lithuania | In Soviet Army barracks in Gulbene, Latvia. Died the following day. |
| August 22, 1976 | Oskar Brüsewitz | 47 | East Germany | Communist repression of religion in East Germany | Lutheran pastor |
| February 10, 1977 | Alain Escoffier | 27 | France | Communism | Member of the Party of New Forces, a neo-fascist political party.[citation needed] |
| September 1, 1977 | Leopoldo Aragon | Sweden | Protest against Torrijos–Carter Treaties | A Panamanian national self-immolated in front of the U.S. embassy in Stockholm. | |
| November 16, 1977 | Hartmut Gründler | 37 | West Germany | Atomic policy[citation needed] | |
| January 21, 1978 | Oleksa Mykolajovyč Hirnyk | 65 | Soviet Union | Communist rule in Ukraine | Probably followed the example of Jan Palach. |
| February 8, 1978 | Erika Ruppert | 24 | West Germany | Political protest | Ruppert and Helmut Kleinknecht wrote a letter a day before their act in which they explained the reasoning behind their decision, and their affiliation with Ananda Marga. The next morning, she and Kleinknecht doused themselves with gasoline and self-immolated at the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in Berlin. |
| February 8, 1978 | Helmut Kleinknecht | 28 | Self-immolated along with Erika Ruppert at the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in Berlin. | ||
| May 4, 1978 | Andre Kilchinski | 41 | Israel | Protest against Nazism | Occurred on Holocaust Day. Rescued with slight burns. |
| June 14, 1978 | Elizabeth Weniger | 25 | Philippines | Political protest | Swiss-born Elizabeth Weniger self-immolated at Rizal Park in Manila after distributing leaflets explaining her reasons. |
| June 23, 1978 | Musa Mamut | 46 | Soviet Union | Discrimination against Crimean Tatars in the Soviet residence permission system, which prohibited nearly all Crimean Tatars who were deported in 1944 from returning to their place of birth | Mamut was born and raised Crimea until the NKVD deported all Crimean Tatars to Central Asia in May 1944. He returned to Crimea in 1975 and was later arrested and charged for not having a residence permit to live there, despite being born in the peninsula; the residence permit system was designed to prevent exiled Crimean Tatars from returning to their homeland. Then police came to arrest him on 23 June 1978 Mamut self-immolated rather than being deported again and died 5 days later. |
| September 17, 1978 | Rolf Günther | 41 | East Germany | Probably protest against repression of religion in East Germany, maybe also internal church conflicts | Set himself on fire in front of 300 people after revealing a banner that read "finally wake up!" |
| October 3, 1978 | Lynette Phillips | 24 | Switzerland | Social protest | Lynette Phillips had previously planned to self-immolate outside the British Houses of Parliament in London, but upon receiving word of this, British authorities deported her. She changed her plan and decided to self-immolate outside the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. She protested against "inhumanity, injustice and irrationality prevalent in our society". She died at the scene. |
| December 28, 1978 | Chiao Shaoying | 40 | Taiwan | Nationalism | Taken to hospital in poor condition. |
· List › 1980s
Walenty Badylak
Walenty Badylak
Date
March 21, 1980
Name
Walenty Badylak
Age
76
Country
Poland
Protesting
Katyn massacre
Notes and references
Home Army veteran self-immolated chained to a well in the Main Square, Kraków.
Per-Axel Arosenius
Per-Axel Arosenius
Date
March 21, 1981
Name
Per-Axel Arosenius
Age
60
Country
Sweden
Protesting
Taxes[citation needed]
mw- .mw- Mahmut ZenginFerhat KurtayEşref AnyıkNecmi Öner
mw- .mw- Mahmut ZenginFerhat KurtayEşref AnyıkNecmi Öner
Date
May 18, 1982
Name
mw- .mw- Mahmut ZenginFerhat KurtayEşref AnyıkNecmi Öner
Country
Turkey
Protesting
Detention conditions in Prison
Notes and references
The four were members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party protesting the detention conditions in the Diyarbakır prison after the coup d'état in 1980.
Semra Ertan
Semra Ertan
Date
May 26, 1982
Name
Semra Ertan
Age
25
Country
West Germany
Protesting
Racism towards Turkish workers in Germany
Notes and references
Writer and poet.
Artin Penik
Artin Penik
Date
August 10, 1982
Name
Artin Penik
Age
61
Country
Turkey
Protesting
ASALA attack at Esenboğa International Airport[citation needed]
Notes and references
Set himself on fire in Taksim Square.
Cecil Andrews
Cecil Andrews
Date
March 5, 1983
Name
Cecil Andrews
Age
37
Country
United States
Protesting
Unemployment
Notes and references
Was listed in serious condition. His self-immolation was filmed by a television crew.
Sebastián Acevedo
Sebastián Acevedo
Date
November 2, 1983
Name
Sebastián Acevedo
Age
52
Country
Chile
Protesting
Kidnapping of his children by the Chilean police during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet
Notes and references
After 2 days of searching for his children, Acevedo self-immolated in front of the Cathedral of the Most Holy Concepción.
Ruth Christenson
Ruth Christenson
Date
July 10, 1984
Name
Ruth Christenson
Age
23
Country
United States
Protesting
Pornography
Notes and references
Survived initially.
Mehmet Karahüseyinov
Mehmet Karahüseyinov
Date
February 2, 1985
Name
Mehmet Karahüseyinov
Age
40
Country
Bulgaria
Protesting
Treatment of Turks in Bulgaria
Notes and references
Self-immolated after Bulgarian government tried to change his name. Survived heavily wounded, died 5 years later.
Unidentified man
Unidentified man
Date
March 27, 1985
Name
Unidentified man
Age
50s
Country
South Korea
Protesting
Protest against government's decision to return Chinese sailors
Notes and references
Survived with minor injuries.
Orland Payne McCafferty
Orland Payne McCafferty
Date
February 14, 1986
Name
Orland Payne McCafferty
Age
58
Country
United States
Protesting
Ronald Reagan's policies
Notes and references
Set himself on fire outside the White House. Died a month later.
Marko Djukic
Marko Djukic
Date
February 25, 1986
Name
Marko Djukic
Age
63
Country
Canada
Protesting
Trial to deport Andrija Artuković
Notes and references
Croatian/Canadian self-immolated on University Ave. in Toronto across from US Consulate. Survived for many years afterwards.
Pyo Jung-doo
Pyo Jung-doo
Date
March 6, 1987
Name
Pyo Jung-doo
Age
25
Country
South Korea
Protesting
Opposition to government and parliamentary system
Notes and references
Survived with critical injuries after self-immolating outside American embassy in Seoul.
Unidentified woman
Unidentified woman
Date
April 27, 1987
Name
Unidentified woman
Age
60
Country
Romania
Protesting
Government's refusal to let her travel to West Germany
Notes and references
Self-immolated outside West German embassy in Bucharest.
Antoine Thurel
Antoine Thurel
Date
August 31, 1987
Name
Antoine Thurel
Age
56
Country
United States
Protesting
Religious persecution in Haiti
Notes and references
Cab driver from Haiti. Self-immolated in front of Statehouse in Boston. Died at the scene.
Neusha Farrahi
Neusha Farrahi
Date
September 20, 1987
Name
Neusha Farrahi
Age
31
Country
United States
Protesting
Protest against the Khomeini government
Notes and references
Self-immolated at a protest of around 1,000 people against the Iranian government. Died on October 2.
Mehrdad Imen
Mehrdad Imen
Date
September 10, 1988
Name
Mehrdad Imen
Age
32
Country
United States
Protesting
Protest against the executions of political prisoners committed by the Khomeini government as well as human rights abuses in Iran
Notes and references
Los Angeles resident originally from Iran. Flew from LA to NYC. Participated in a protest and self-immolated in front of the UN shortly after protest ended. Died the next day.
Liviu Cornel Babeș
Liviu Cornel Babeș
Date
March 2, 1989
Name
Liviu Cornel Babeș
Age
47
Protesting
Communist rule in Romania
Notes and references
Self-immolated on ski slope. Died 2 hours later.
Vytautas Vičiulis
Vytautas Vičiulis
Date
March 2, 1989
Name
Vytautas Vičiulis
Age
37
Protesting
Communist rule in Lithuania[citation needed]
Kailash Pawar
Kailash Pawar
Date
March 24, 1989
Name
Kailash Pawar
Protesting
To draw attention to plight of Bhopal gas victims and protest public indifference
Notes and references
Original story published in The Hindu, March 26, 1990.
Cheng Nan-jung
Cheng Nan-jung
Date
April 7, 1989
Name
Cheng Nan-jung
Age
41
Country
Taiwan
Protesting
For freedom of speech and Taiwan independence
Chan I-hua
Chan I-hua
Date
May 19, 1989
Name
Chan I-hua
Age
32
Country
During funeral procession of Cheng Nan-jung.
Karl Koch
Karl Koch
Date
May 23, 1989
Name
Karl Koch
Age
23
Country
West Germany
Protesting
unknown
Notes and references
Controversial whether death by suicide or murder
Shavkat Yarullin
Shavkat Yarullin
Date
October 24, 1989
Name
Shavkat Yarullin
Age
40
Country
Soviet Union
Protesting
In protest of exile and mistreatment of Crimean Tatars by the government
Notes and references
Self-immolated in front of a government building. Died several hours later.
Seidamet Balji
Seidamet Balji
Date
December 14, 1989
Name
Seidamet Balji
Country
In protest of exile and mistreatment of Crimean Tatars by the government
Protesting
While being forced to leave Yalta he doused himself with gasoline and self-immolated. Survived after being extinguished, but said he would do it again if he had to live in exile for longer.
| Date | Name | Age | Country | Protesting | Notes and references |
| March 21, 1980 | Walenty Badylak | 76 | Poland | Katyn massacre | Home Army veteran self-immolated chained to a well in the Main Square, Kraków. |
| March 21, 1981 | Per-Axel Arosenius | 60 | Sweden | Taxes[citation needed] | |
| May 18, 1982 | mw- Mahmut ZenginFerhat KurtayEşref AnyıkNecmi Öner | Turkey | Detention conditions in Prison | The four were members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party protesting the detention conditions in the Diyarbakır prison after the coup d'état in 1980. | |
| May 26, 1982 | Semra Ertan | 25 | West Germany | Racism towards Turkish workers in Germany | Writer and poet. |
| August 10, 1982 | Artin Penik | 61 | Turkey | ASALA attack at Esenboğa International Airport[citation needed] | Set himself on fire in Taksim Square. |
| March 5, 1983 | Cecil Andrews | 37 | United States | Unemployment | Was listed in serious condition. His self-immolation was filmed by a television crew. |
| November 2, 1983 | Sebastián Acevedo | 52 | Chile | Kidnapping of his children by the Chilean police during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet | After 2 days of searching for his children, Acevedo self-immolated in front of the Cathedral of the Most Holy Concepción. |
| July 10, 1984 | Ruth Christenson | 23 | United States | Pornography | Survived initially. |
| February 2, 1985 | Mehmet Karahüseyinov | 40 | Bulgaria | Treatment of Turks in Bulgaria | Self-immolated after Bulgarian government tried to change his name. Survived heavily wounded, died 5 years later. |
| March 27, 1985 | Unidentified man | 50s | South Korea | Protest against government's decision to return Chinese sailors | Survived with minor injuries. |
| February 14, 1986 | Orland Payne McCafferty | 58 | United States | Ronald Reagan's policies | Set himself on fire outside the White House. Died a month later. |
| February 25, 1986 | Marko Djukic | 63 | Canada | Trial to deport Andrija Artuković | Croatian/Canadian self-immolated on University Ave. in Toronto across from US Consulate. Survived for many years afterwards. |
| March 6, 1987 | Pyo Jung-doo | 25 | South Korea | Opposition to government and parliamentary system | Survived with critical injuries after self-immolating outside American embassy in Seoul. |
| April 27, 1987 | Unidentified woman | 60 | Romania | Government's refusal to let her travel to West Germany | Self-immolated outside West German embassy in Bucharest. |
| August 31, 1987 | Antoine Thurel | 56 | United States | Religious persecution in Haiti | Cab driver from Haiti. Self-immolated in front of Statehouse in Boston. Died at the scene. |
| September 20, 1987 | Neusha Farrahi | 31 | United States | Protest against the Khomeini government | Self-immolated at a protest of around 1,000 people against the Iranian government. Died on October 2. |
| September 10, 1988 | Mehrdad Imen | 32 | United States | Protest against the executions of political prisoners committed by the Khomeini government as well as human rights abuses in Iran | Los Angeles resident originally from Iran. Flew from LA to NYC. Participated in a protest and self-immolated in front of the UN shortly after protest ended. Died the next day. |
| March 2, 1989 | Liviu Cornel Babeș | 47 | Communist rule in Romania | Self-immolated on ski slope. Died 2 hours later. | |
| March 2, 1989 | Vytautas Vičiulis | 37 | Communist rule in Lithuania[citation needed] | ||
| March 24, 1989 | Kailash Pawar | To draw attention to plight of Bhopal gas victims and protest public indifference | Original story published in The Hindu, March 26, 1990. | ||
| April 7, 1989 | Cheng Nan-jung | 41 | Taiwan | For freedom of speech and Taiwan independence | |
| May 19, 1989 | Chan I-hua | 32 | During funeral procession of Cheng Nan-jung. | ||
| May 23, 1989 | Karl Koch | 23 | West Germany | unknown | Controversial whether death by suicide or murder |
| October 24, 1989 | Shavkat Yarullin | 40 | Soviet Union | In protest of exile and mistreatment of Crimean Tatars by the government | Self-immolated in front of a government building. Died several hours later. |
| December 14, 1989 | Seidamet Balji | In protest of exile and mistreatment of Crimean Tatars by the government | While being forced to leave Yalta he doused himself with gasoline and self-immolated. Survived after being extinguished, but said he would do it again if he had to live in exile for longer. |
· List › 1990s
Zekiye Alkan
Zekiye Alkan
Date
March 21, 1990
Name
Zekiye Alkan
Country
Turkey
Protesting
Ban of Newroz celebrations
Notes and references
Medical student who self-immolated on Newroz.
Stanislovas Žemaitis
Stanislovas Žemaitis
Date
April 26, 1990
Name
Stanislovas Žemaitis
Age
52
Country
Soviet Union
Protesting
Communist rule in Lithuania
Notes and references
Protesting Soviet economic blockade of Lithuania. Died the following day in Moscow hospital.[citation needed]
Rimantas Daugintis
Rimantas Daugintis
Date
May 9, 1990
Name
Rimantas Daugintis
Age
55
Country
Soviet Union
Protesting
Communist rule in Lithuania
Notes and references
Lithuanian sculptor self-immolated on Hungarian–Soviet border. Died a few days later.
unidentified male
unidentified male
Date
June 21, 1990
Name
unidentified male
Age
32
Country
People's Republic of Bulgaria
Protesting
Alleged election fraud
Notes and references
Initially survived.
Rajiv Goswami
Rajiv Goswami
Date
September 19, 1990
Name
Rajiv Goswami
Age
19
Country
India
Protesting
Reservation in India
Notes and references
Survived
Thanawut Klingchuea
Thanawut Klingchuea
Date
October 14, 1990
Name
Thanawut Klingchuea
Age
20
Country
Thailand
Protesting
Government of Chatichai Choonhavan
Notes and references
Ramkhamhaeng University student
Timothy Brown
Timothy Brown
Date
December 9, 1990
Name
Timothy Brown
Age
48
Country
United States
Protesting
Gulf War
Notes and references
Self-described Vietnam War veteran set himself on fire at an abandoned cannery.
Richard Breeze
Richard Breeze
Date
January 10, 1991
Name
Richard Breeze
Age
38
Country
Took place after an anti-war rally.
Gregory Levey
Gregory Levey
Date
February 18, 1991
Name
Gregory Levey
Age
30
Country
Took place in Amherst Common, Massachusetts.
Park Seung-hee
Park Seung-hee
Date
April 29, 1991
Name
Park Seung-hee
Age
20
Country
South Korea
Protesting
Political situation in South Korea
Notes and references
Self-immolated after student demonstrator Kang Kyung-dae was beaten to death by police. She was buried at the May 18th National Cemetery.
Giorgi Abesadze
Giorgi Abesadze
Date
September 21, 1991
Name
Giorgi Abesadze
Age
35
Country
Georgia
Protesting
Looming civil war in Georgia
Notes and references
Physician
Rahşan Demirel
Rahşan Demirel
Date
March 21, 1992
Name
Rahşan Demirel
Country
Turkey
Protesting
Treatment of Kurds by Turkey
Notes and references
She self-immolated on Newroz.
Binh Gia Pham
Binh Gia Pham
Date
April 6, 1993
Name
Binh Gia Pham
Age
43
Country
United States
Protesting
Persecution of Buddhists in Vietnam
Notes and references
Binh Gia Pham had five friends tape his self-immolation outside Boston. Died at the scene.
Graham Bamford
Graham Bamford
Date
April 29, 1993
Name
Graham Bamford
Age
48
Country
United Kingdom
Protesting
War in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Notes and references
'The British army must not be a guard of honour at a mass funeral. Bosnian babies, children, and womenfolk are waiting for the politicians to do what they know they should – give them military protection.'
Son Ha Hoang
Son Ha Hoang
Date
January 27, 1994
Name
Son Ha Hoang
Age
27
Country
Germany
Protesting
Imminent deportation
Notes and references
Originally from Vietnam, he sought asylum in Germany.
Homa Darabi
Homa Darabi
Date
February 21, 1994
Name
Homa Darabi
Age
54
Country
Iran
Protesting
Legal obligation under the Islamic Criminal Code (Art. 139) for women to wear the headscarf in public
Notes and references
Pediatrician, political activist. Died the following day
Nilgün Yıldırım and Bedriye Taş
Nilgün Yıldırım and Bedriye Taş
Date
March 21, 1994
Name
Nilgün Yıldırım and Bedriye Taş
Protesting
Repression of Kurdish identity and traditions
Notes and references
They immolated themselves on Newroz, an important festivity for the Kurds
unidentified male
unidentified male
Date
March 9, 1995
Name
unidentified male
Country
United States
Protesting
"Genocide and human rights violations" in Poland; planned deportation to Poland
Notes and references
Self-immolated in an International Red Cross office.
Reinhold Elstner [de]
Reinhold Elstner [de]
Date
April 25, 1995
Name
Reinhold Elstner [de]
Age
75
Country
Germany
Protesting
"Slander and demonization" of German soldiers after World War II
Notes and references
Wehrmacht veteran. Died in a Munich hospital 12 hours later.
Sabine Kratze
Sabine Kratze
Date
September 3, 1995
Name
Sabine Kratze
Age
25
Country
Vietnam
Protesting
Trial of six Buddhist monks
Abdul Raoob
Abdul Raoob
Date
December 15, 1995
Name
Abdul Raoob
Age
23
Country
India
Protesting
Killing of the Sri Lankan Tamils
Notes and references
Self-immolated himself in Trichy, Tamil Nadu over the Killings of Sri Lankan Tamils committed by the Sinhalese-dominated Sri Lanka government and to Protest against India playing the Sri Lanka Cricket team in Chennai.
Kathy Change
Kathy Change
Date
October 22, 1996
Name
Kathy Change
Age
46
Country
United States
Protesting
For directly democratic community-based self-government[citation needed]
unknown male
unknown male
Date
January 7, 1998
Name
unknown male
Age
24
Country
Germany
Protesting
Imminent deportation
Notes and references
A Kurdish man who set himself on fire in Wessel, Germany. He sought asylum there.
Alfredo Ormando
Alfredo Ormando
Date
January 13, 1998
Name
Alfredo Ormando
Age
39
Country
Italy
Protesting
Catholic Church's condemnation of homosexuality
Thupten Ngodup
Thupten Ngodup
Date
April 27, 1998
Name
Thupten Ngodup
Age
60
Country
India
Protesting
Political situation in Tibet
Notes and references
Ex-monk. In protest of police interference with unto-death hunger-strike in Delhi. Died 2 days later in hospital after visit by the Dalai Lama.
Necla Coşkun
Necla Coşkun
Date
February 16, 1999
Name
Necla Coşkun
Age
14
Country
United Kingdom
Protesting
Arrest of Abdullah Öcalan
Notes and references
Survived
Zülkuf Yilmaz
Zülkuf Yilmaz
Date
February 1999
Name
Zülkuf Yilmaz
Country
Switzerland
Protesting
Arrest of Abdullah Öcalan
Notes and references
Survived
| Date | Name | Age | Country | Protesting | Notes and references |
| March 21, 1990 | Zekiye Alkan | Turkey | Ban of Newroz celebrations | Medical student who self-immolated on Newroz. | |
| April 26, 1990 | Stanislovas Žemaitis | 52 | Soviet Union | Communist rule in Lithuania | Protesting Soviet economic blockade of Lithuania. Died the following day in Moscow hospital.[citation needed] |
| May 9, 1990 | Rimantas Daugintis | 55 | Soviet Union | Communist rule in Lithuania | Lithuanian sculptor self-immolated on Hungarian–Soviet border. Died a few days later. |
| June 21, 1990 | unidentified male | 32 | People's Republic of Bulgaria | Alleged election fraud | Initially survived. |
| September 19, 1990 | Rajiv Goswami | 19 | India | Reservation in India | Survived |
| October 14, 1990 | Thanawut Klingchuea | 20 | Thailand | Government of Chatichai Choonhavan | Ramkhamhaeng University student |
| December 9, 1990 | Timothy Brown | 48 | United States | Gulf War | Self-described Vietnam War veteran set himself on fire at an abandoned cannery. |
| January 10, 1991 | Richard Breeze | 38 | Took place after an anti-war rally. | ||
| February 18, 1991 | Gregory Levey | 30 | Took place in Amherst Common, Massachusetts. | ||
| April 29, 1991 | Park Seung-hee | 20 | South Korea | Political situation in South Korea | Self-immolated after student demonstrator Kang Kyung-dae was beaten to death by police. She was buried at the May 18th National Cemetery. |
| September 21, 1991 | Giorgi Abesadze | 35 | Georgia | Looming civil war in Georgia | Physician |
| March 21, 1992 | Rahşan Demirel | Turkey | Treatment of Kurds by Turkey | She self-immolated on Newroz. | |
| April 6, 1993 | Binh Gia Pham | 43 | United States | Persecution of Buddhists in Vietnam | Binh Gia Pham had five friends tape his self-immolation outside Boston. Died at the scene. |
| April 29, 1993 | Graham Bamford | 48 | United Kingdom | War in Bosnia and Herzegovina | 'The British army must not be a guard of honour at a mass funeral. Bosnian babies, children, and womenfolk are waiting for the politicians to do what they know they should – give them military protection.' |
| January 27, 1994 | Son Ha Hoang | 27 | Germany | Imminent deportation | Originally from Vietnam, he sought asylum in Germany. |
| February 21, 1994 | Homa Darabi | 54 | Iran | Legal obligation under the Islamic Criminal Code (Art. 139) for women to wear the headscarf in public | Pediatrician, political activist. Died the following day |
| March 21, 1994 | Nilgün Yıldırım and Bedriye Taş | Repression of Kurdish identity and traditions | They immolated themselves on Newroz, an important festivity for the Kurds | ||
| March 9, 1995 | unidentified male | United States | "Genocide and human rights violations" in Poland; planned deportation to Poland | Self-immolated in an International Red Cross office. | |
| April 25, 1995 | Reinhold Elstner [de] | 75 | Germany | "Slander and demonization" of German soldiers after World War II | Wehrmacht veteran. Died in a Munich hospital 12 hours later. |
| September 3, 1995 | Sabine Kratze | 25 | Vietnam | Trial of six Buddhist monks | |
| December 15, 1995 | Abdul Raoob | 23 | India | Killing of the Sri Lankan Tamils | Self-immolated himself in Trichy, Tamil Nadu over the Killings of Sri Lankan Tamils committed by the Sinhalese-dominated Sri Lanka government and to Protest against India playing the Sri Lanka Cricket team in Chennai. |
| October 22, 1996 | Kathy Change | 46 | United States | For directly democratic community-based self-government[citation needed] | |
| January 7, 1998 | unknown male | 24 | Germany | Imminent deportation | A Kurdish man who set himself on fire in Wessel, Germany. He sought asylum there. |
| January 13, 1998 | Alfredo Ormando | 39 | Italy | Catholic Church's condemnation of homosexuality | |
| April 27, 1998 | Thupten Ngodup | 60 | India | Political situation in Tibet | Ex-monk. In protest of police interference with unto-death hunger-strike in Delhi. Died 2 days later in hospital after visit by the Dalai Lama. |
| February 16, 1999 | Necla Coşkun | 14 | United Kingdom | Arrest of Abdullah Öcalan | Survived |
| February 1999 | Zülkuf Yilmaz | Switzerland | Arrest of Abdullah Öcalan | Survived |
· List › 2000s
various
various
Date
January 23, 2001
Name
various
Age
–
Country
China
Protesting
See Tiananmen Square self-immolation incident
Shahraz Kayani
Shahraz Kayani
Date
April 2, 2001
Name
Shahraz Kayani
Age
48
Country
Australia
Protesting
Government refusal to grant entry to his wife and daughters
Notes and references
Pakistani refugee
Eduardo Miño
Eduardo Miño
Date
December 1, 2001
Name
Eduardo Miño
Age
50
Country
Chile
Protesting
Pizarreño asbestos disaster
Milos Redzepovic
Milos Redzepovic
Date
November 15, 2002
Name
Milos Redzepovic
Age
34
Country
Germany
Protesting
Planned deportation of his family to Serbia
Notes and references
Doused himself in gasoline and self-immolated inside the town hall of Syke. Died the following day.
Zdeněk Adamec
Zdeněk Adamec
Date
March 6, 2003
Name
Zdeněk Adamec
Age
19
Country
Czech Republic
Protesting
Iraq War
Notes and references
Self-immolated in Prague. Died at the scene.
Mordehai (Hamimo) Cohen
Mordehai (Hamimo) Cohen
Date
July 21, 2004
Name
Mordehai (Hamimo) Cohen
Age
30
Country
Israel
Protesting
Rejection of work license
Notes and references
Self-immolated during a City Hall assembly.
Maggy Mufu Delvaux
Maggy Mufu Delvaux
Date
October 5, 2004
Name
Maggy Mufu Delvaux
Age
44
Country
Luxembourg
Protesting
Protest against institutionalized racism
Notes and references
Self-immolated in a public place Money problems resulting from the Luxembourgish government denying her family the authorisation to open a garage despite meeting all the legal requirements and suing the State for discrimination have driven the woman to desperately plead her case publicly after writing an open letter to the Prime Minister warning him of what she was about to do. However no help was sent to her to prevent her immolation.
Yelena Businov
Yelena Businov
Date
August 17, 2005
Name
Yelena Businov
Age
54
Country
Israel
Protesting
Protest against the Israeli disengagement from Gaza
Baruch Ben Menahem
Baruch Ben Menahem
Date
August 31, 2005
Name
Baruch Ben Menahem
Age
21
Eleftheria Fourtoulaki
Eleftheria Fourtoulaki
Date
March 28, 2006
Name
Eleftheria Fourtoulaki
Country
Greece
Protesting
Treatment of Kurds in Turkey
Pravin Joshi
Pravin Joshi
Date
June 11, 2006
Name
Pravin Joshi
Age
30
Country
India
Protesting
Screening of Fanaa
Notes and references
Died 9 days later.
Roland Weisselberg
Roland Weisselberg
Date
October 31, 2006
Name
Roland Weisselberg
Age
73
Country
Germany
Protesting
Spread of Islam
Notes and references
Former Lutheran pastor self-immolated in a former monastery in Erfurt. Died the following day.
Malachi Ritscher
Malachi Ritscher
Date
November 3, 2006
Name
Malachi Ritscher
Age
52
Country
United States
Protesting
War in Iraq
Notes and references
Died at the scene.
Lhakpa Tsering
Lhakpa Tsering
Date
November 23, 2006
Name
Lhakpa Tsering
Age
23
Country
India
Protesting
Political situation in Tibet
Notes and references
Survived
Uddhav Bhandari
Uddhav Bhandari
Date
March 7, 2007
Name
Uddhav Bhandari
Age
40
Country
United Kingdom
Protesting
Asylum policy
Notes and references
Nepali asylum seeker
Heo Se-uk
Heo Se-uk
Date
April 1, 2007
Name
Heo Se-uk
Age
54
Country
South Korea
Protesting
South Korea – United States Free Trade Agreement
Ramiro Guillén Tapia
Ramiro Guillén Tapia
Date
October 1, 2008
Name
Ramiro Guillén Tapia
Age
65
Country
Mexico
Protesting
Protest against the dispossession and destruction of lands by the local government in the city of Xalapa
Notes and references
Self-immolated after being informed that the governor had canceled discussions to end the agrarian conflict.
Kumar Muthukumar
Kumar Muthukumar
Date
January 29, 2009
Name
Kumar Muthukumar
Age
26
Country
India
Protesting
Killing of the Sri Lankan Tamils
Notes and references
Inspired several other self-immolations
Murugathasan Varnakulasingham
Murugathasan Varnakulasingham
Date
February 12, 2009
Name
Murugathasan Varnakulasingham
Age
26
Country
Switzerland
Protesting
Killing of the Sri Lankan Tamils
Notes and references
Inspired several other self-immolations
Tapey
Tapey
Date
February 27, 2009
Name
Tapey
Age
mid-20s
Country
Tibet
Protesting
Political situation in Tibet
Notes and references
Monk, Kirti Monastery, Ngaba. Shot by Chinese police while on fire, and then taken away by them. Current status unknown.
Tang Fu-zhen
Tang Fu-zhen
Date
November 13, 2009
Name
Tang Fu-zhen
Age
47
Country
China
Protesting
Forced demolition of her home
Notes and references
Died 16 days later.
Kasoju Srikanth Chary
Kasoju Srikanth Chary
Date
December 3, 2009
Name
Kasoju Srikanth Chary
Age
24
Country
India
Protesting
For statehood of Telangana
Notes and references
Died the following day.
| Date | Name | Age | Country | Protesting | Notes and references |
| January 23, 2001 | various | – | China | See Tiananmen Square self-immolation incident | |
| April 2, 2001 | Shahraz Kayani | 48 | Australia | Government refusal to grant entry to his wife and daughters | Pakistani refugee |
| December 1, 2001 | Eduardo Miño | 50 | Chile | Pizarreño asbestos disaster | |
| November 15, 2002 | Milos Redzepovic | 34 | Germany | Planned deportation of his family to Serbia | Doused himself in gasoline and self-immolated inside the town hall of Syke. Died the following day. |
| March 6, 2003 | Zdeněk Adamec | 19 | Czech Republic | Iraq War | Self-immolated in Prague. Died at the scene. |
| July 21, 2004 | Mordehai (Hamimo) Cohen | 30 | Israel | Rejection of work license | Self-immolated during a City Hall assembly. |
| October 5, 2004 | Maggy Mufu Delvaux | 44 | Luxembourg | Protest against institutionalized racism | Self-immolated in a public place Money problems resulting from the Luxembourgish government denying her family the authorisation to open a garage despite meeting all the legal requirements and suing the State for discrimination have driven the woman to desperately plead her case publicly after writing an open letter to the Prime Minister warning him of what she was about to do. However no help was sent to her to prevent her immolation. |
| August 17, 2005 | Yelena Businov | 54 | Israel | Protest against the Israeli disengagement from Gaza | |
| August 31, 2005 | Baruch Ben Menahem | 21 | |||
| March 28, 2006 | Eleftheria Fourtoulaki | Greece | Treatment of Kurds in Turkey | ||
| June 11, 2006 | Pravin Joshi | 30 | India | Screening of Fanaa | Died 9 days later. |
| October 31, 2006 | Roland Weisselberg | 73 | Germany | Spread of Islam | Former Lutheran pastor self-immolated in a former monastery in Erfurt. Died the following day. |
| November 3, 2006 | Malachi Ritscher | 52 | United States | War in Iraq | Died at the scene. |
| November 23, 2006 | Lhakpa Tsering | 23 | India | Political situation in Tibet | Survived |
| March 7, 2007 | Uddhav Bhandari | 40 | United Kingdom | Asylum policy | Nepali asylum seeker |
| April 1, 2007 | Heo Se-uk | 54 | South Korea | South Korea – United States Free Trade Agreement | |
| October 1, 2008 | Ramiro Guillén Tapia | 65 | Mexico | Protest against the dispossession and destruction of lands by the local government in the city of Xalapa | Self-immolated after being informed that the governor had canceled discussions to end the agrarian conflict. |
| January 29, 2009 | Kumar Muthukumar | 26 | India | Killing of the Sri Lankan Tamils | Inspired several other self-immolations |
| February 12, 2009 | Murugathasan Varnakulasingham | 26 | Switzerland | Killing of the Sri Lankan Tamils | Inspired several other self-immolations |
| February 27, 2009 | Tapey | mid-20s | Tibet | Political situation in Tibet | Monk, Kirti Monastery, Ngaba. Shot by Chinese police while on fire, and then taken away by them. Current status unknown. |
| November 13, 2009 | Tang Fu-zhen | 47 | China | Forced demolition of her home | Died 16 days later. |
| December 3, 2009 | Kasoju Srikanth Chary | 24 | India | For statehood of Telangana | Died the following day. |
· List › 2010s
Siripur Yadaiah
Siripur Yadaiah
Date
February 20, 2010
Name
Siripur Yadaiah
Age
19
Country
India
Protesting
For statehood of Telangana
Notes and references
Student. Self immolated at the main gate of Osmania University, Hyderabad. Died the next day in hospital.
Eshan Reddy
Eshan Reddy
Date
July 31, 2010
Name
Eshan Reddy
Age
20s
Country
Student. Self-immolated as an offering for a deity for the cause of statehood.
Ye Zhongcheng
Ye Zhongcheng
Date
September 10, 2010
Name
Ye Zhongcheng
Age
79
Country
China
Protesting
Forced demolition of their home
Notes and references
Zhongcheng self-immolated with two family members and died on September 18.
Tarek el-Tayeb Mohamed Bouazizi
Tarek el-Tayeb Mohamed Bouazizi
Date
December 17, 2010
Name
Tarek el-Tayeb Mohamed Bouazizi
Age
26
Country
Tunisia
Protesting
Corruption in government
Notes and references
Inspired the Tunisian revolution leading to ouster of President Ben Ali and further revolutions of the Arab Spring. Survived until he died on January 4, 2011.
Hosni Kalaya
Hosni Kalaya
Date
January 7, 2011
Name
Hosni Kalaya
Age
40
Country
Tunisia
Protesting
Corruption in government
Notes and references
Inspired by Bouazizi's self-immolation. Survived.
Venugopala Reddy
Venugopala Reddy
Date
January 16, 2011
Name
Venugopala Reddy
Age
20s
Country
India
Protesting
For statehood of Telangana
Notes and references
MCA student immolated himself near his university auditorium,died on the spot.
Mohsen Bouterfif
Mohsen Bouterfif
Date
January 16, 2011
Name
Mohsen Bouterfif
Age
–
Country
Algeria
Protesting
Unemployment and housing
Notes and references
Inspired by Bouazizi's self-immolation in Tunisia.
Bhavani
Bhavani
Date
January 16, 2011
Name
Bhavani
Age
18
Country
India
Protesting
For statehood of Telangana
Yacoub Ould Dahoud
Yacoub Ould Dahoud
Date
January 17, 2011
Name
Yacoub Ould Dahoud
Age
43
Country
Mauritania
Protesting
Political situation in Mauritania
Unnamed man
Unnamed man
Date
January 23, 2011
Name
Unnamed man
Age
60s
Country
Saudi Arabia
Protesting
Political situation in Saudi Arabia
Mustafa
Mustafa
Date
February 21, 2011
Name
Mustafa
Age
40
Country
India
Protesting
For statehood of Telangana
Rigzin Phuntsog
Rigzin Phuntsog
Date
March 16, 2011
Name
Rigzin Phuntsog
Age
21
Country
Tibet
Protesting
Political situation in Tibet
Notes and references
Monk of Kirti Monastery. In Ngaba, Amdo. Beaten by police before they extinguished the flames. Died in hospital.
Thomas James Ball
Thomas James Ball
Date
June 15, 2011
Name
Thomas James Ball
Age
58
Country
United States
Protesting
Father's rights and family court injustice
Notes and references
Self immolated on the steps of a family courthouse in New Hampshire. Died on the spot.[citation needed]
Aidar Saparov
Aidar Saparov
Date
June 30, 2011
Name
Aidar Saparov
Country
Kazakhstan
Protesting
Negligence by police, social injustice
Notes and references
As protest to the unsolved murder of his nephew and negligence of the Police regarding the case, self-immolated in the Alga, Aktobe Region Prosecutor General's office, ran outside the building. Bystanders took out the fire, and Saparov was rushed to the hospital. He survived.
Tsewang Norbu
Tsewang Norbu
Date
August 15, 2011
Name
Tsewang Norbu
Age
29
Country
Tibet
Protesting
Political situation in Tibet
Notes and references
Monk of Nyitso monastery in Kham Tawu. In Tawu. Died soon afterwards.
Senkodi
Senkodi
Date
August 28, 2011
Name
Senkodi
Age
27
Country
India
Protesting
Convictions in the Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi case
Notes and references
A Tamil woman immolated herself in front of a tahsil office at Kanchipuram to protest death sentences of A. G. Perarivalan, V. Sriharan (alias Murugan), and T. Suthendraraja (alias Santhan). She died the same day.
Apostolos Polyzonis
Apostolos Polyzonis
Date
September 16, 2011
Name
Apostolos Polyzonis
Age
55
Country
Greece
Protesting
European sovereign-debt crisis
Notes and references
Self-immolated in front of a bank in Thessaloniki.
Andrzej Żydek
Andrzej Żydek
Date
September 23, 2011
Name
Andrzej Żydek
Age
49
Country
Poland
Protesting
Opposition to the Civic Platform government
Notes and references
Occurred in front of the Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Poland. A letter to Donald Tusk was found attached to a bench in the park.
Lobsang Kelsang
Lobsang Kelsang
Date
September 26, 2011
Name
Lobsang Kelsang
Age
18
Country
Tibet
Protesting
Political situation in Tibet
Notes and references
Monk from Kirti Monastery in Ngaba. Self-immolated on the streets of Ngaba alongside Lobsang Kunchok. Survived but was imprisoned for 6 years
Lobsang Kunchok
Lobsang Kunchok
Date
September 26, 2011
Name
Lobsang Kunchok
Age
18
Country
Monk from Kirti Monastery in Ngaba. Self-immolated on the streets of Ngaba alongside Lobsang Kelsang. Survived with leg amputated and imprisoned for 6 years.
Kelsang Wangchuk
Kelsang Wangchuk
Date
October 3, 2011
Name
Kelsang Wangchuk
Age
17
Country
Monk from Kirti Monastery in Ngaba. Self-immolated on the streets of Ngaba. Status unknown.
Khaying
Khaying
Date
October 7, 2011
Name
Khaying
Age
18
Country
Former monk turned nomad. Self-immolated on the streets of Ngaba alongside Choephel. Died the next day.
Choephel
Choephel
Date
October 7, 2011
Name
Choephel
Age
19
Country
Former monk turned nomad. Self-immolated on the streets of Ngaba alongside Khaying. Died 4 days later.
Norbu Dramdul
Norbu Dramdul
Date
October 15, 2011
Name
Norbu Dramdul
Age
19
Country
Former monk turned Nomad. Self-immolated on the streets of Ngaba. Died on January 5, 2012.
Tenzin Wangmo
Tenzin Wangmo
Date
October 17, 2011
Name
Tenzin Wangmo
Age
20
Country
Nun from Mame Dechen Chokorling Nunnery in Ngaba. Self-immolated at the intersection of Sancta bridge and the nunnery. Died 10 minutes after at the scene.
Dawa Tsering
Dawa Tsering
Date
October 25, 2011
Name
Dawa Tsering
Age
38
Country
Monk from Kandze Monastery. Self-immolated at the monastery. Status unknown but presumed dead.
Palden Choetso
Palden Choetso
Date
November 3, 2011
Name
Palden Choetso
Age
35
Country
Nun from Geden Choeling Nunnery in Tawu. Self-immolated on the same exact spot Tsewang Norbu stood on 3 months prior. Whilst burning, she stood completely still whilst praying before she died.
Sherab Tsedor
Sherab Tsedor
Date
November 4, 2011
Name
Sherab Tsedor
Age
25
Country
Self-immolated in front of Chinese embassy in New Delhi, India. Survived
Bhutuk
Bhutuk
Date
November 10, 2011
Name
Bhutuk
Age
40
Country
Nepal
Protesting
Survived.
Tenzin Phuntsok
Tenzin Phuntsok
Date
December 1, 2011
Name
Tenzin Phuntsok
Age
46
Country
Tibet
Protesting
Former monk turned farmer from Chamdo. Self-immolated in Chamdo. Died 5 days later.
Tennyi
Tennyi
Date
January 6, 2012
Name
Tennyi
Age
20
Country
Former monk turned nomad from Ngaba. Self-immolated at a hotel courtyard in Ngaba alongside Tsultrim. Died at the scene
Tsultrim
Tsultrim
Date
January 6, 2012
Name
Tsultrim
Age
20
Country
Former monk turned nomad from Ngaba. Self-immolated at a hotel courtyard in Ngaba alongside Tennyi. Died the day after
Lama Sopa
Lama Sopa
Date
January 8, 2012
Name
Lama Sopa
Age
42
Country
Rinpoche from Darlag. Self-immolated at a hotel courtyard in Darlag. Died at the scene.
Lobsang Jamyang
Lobsang Jamyang
Date
January 14, 2012
Name
Lobsang Jamyang
Age
21
Country
Former monk turned nomad from Ngaba. Self-immolated in the middle of Ngaba. Died shortly after.
Rigzin Dorjee
Rigzin Dorjee
Date
February 8, 2012
Name
Rigzin Dorjee
Age
19
Country
Former monk turned nomad from Ngaba. Self-immolated near a school in Ngaba. Died at the scene.
Sonam Rabyang
Sonam Rabyang
Date
February 9, 2012
Name
Sonam Rabyang
Age
42
Country
Monk from Lab Monastery in Tridu. Self-immolated on the main road of Tridu. Survived but both legs amputated.
Tenzin Choedron
Tenzin Choedron
Date
February 10, 2012
Name
Tenzin Choedron
Age
18
Country
Nun from Mame Dechen Chokorling nunnery in Ngaba. Self-immolated near a temple. Died at the scene.
Lobsang Gyatso
Lobsang Gyatso
Date
February 13, 2012
Name
Lobsang Gyatso
Age
19
Country
Monk from Kirti Monastery in Ngaba. Self-immolated in Ngaba county. Survived but was imprisoned for 5 years.
Damchoe Sangpo
Damchoe Sangpo
Date
February 17, 2012
Name
Damchoe Sangpo
Age
38
Country
Monk from Bongthak Monastery. Self-immolated at the monastery. Died at the scene.
Nangdrol
Nangdrol
Date
February 19, 2012
Name
Nangdrol
Age
18
Country
Student from Dzamthang. Self-immolated in Dzamthang county. Died at the scene.
Tsering Kyi
Tsering Kyi
Date
March 3, 2012
Name
Tsering Kyi
Age
20
Country
Student and nomad from Nyima. Self-immolated at a market in Nyima. Whilst Chinese merchants threw stones at her in disgust, she held her fist up representing unity and freedom. Died at the scene.
Rinchen Kyi
Rinchen Kyi
Date
March 4, 2012
Name
Rinchen Kyi
Age
32
Country
Mother of 4 and herder from Ngaba. Self-immolated near the Kirti Monastery in Ngaba. Died at the scene.
Dorjee
Dorjee
Date
March 5, 2012
Name
Dorjee
Age
18
Country
Nomad from Chara. Self-immolated near a Chinese office in Chara. Died at the scene.
Gepey
Gepey
Date
March 10, 2012
Name
Gepey
Age
18
Country
Monk from Kirti Monastery in Ngaba. Self-immolated near a military camp in Ngaba. Died at the scene.
Jamyang Palden
Jamyang Palden
Date
March 14, 2012
Name
Jamyang Palden
Age
34
Country
Monk from Rongpo Monastery in Rebkong. Self-immolated outside the Rongpo Monastery and lit himself on fire. Died on September 29.
Lobsang Tsultrum
Lobsang Tsultrum
Date
March 16, 2012
Name
Lobsang Tsultrum
Age
20
Country
Monk from Kirti Monastery in Ngaba. Self-immolated in Ngaba. Died 3 days after. Cousin of Norbu Damdrul who self-immolated on October 15, 2011.
Sonam Thargyal (Dargye, Dhargay)
Sonam Thargyal (Dargye, Dhargay)
Date
March 17, 2012
Name
Sonam Thargyal (Dargye, Dhargay)
Age
44
Country
Farmer in Rebkong, Amdo. Died on the spot.
L Bhoja Naik
L Bhoja Naik
Date
March 24, 2012
Name
L Bhoja Naik
Age
21
Country
India
Protesting
For statehood of Telangana
Notes and references
MBA student self-immolated in front of his college. Died on the spot.
Jamphel Yeshi
Jamphel Yeshi
Date
March 26, 2012
Name
Jamphel Yeshi
Age
27
Country
Political situation in Tibet
Protesting
Layperson in Delhi. Died 2 days later in hospital.
Rajmouli
Rajmouli
Date
March 26, 2012
Name
Rajmouli
Age
40
Country
For statehood of Telangana
B.R. Goud
B.R. Goud
Date
March 26, 2012
Name
B.R. Goud
Age
n/a
Pallavi
Pallavi
Date
March 27, 2012
Name
Pallavi
Age
17
Country
Died later in hospital.
Kalakanchi Ilaiah
Kalakanchi Ilaiah
Date
March 27, 2012
Name
Kalakanchi Ilaiah
Age
30
Country
Scrap dealer.
Lobsang Sherab
Lobsang Sherab
Date
March 28, 2012
Name
Lobsang Sherab
Age
20
Country
Tibet
Protesting
Political situation in Tibet
Notes and references
Monk of Kirti Monastery. In Ngaba, Amdo. Died on the spot.
K Uppalaiah
K Uppalaiah
Date
March 28, 2012
Name
K Uppalaiah
Age
30
Country
India
Protesting
For statehood of Telangana
Sripuram Srikanth
Sripuram Srikanth
Date
March 28, 2012
Name
Sripuram Srikanth
Age
23
Country
Died on March 30 at the Osmania General Hospital.
Tenpa Dhargyal (Darjey)
Tenpa Dhargyal (Darjey)
Date
March 30, 2012
Name
Tenpa Dhargyal (Darjey)
Age
22
Country
Tibet
Protesting
Political situation in Tibet
Notes and references
Monk of Tsodun monastery, Barkham, Amdo. Forcibly removed to hospital by Chinese security forces. Current status unknown.
Chimey Palden (Chime)
Chimey Palden (Chime)
Date
March 30, 2012
Name
Chimey Palden (Chime)
Age
21
Country
Monk of Tsodun monastery, Barkham, Amdo. Forcibly removed to hospital by Chinese security forces. Died later that day around midnight.
Shyamapuri Shankar
Shyamapuri Shankar
Date
March 30, 2012
Name
Shyamapuri Shankar
Age
24
Country
India
Protesting
For statehood of Telangana
Bandavath Suresh
Bandavath Suresh
Date
March 30, 2012
Name
Bandavath Suresh
Age
25
Country
Suffered 50% burns.
Tulku Athup
Tulku Athup
Date
April 6, 2012
Name
Tulku Athup
Age
47
Country
Tibet
Protesting
Political situation in Tibet
Notes and references
Rinpoche at his monastery. Self-immolated with his niece Atse at his home. Died at the scene.
Atse
Atse
Date
April 6, 2012
Name
Atse
Age
23
Country
Nun from Seda Larung Wuming Tibetan Buddhist Institute in Tawu. Self-immolated with her uncle in Tawu at his home. Died at the scene
Sonam
Sonam
Date
April 19, 2012
Name
Sonam
Age
20's
Country
Student from Barma. Self-immolated in Barma with his cousin Choepak Kyab. Died at the scene.
Choepak Kyab
Choepak Kyab
Date
April 19, 2012
Name
Choepak Kyab
Age
20's
Country
Student from Barma. Self-immolated in Barma with his cousin Sonam. Died at the scene.
Dorjee Tseten
Dorjee Tseten
Date
May 27, 2012
Name
Dorjee Tseten
Age
19
Country
Originally from Bora but was a waiter in Lhasa. Self-immolated in front of the Potala Palace in Lhasa alongside Dhargye. Died at the scene.
Dhargye
Dhargye
Date
May 27, 2012
Name
Dhargye
Age
25
Country
Originally from Ngaba but was a waiter in Lhasa. Self-immolated in front of the Potala palace in Lhasa alongside Dorjee Tseten. Died 41 days after the protest.
Rikyo
Rikyo
Date
May 30, 2012
Name
Rikyo
Age
33
Country
Mother of 2 and nomad. Self-immolated near the Jonang Monastery in Dzamthang. Died at the scene.
Tamding Thar
Tamding Thar
Date
June 15, 2012
Name
Tamding Thar
Age
50's
Country
Nomad from Chentsa. Self-immolated near a police station in Chentsa. Died at the scene.
Tenzin Khedup
Tenzin Khedup
Date
June 20, 2012
Name
Tenzin Khedup
Age
24
Country
Former monk turned nomad from Dzatoe. On a street in Dzatoe, Tenzin and Ngawang Norphel both waved the Tibetan flag and self-immolated. Died at the scene.
Ngawang Norphel
Ngawang Norphel
Date
June 20, 2012
Name
Ngawang Norphel
Age
22
Country
Nomad and carpenter from Dzatoe. On a street in Dzatoe, Ngawang and Tenzin Khedup both waved the Tibetan flag and self-immolated. Died 40 days after his protest.
Dickyi Choezom
Dickyi Choezom
Date
June 27, 2012
Name
Dickyi Choezom
Age
40's
Country
Businesswoman and mother of 2 from Yulshul. Self-immolated at the Dhondupling monastery. Last reported to be hospitalized.
Tsewang Dorjee
Tsewang Dorjee
Date
July 7, 2012
Name
Tsewang Dorjee
Age
22
Country
Nomad and vendor from Damshung. Self-immolated at a market in Damshung. Died later that night.
Moshe Silman
Moshe Silman
Date
July 14, 2012
Name
Moshe Silman
Age
57
Country
Israel
Protesting
Social justice march in Tel Aviv
Notes and references
Social justice activist, suffered 90% burns. Died July 20 in hospital.
Zion Vaknin
Zion Vaknin
Date
July 16, 2012
Name
Zion Vaknin
Age
46
Country
Social injustice protest
Protesting
At Beersheba's city hall, in protest of debts.
Lobsang Lozin
Lobsang Lozin
Date
July 17, 2012
Name
Lobsang Lozin
Age
18
Country
Tibet
Protesting
Political situation in Tibet
Notes and references
Monk from Gedhun Tashi Choeling Monastery in Barkham. Self-immolated in front of a Chinese government building in front of the monastery. Reported to walk 100 steps before he died from his burns.
Valentina Gerasimovna
Valentina Gerasimovna
Date
July 18, 2012
Name
Valentina Gerasimovna
Age
57
Country
Russia
Notes and references
A woman attempted to self-immolate at the public reception center of the ruling United Russia party in Novosibirsk. Earlier, she addressed the party's public reception center for legal advice as an apartment buyer. Died in a hospital.
Akiva Mafi
Akiva Mafi
Date
July 20, 2012
Name
Akiva Mafi
Age
45
Country
Israel
Protesting
Social injustice protest
Notes and references
Akiva Mafi (45) Disabled IDF veteran sets himself on fire in Yehud, on behalf of wounded veterans. Died August 1, 2012. New agency established to prevent more cases.
Đặng Thị Kim Liêng
Đặng Thị Kim Liêng
Date
July 30, 2012
Name
Đặng Thị Kim Liêng
Age
64
Country
Vietnam
Protesting
Against 2011 crackdown on Vietnamese youth activists
Notes and references
Tạ Phong Tần's mother. Self-immolated in the early morning. Died en route to the hospital.
Lobsang Tsultrim
Lobsang Tsultrim
Date
August 6, 2012
Name
Lobsang Tsultrim
Age
21
Country
Tibet
Protesting
Political situation in Tibet
Notes and references
Monk from Kirti Monastery. Self-immolated on a street in Ngaba that is known as "Hero Street". Died later that night.
Dolkar Kyi
Dolkar Kyi
Date
August 7, 2012
Name
Dolkar Kyi
Age
26
Country
Farmer and mother of 2. Self-immolated near the Tsoe Gaden Choeling Monastery in Kanlho. Died a few hours later.
Choepa
Choepa
Date
August 10, 2012
Name
Choepa
Age
24
Country
Nomad from Meruma. Self-immolated on a road in Meruma. Died on the way to the hospital.
Tashi
Tashi
Date
August 13, 2012
Name
Tashi
Age
21
Country
Former monk turned nomad from Ngaba. Self-immolated in Ngaba with Lungtok. Died a few hours later.
Lungtok
Lungtok
Date
August 13, 2012
Name
Lungtok
Age
20
Country
Monk from Kirti Monastery. Self-immolated in Ngaba on a road known as "Hero Street" with Tashi. Died a few hours later.
Lobsang Kelsang
Lobsang Kelsang
Date
August 27, 2012
Name
Lobsang Kelsang
Age
18
Country
Monk from Kirti Monastery in Ngaba. Self-immoalted near Kirti Monastery in Ngaba with Damchoe. Died later that night.
Dhamchoe
Dhamchoe
Date
August 27, 2012
Name
Dhamchoe
Age
17
Country
Former monk turned Nomad in Ngaba. Younger brother of Tenzin Choedron who self-immolated on February 10, 2012. Self-immoalted near Kirti Monastery in Ngaba with Lobsang Kelsang. Died later that night.
Passang Lhamo
Passang Lhamo
Date
September 13, 2012
Name
Passang Lhamo
Age
62
Country
China
Protesting
Retired government officer. Self-immolated in Beijing, China in front of the Ministry of housing and Urban-rural development. Status unknown.
Yungdrung
Yungdrung
Date
September 29, 2012
Name
Yungdrung
Age
29
Country
Tibet
Protesting
Farmer from Dzatoe. Self-immolated near a Chinese government building in Dzatoe. Died the next day.
Gudrub
Gudrub
Date
October 4, 2012
Name
Gudrub
Age
43
Country
Writer from Nangchu. Gone to exile in 2005 where he studied in Dharmsala where he returned to Tibet soon after. Known as "Youth of the Snow Realm" for his safety as his writings were about Tibets freedom. Self-immolated at a market in Nangchu. Died at the scene.
Sangay Gyatso
Sangay Gyatso
Date
October 6, 2012
Name
Sangay Gyatso
Age
26
Country
Nomad from Tsoe. Self-immolated near Dokar Monastery. Died at the scene.
Tamdrin Dorje
Tamdrin Dorje
Date
October 13, 2012
Name
Tamdrin Dorje
Age
50's
Country
Nomad and grandfather of a rinpoche. Self-immolated near the Tsoe Monastery. Died at the scene.
Lhamo Kyab
Lhamo Kyab
Date
October 20, 2012
Name
Lhamo Kyab
Age
27
Country
Farmer and nomad from Bora. Self-immolated near Bora temple. Died at the scene. Short film "Sons of Tibet" is based upon his life and his protest.
Dhondup
Dhondup
Date
October 23, 2012
Name
Dhondup
Age
60's
Country
Nomad from Labrang. Self-immolated at Labrang Monastery. Died at the scene.
Dorjee Rinchen
Dorjee Rinchen
Date
October 23, 2012
Name
Dorjee Rinchen
Age
58
Country
Farmer and bread vendor from Labrang. Self-immolated near a police station in Labrang. Died a few hours after.
Tsepo
Tsepo
Date
October 25, 2012
Name
Tsepo
Age
20
Country
Herder from Driru. Self-immolated near a Chinese government building with his cousin Tenzin. Status unknown.
Tenzin
Tenzin
Date
October 25, 2012
Name
Tenzin
Age
25
Country
Herder from Driru. Self-immolated near a Chinese government building with his cousin Tsepo. Status unknown.
Lhamo Tseten
Lhamo Tseten
Date
October 26, 2012
Name
Lhamo Tseten
Age
24
Country
Farmer and nomad from Sangchu. Self-immolated near a court in Sangchu. Died at the scene.
Thubwang Gyab
Thubwang Gyab
Date
October 26, 2012
Name
Thubwang Gyab
Age
23
Country
Nomad and father of 2 from Sangchu. Self-immolated near a bus stop in Sangchu. Died at the scene.
Dorjee Lhundrup
Dorjee Lhundrup
Date
November 4, 2012
Name
Dorjee Lhundrup
Age
25
Country
Thangka artist and father of 2 from Rebkong. Self-immolated near Rongwo monastery. Died at the scene.
Dorjee
Dorjee
Date
November 7, 2012
Name
Dorjee
Age
15
Country
Monk from Ngoshul Monastery. Self-immolated in Ngaba with Samdup and Dorjee Kyab. Died at the scene.
Samdup
Samdup
Date
November 7, 2012
Name
Samdup
Age
16
Country
Monk from Ngoshul Monastery. Self-immolated in Ngaba with Dorjee and Dorjee Kyab. Status unknown.
Dorjee Kyab
Dorjee Kyab
Date
November 7, 2012
Name
Dorjee Kyab
Age
16
Country
Monk from Ngoshul Monastery. Self-immolated in Ngaba with Dorjee and Samdup. Status unknown.
Tamding Tso
Tamding Tso
Date
November 7, 2012
Name
Tamding Tso
Age
23
Country
Nomad and mother of 1 from Rebkong. Self-immolated in Rebkong. Died at the scene
Tsegyal
Tsegyal
Date
November 7, 2012
Name
Tsegyal
Age
27
Country
Nomad and father of 2. Self-immolated near the Bankar village. Died 11 days after as Chinese authorities had arrested him for his protest and refused to give him medical treatment.
Kalsang Jinpa
Kalsang Jinpa
Date
November 8, 2012
Name
Kalsang Jinpa
Age
18
Country
Former monk turned Nomad from Rebkong. Self-immolated near the Rongwo Monastery. Died at the scene.
Gonpo Tsering
Gonpo Tsering
Date
November 10, 2012
Name
Gonpo Tsering
Age
19
Country
Nomad from Tsoe. Self-immolated near the Lushoe Village in Tsoe. Died 2 hours after protest.
Nyingkar Tashi
Nyingkar Tashi
Date
November 12, 2012
Name
Nyingkar Tashi
Age
24
Country
Nomad from Rebkong. Self-immolated in Rebkong. Died at the scene.
Nyingchak Bum
Nyingchak Bum
Date
November 12, 2012
Name
Nyingchak Bum
Age
18
Country
Nomad from Rebkong. Self-immolated in the middle of Rebkong. Died at the scene.
Khabum Gyal
Khabum Gyal
Date
November 15, 2012
Name
Khabum Gyal
Age
18
Country
Farmer and nomad from Rebkong. Self-immolated on a road known as Rongwo. Died at the scene.
Tenzin Dolma
Tenzin Dolma
Date
November 15, 2012
Name
Tenzin Dolma
Age
23
Country
Farmer from Rebkong. Self-immolated at a temple in Rebkong. Died at the scene.
David Alain
David Alain
Date
November 16, 2012
Name
David Alain
Age
38
Country
France
Protesting
Buddhist monk from England.
Sangdhak Tsering
Sangdhak Tsering
Date
November 17, 2012
Name
Sangdhak Tsering
Age
24
Country
Tibet
Protesting
Farmer and nomad from Tsekhog. Self-immolated in front of a Chinese government building. Died at the scene
Chagmo Kyi
Chagmo Kyi
Date
November 17, 2012
Name
Chagmo Kyi
Age
27
Country
Mother of 2 and taxi driver. Self-immolated in front of an office building in Rebkong. Died at the scene.
Wangchen Norbu
Wangchen Norbu
Date
November 19, 2012
Name
Wangchen Norbu
Age
25
Country
Farmer from Kangtsa. Self-immolated at the Kangtsa Gaden Choephelling Monastery. Died at the scene.
Tsering Dhondup
Tsering Dhondup
Date
November 20, 2012
Name
Tsering Dhondup
Age
34
Country
Farmer, nomad, and father of 3 from Labrang. Self-immolated in front of a gold mine in Labrang. Died at the scene.
Lubum Tsering
Lubum Tsering
Date
November 22, 2012
Name
Lubum Tsering
Age
18
Country
Nomad from Rebkong. Self-immolated at a popular street in Rebkong. Died at the scene.
Tamdrin Kyab
Tamdrin Kyab
Date
November 22, 2012
Name
Tamdrin Kyab
Age
23
Country
Former monk turned nomad from Kanlho. Self-immolated near the Luchu river. Died at the scene.
Tamdrin Dorjee
Tamdrin Dorjee
Date
November 23, 2012
Name
Tamdrin Dorjee
Age
29
Country
Herder from Tsekhog. Self-immolated near a Chinese government building in Tsekhog. Died at the scene.
Sangay Dolma
Sangay Dolma
Date
November 25, 2012
Name
Sangay Dolma
Age
17
Country
Nun from Gonshul Nunnery in Tsekhog. Self-immolated near a Chinese government building in Tsekhog. Died at the scene.
Wangyal
Wangyal
Date
November 26, 2012
Name
Wangyal
Age
18
Country
Student from Sertha. Self-immolated near a golden horse statue in the center of Sertha.
Kunchok Tsering
Kunchok Tsering
Date
November 26, 2012
Name
Kunchok Tsering
Age
18
Country
Nomad from Labrang. Self-immolated in front of a gold mine in Labrang. Died at the scene
Gonpo Tsering
Gonpo Tsering
Date
November 26, 2012
Name
Gonpo Tsering
Age
24
Country
Nomad and father of 3 from Luchu. Self-immolated at the Ala Deu-go monastery in Luchu. Died at the scene.
Kalsang Kyab
Kalsang Kyab
Date
November 27, 2012
Name
Kalsang Kyab
Age
24
Country
Nomad from Dzoge. Self-immolated in front of a Chinese government building. Died at the scene.
Sangay Tashi
Sangay Tashi
Date
November 27, 2012
Name
Sangay Tashi
Age
18
Country
Nomad from Sangkhog. Self-immolated in front of a Chinese government building in Sangkhog. Died at the scene.
Wande Khar
Wande Khar
Date
November 28, 2012
Name
Wande Khar
Age
21
Country
Nomad from Tsoe. Self-immolated in Tsoe county. Died at the scene.
Tsering Namgyal
Tsering Namgyal
Date
November 29, 2012
Name
Tsering Namgyal
Age
31
Country
Nomad, farmer, and father of 2 from Luchu. Self-immolated in front of a Chinese government building in Luchu. Died at the scene.
Kunchok Kyab
Kunchok Kyab
Date
November 30, 2012
Name
Kunchok Kyab
Age
29
Country
Nomad and father of 2 from Ngaba. Self-immolated at a gas station in Ngaba. Died at the scene.
Sangdag Kyab
Sangdag Kyab
Date
December 2, 2012
Name
Sangdag Kyab
Age
17
Country
Nomad and father of 1 from Bora. Self-immolated at Bora Temple. Survived with both legs amputated and imprisoned for 2 years.
Lobsang Gedhun
Lobsang Gedhun
Date
December 3, 2012
Name
Lobsang Gedhun
Age
29
Country
Monk from Penag Monastery in Pema. Self-immolated on the streets of Pema and reported to have walked 300 steps before dying from the burns.
Pema Dorjee
Pema Dorjee
Date
December 8, 2012
Name
Pema Dorjee
Age
23
Country
Nomad from Luchu. Self-immolated at Shitsang Monastery. Died at the scene.
Kunchok Phelgye
Kunchok Phelgye
Date
December 8, 2012
Name
Kunchok Phelgye
Age
24
Country
Monk from Sumdo Monastery in Dzoege. Self-immolated at the monastery. Died at the scene.
Wangchen Kyi
Wangchen Kyi
Date
December 9, 2012
Name
Wangchen Kyi
Age
17
Country
Student from Tsekhong. Self-immolated at her village in Tsekhong. Died at the scene.
Tsering Tashi
Tsering Tashi
Date
January 12, 2013
Name
Tsering Tashi
Age
22
Country
Nomad from Amchok. Self-immolated in Amchok town. Died at the scene.
Dupchok
Dupchok
Date
January 18, 2013
Name
Dupchok
Age
28
Country
Nomad from Ngaba. Self-immolated near a police station. Died at the scene.
Kunchok Kyab
Kunchok Kyab
Date
January 22, 2013
Name
Kunchok Kyab
Age
26
Country
Farmer and nomad from Bora. Self-immolated near the Bora Monastery. Died at the scene.
Lobsang Namgyal
Lobsang Namgyal
Date
February 3, 2013
Name
Lobsang Namgyal
Age
37
Country
Monk from Kirti Monastery in Ngaba. Self-immolated in Dzoge. Died at the scene.
Drukpa Khar
Drukpa Khar
Date
February 13, 2013
Name
Drukpa Khar
Age
26
Country
Nomad and father of 3 from Amchok. Self-immolated in Amchok. Died at the scene.
Drupchen Tsering
Drupchen Tsering
Date
February 13, 2013
Name
Drupchen Tsering
Age
25
Country
Nepal
Protesting
Rinpoche who arrived a month prior in Kathmandu. Self-immolated at the Boudhanath Stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal. Died later that day.
Namlha Tsering
Namlha Tsering
Date
February 17, 2013
Name
Namlha Tsering
Age
49
Country
Tibet
Protesting
Farmer and nomad from Labrang. Sat on a busy street in Labrang where he lit himself on fire. Died at the scene of his protest.
Trayan Marechkov
Trayan Marechkov
Date
February 18, 2013
Name
Trayan Marechkov
Age
26
Country
Bulgaria
Protesting
Part of the 2013 Bulgarian protests
Notes and references
Died on the spot, at a central crossroads, in front of the central office of a private bank in Veliko Tarnovo.
Rinchen
Rinchen
Date
February 19, 2012
Name
Rinchen
Age
17
Country
Tibet
Protesting
Political situation in Tibet
Notes and references
Student from Dzoge. Self-immolated at Dzoge with Sonam Dhargyal. Died at the scene.
Sonam Dhargyal
Sonam Dhargyal
Date
February 19, 2013
Name
Sonam Dhargyal
Age
18
Country
Student from Dzoge. Self-immolated at Dzoge with Rinchen. Died at the scene.
Plamen Goranov
Plamen Goranov
Date
February 20, 2013
Name
Plamen Goranov
Age
36
Country
Bulgaria
Protesting
Part of the 2013 Bulgarian protests against the Borisov cabinet
Notes and references
Protested corruption and monopolies, and demanded the resignation of Varna's mayor Kiril Yordanov and the Municipal Council. Mountain climber and photographer. Set himself alight in front of the Varna municipality. Died 11 days later in hospital.
Phagmo Dhondup
Phagmo Dhondup
Date
February 24, 2013
Name
Phagmo Dhondup
Age
24
Country
Tibet
Protesting
Political situation in Tibet
Notes and references
farmer from Tsapon. Self-immolated at the Chachung Monastery in Tsapon. Died a few hours later.
Tsesung Kyab
Tsesung Kyab
Date
February 24, 2013
Name
Tsesung Kyab
Age
20s
Country
Farmer and nomad from Luchu. Self-immolated at the Shistang Monastery. Died at the scene of his protest. His cousin Pema Dorjee self-immolated 2 months prior on December 8, 2012, at the same monastery.
Sangdag
Sangdag
Date
February 25, 2013
Name
Sangdag
Age
unknown
Country
Monk from Diphu Monastery in Ngaba. Self-immolated on a road in Ngaba. Status unknown.
Ventzislav Vasilev
Ventzislav Vasilev
Date
February 26, 2013
Name
Ventzislav Vasilev
Age
53
Country
Bulgaria
Protesting
Part of the 2013 Bulgarian protests
Notes and references
Father of five. Set himself on fire in Radnevo. Died in hospital two weeks later.
Kunchok Wangmo
Kunchok Wangmo
Date
March 13, 2013
Name
Kunchok Wangmo
Age
30's
Country
Tibet
Protesting
Political situation in Tibet
Notes and references
Housewife and mother of 1 from Dzoge. Self-immolated in Dzoge. Died at the scene.
Dimitar Dimitrov
Dimitar Dimitrov
Date
March 13, 2013
Name
Dimitar Dimitrov
Age
51
Country
Bulgaria
Protesting
Part of the 2013 Bulgarian protests
Notes and references
Set himself on fire in front of the Presidential Palace in Sofia. Hospitalized with life-threatening injuries.
Lobsang Thogmey
Lobsang Thogmey
Date
March 16, 2013
Name
Lobsang Thogmey
Age
28
Country
Tibet
Protesting
Political situation in Tibet
Notes and references
Monk from Kirti Monastery. Self-immolated at the monastery. Died after being taken to hospital.
Todor Yovchev
Todor Yovchev
Date
March 20, 2013
Name
Todor Yovchev
Age
40
Country
Bulgaria
Protesting
Part of the 2013 Bulgarian protests
Notes and references
Died on March 22
Kalkyi
Kalkyi
Date
March 24, 2013
Name
Kalkyi
Age
30
Country
Tibet
Protesting
Political situation in Tibet
Notes and references
Nomad and mother of 4 from Dzamthang. Self-immolated at the Jonang Monastery. Died at the scene
Lhamo Kyab
Lhamo Kyab
Date
March 25, 2013
Name
Lhamo Kyab
Age
43
Country
Forest keeper from Sangchu. Gathered a pile of logs, poured kerosene on the pile and himself. Proceeded to light the pile alight and then placed himself on top. Died at the scene
Kunchok Tenzin
Kunchok Tenzin
Date
March 26, 2013
Name
Kunchok Tenzin
Age
28
Country
Monk from Mokri Monastery in Luchu. Self-immolated at the monastery. Died at scene.
Jugtso
Jugtso
Date
April 16, 2013
Name
Jugtso
Age
20
Country
Mother of 1 from Dzamthang. Self-immolated near the Jonang Monastery in Dzamthang. Died at the scene.
Lobsang Dawa
Lobsang Dawa
Date
April 24, 2013
Name
Lobsang Dawa
Age
20
Country
Monk from Taktsang Lhamo Kirti Monastery in Dzorge county. Self-immolated alongside Kunchok Woeser at the monastery. Died at the scene.
Kunchok Woeser
Kunchok Woeser
Date
April 24, 2013
Name
Kunchok Woeser
Age
23
Country
Monk from Taktsang Lhamo Kirti Monastery in Dzorge county. Self-immolated alongside Lobsang Dawa at the monastery. Died at the scene.
Tenzin Sherab
Tenzin Sherab
Date
May 27, 2013
Name
Tenzin Sherab
Age
30
Country
Nomad from Yushu. Self-immolated near the Gyaring area of Yushu. Died at the scene.
Bowatte Indarathana
Bowatte Indarathana
Date
May 24, 2013
Name
Bowatte Indarathana
Age
30
Country
Sri Lanka
Protesting
Against the slaughtering of cattle and alleged conversion of Buddhists to minority religions in Sri Lanka
Wangchen Dolma
Wangchen Dolma
Date
June 11, 2013
Name
Wangchen Dolma
Age
31
Country
Tibet
Protesting
Political situation in Tibet
Notes and references
Nun from Yushu. Self-immolated outside Nyatso monastery in Yushu. Died on June 14, 2013.
Andrzej Filipiak
Andrzej Filipiak
Date
June 12, 2013
Name
Andrzej Filipiak
Age
56
Country
Poland
Protesting
Unemployed receiving no help from the state
Notes and references
Occurred across the street from the Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Poland
Kunchok Sonam
Kunchok Sonam
Date
July 20, 2013
Name
Kunchok Sonam
Age
18
Country
Tibet
Protesting
Political situation in Tibet
Notes and references
Monk from Thangkor Sogtsang Monastery in Dzoge. Self-immolated at his monastery. Died at the scene.
Karma Ngedon Gyatso
Karma Ngedon Gyatso
Date
August 6, 2013
Name
Karma Ngedon Gyatso
Age
38
Country
Nepal
Protesting
Monk from Yangpachen Monastery in Damshung, Tibet until Chinese authorities expelled him due to him being disabled. Arrived in Nepal in 2011. Self-immolated in Kathmandu at the Boudhanath Stupa. Died an hour after.
Shichung
Shichung
Date
September 28, 2013
Name
Shichung
Age
41
Country
Tibet
Protesting
Political situation in Tibet
Notes and references
Farmer, tailor, and father of 2 from Ngaba. Self-immolated in Ngaba. Died at the scene
Tsering Gyal
Tsering Gyal
Date
November 11, 2013
Name
Tsering Gyal
Age
20
Country
Monk from Akyong Monastery in Pema. Self-immolated in Pema county where he ran 10-12 yards towards a government building. Died later that day.
Kunchok Tseten
Kunchok Tseten
Date
December 3, 2013
Name
Kunchok Tseten
Age
30
Country
Nomad and father of 2 from Meruma in Ngaba. Self-immolated in Ngaba, died at the scene.
Tsultrim Gyatso
Tsultrim Gyatso
Date
December 19, 2013
Name
Tsultrim Gyatso
Age
44
Country
Monk from Amchok Monastery. Set himself on fire in Amchok, died at the scene
Phagmo Samdrup
Phagmo Samdrup
Date
February 5, 2014
Name
Phagmo Samdrup
Age
27
Country
Father of 2 and tantric practitioner from Tsekhog. Self-immolated near a school. Died a day after.
Lobsang Dorjee
Lobsang Dorjee
Date
February 13, 2014
Name
Lobsang Dorjee
Age
25
Country
Car wash owner from Ngaba. Self-immolated in Ngaba. Died 2 days later.
Jigme Tenzin
Jigme Tenzin
Date
March 16, 2014
Name
Jigme Tenzin
Age
29
Country
Monk from Sonag Monastery in Rebkong. Self-immolated outside Sonag Monastery, died at the scene.
Lobsang Palden
Lobsang Palden
Date
March 16, 2014
Name
Lobsang Palden
Age
23
Country
Monk from Kirti Monastery in Ngaba. Self-immolated in Ngaba. Died 5 days after.
Dolma
Dolma
Date
March 29, 2014
Name
Dolma
Age
29
Country
Nun from Kardze. Set herself on fire near Ba Choede Monastery in Kardze. Status unknown.
Unidentified man
Unidentified man
Date
April 9, 2014
Name
Unidentified man
Age
20s
Country
Australia
Protesting
Denial of application for refugee status
Notes and references
Survived.
Thinley Namgyal
Thinley Namgyal
Date
April 15, 2014
Name
Thinley Namgyal
Age
32
Country
Tibet
Protesting
Political situation in Tibet
Notes and references
Nomad and farmer. Set himself on fire in Kardze. Died at the scene.
Le Thi Tuyet Mai
Le Thi Tuyet Mai
Date
May 23, 2014
Name
Le Thi Tuyet Mai
Age
67
Country
Vietnam
Protesting
Chinese deployment of a giant oil rig in Vietnam.
Notes and references
Deputy head of executive committee of the Buddhist Youth movement in Ho Chi Minh City. Self-immolated at 5:30 am, died at the scene. Left banners saying "The Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam will survive side by side with the Vietnamese people! All together against Chinese invasion! I offer my body as a torch to light the path of all patriots! Support the Declaration of UBCV Patriarch Thich Quang Do to oppose China's invasion of Vietnamese waters and lands."
Leo Seemanpillai
Leo Seemanpillai
Date
May 31, 2014
Name
Leo Seemanpillai
Age
29
Country
Australia
Protesting
Difficulties in receiving approval for asylum claim
Notes and references
Died the following day.
Thu Hoang
Thu Hoang
Date
June 20, 2014
Name
Thu Hoang
Age
71
Country
United States
Protesting
In apparent response to the Hai Yang Shi You 981 standoff
Notes and references
Apparent protest by a Vietnamese man of a Chinese state-owned oil rig being placed into waters contested by Vietnam in the South China Sea
Charles R. Moore
Charles R. Moore
Date
June 23, 2014
Name
Charles R. Moore
Age
79
Country
Social injustice
Protesting
Set himself alight in a strip mall parking lot, died upon arrival at hospital.
Kunchok
Kunchok
Date
September 16, 2014
Name
Kunchok
Age
42
Country
Tibet
Protesting
Political situation in Tibet
Notes and references
Set self on fire in front of a police station. Believed to have died shortly after protest.
Lhamo Tashi
Lhamo Tashi
Date
September 17, 2014
Name
Lhamo Tashi
Age
22
Country
Student from Amchok. Previously involved in the 2008 Tibetan unrest. set himself on fire in Tsoe City. Died at the scene
Sangye Khar
Sangye Khar
Date
December 16, 2014
Name
Sangye Khar
Age
33
Country
Nomad and father of 2. Set himself on fire near a police station and died at the scene after walking a few steps while on fire.
Tsepey
Tsepey
Date
December 22, 2014
Name
Tsepey
Age
19
Country
Nomad from Meruma. Set herself on fire near a market in Ngaba. Died at the scene.
Kalsang Yeshi
Kalsang Yeshi
Date
December 23, 2014
Name
Kalsang Yeshi
Age
37
Country
Monk from Nyitso Monastery in Tawu. Set himself on fire near his monastery and a police station. Died at the scene. Left a picture of His Holiness the Dalai Lama with the caption "The Six Million Tibetans are waiting for you."
Norchuk
Norchuk
Date
March 5, 2015
Name
Norchuk
Age
47
Country
Nomad and mother of 3. Set herself on fire at her village. Died at the scene
Younes Asakere
Younes Asakere
Date
March 14, 2015
Name
Younes Asakere
Age
34
Country
Iran
Protesting
Discrimination of Ahwazi Arabs
Notes and references
Self-immolated after local authorities confiscated his vendor stall in Khorramshahr. Died on March 22. Inspired a mass protest which resulted in arrests of some 1,000 people and further self-immolations.
Yeshi Khandro
Yeshi Khandro
Date
April 8, 2015
Name
Yeshi Khandro
Age
47
Country
Tibet
Protesting
Political situation in Tibet
Notes and references
Nun in Kardze. Set herself on fire near a police station calling for the freedom in Tibet and the long life and return of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Tibet. Died shortly afterwards.
Neykyab
Neykyab
Date
April 15, 2015
Name
Neykyab
Age
45
Country
Father of 7 from Ngaba. Set himself on fire at his home and died at the scene. His brother in law Dhargye set himself on fire on May 27, 2012.
Tenzin Gyatso
Tenzin Gyatso
Date
May 20, 2015
Name
Tenzin Gyatso
Age
35
Country
Father of 4 from Tawu. Self-immolated in front of a government building, died shortly after.
Sangye Tso
Sangye Tso
Date
May 27, 2015
Name
Sangye Tso
Age
36
Country
Business owner and mother of 2. Set herself on fire in front of a government office in Tsoe. died at the scene. left a note saying "Long Live His Holiness the Dalai Lama, where is the panchen lama, and freedom for Tibetans!
Sonam Topgyal
Sonam Topgyal
Date
July 9, 2015
Name
Sonam Topgyal
Age
26
Country
monk from Nangchen county. Came to Kyegydo and set himself on fire in Gesar square. Died the following day. Left behind a note calling for the freedom of Tibet
Choi Yeon-yeol
Choi Yeon-yeol
Date
August 12, 2015
Name
Choi Yeon-yeol
Age
80
Country
South Korea
Protesting
Japanese colonization of Korea and military conduct during World War II
Notes and references
Set himself on fire in a flower bed near the Japanese embassy in Seoul during an anti-Japan protest by "comfort women" (survivors of World War II Japanese military brothels). Injuries sustained were not life-threatening. Condition Pending.
Tashi Kyi
Tashi Kyi
Date
August 27, 2015
Name
Tashi Kyi
Age
55
Country
Tibet
Protesting
Political situation in Tibet
Notes and references
Mother of 5. Self-immolated near her house in Sangchu and died at the scene. Her nephew Sangay Tashi self-immolated on November 27, 2012.
Shurmo
Shurmo
Date
September 17, 2015
Name
Shurmo
Age
26
Country
Self-immolated at a bus stop. Protest was hidden for 5 years by the Chinese government.
Khodayar Amini
Khodayar Amini
Date
October 18, 2015
Name
Khodayar Amini
Age
30
Country
Australia
Protesting
Australian refugee policy
Notes and references
Self-immolated in Melbourne during a video call to his advocates.
Erlan Bektibaev
Erlan Bektibaev
Date
October 24, 2015
Name
Erlan Bektibaev
Age
20
Country
Kazakhstan
Protesting
Social injustice
Notes and references
Doused himself with gasoline and set himself on fire on October 24 in front of the Taraz headquarters of the ruling party Nur Otan (now since 2022 Amanat) in Taraz. Bektibayev was rushed to hospital, but later died of his burns. He was buried in Aqsukent, Sayram District, Turkistan Region.
S. Erdene
S. Erdene
Date
November 13, 2015
Name
S. Erdene
Country
Mongolia
Protesting
Protest of coal mine being sold to China as well as employees being laid off by the government
Notes and references
Coal mine union leader. Called for a press conference where he doused himself with an accelerant and proceeded to set himself on fire. Suffered burns on 40% of his body.
Dorjee Tsering
Dorjee Tsering
Date
February 29, 2016
Name
Dorjee Tsering
Age
16
Country
India
Protesting
Political situation in Tibet
Notes and references
Died 3 days later in a New Delhi hospital. American presidential candidate Hillary Clinton held up his photograph while speaking to a Tibetan advocacy group.
Kalsang Wangdu
Kalsang Wangdu
Date
February 29, 2016
Name
Kalsang Wangdu
Age
18
Country
Tibet
Protesting
Political situation in Tibet
Notes and references
Monk in Kardze. Self-immolated calling for Tibet's independence. Died on the way to the hospital.
Charles Ingram
Charles Ingram
Date
March 19, 2016
Name
Charles Ingram
Age
51
Country
United States
Protesting
Corruption at the United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Notes and references
Military veteran walked nine miles to a military veteran hospital before self-immolated in the hospital's parking lot.
Sonam Tso
Sonam Tso
Date
March 23, 2016
Name
Sonam Tso
Age
50s
Country
Tibet
Protesting
Political situation in Tibet
Notes and references
Mother of 5. Self-immolated at Sera Monastery. Died at the scene.
Omid Masoumali
Omid Masoumali
Date
April 27, 2016
Name
Omid Masoumali
Age
23
Country
Nauru
Protesting
Australian refugee policy
Notes and references
Iranian refugee self-immolated at an Australian refugee detention camp during a visit to the camp by representatives of a UNHCR fundraising arm (Australia for UNHCR) who told the refugees to expect to remain on Nauru for "another ten years". After more than 24 hours without adequate medical attention he was airlifted by private contractor to Brisbane, Australia where he died on 29 April 2016 from his burns.
Hodan Yasi
Hodan Yasi
Date
May 2, 2016
Name
Hodan Yasi
Age
21
Country
In an Australian refugee detention camp. Woman from Somalia (variously referred to as Hadon/Hodan and Yasin/Yasi) was airlifted from Nauru to Brisbane but her condition as at late May 2016 is shrouded in secrecy. It seems she may still be alive, since her death would have to be reported under Queensland Law and an inquest into her death held as she would be deemed to be a "Death in Custody" had she died.[citation needed]
Tashi Rabten
Tashi Rabten
Date
December 8, 2016
Name
Tashi Rabten
Age
33
Country
Tibet
Protesting
Political situation in Tibet
Notes and references
Nomad and father of 3. Self-immolated in Machu, died at the scene after taking a few steps while on fire. His younger cousin Tsering Kyi also self-immolated on March 3, 2012.
Unknown man
Unknown man
Date
February 11, 2017
Name
Unknown man
Age
unknown
Country
Sudan
Protesting
Protest against Omar Al-Bashir
Notes and references
Shouted "I am Sudanese and Bashir is a dictator!" before setting himself on fire. Reported to survive
Pema Gyaltsen
Pema Gyaltsen
Date
March 18, 2017
Name
Pema Gyaltsen
Age
24
Country
Tibet
Protesting
Political situation in Tibet
Notes and references
Farmer from Nyarong. Shouted that Tibet had no freedom and for His Holiness the Dalai Lama return to Tibet while on fire. Status unknown
Wangchuk Tseten
Wangchuk Tseten
Date
April 15, 2017
Name
Wangchuk Tseten
Age
30
Country
Layman and father of 3. Self-immolated in Kardze. Status unknown but likely deceased
Chakdor Kyab
Chakdor Kyab
Date
May 2, 2017
Name
Chakdor Kyab
Age
16
Country
Farmer and student from Bora. Self-immolated on Bora monastery shouting "Tibet wants freedom! Let His Holiness the Dalai Lama come back to Tibet! Victory to the Gods!" Status unknown
Jamyang Losal
Jamyang Losal
Date
May 18, 2017
Name
Jamyang Losal
Age
24
Country
Monk from Chentsa. Self-immolated near a concert. Died soon afterwards.
Unknown
Unknown
Date
May 19, 2017
Name
Unknown
Age
54
Country
Germany
Protesting
Islamization of Germany
Notes and references
Died in hospital. Police said the man had scrawled slogans on his car along the lines of "Never again war on German soil" and "Amri is only the tip of the iceberg" — a reference to Anis Amri, the Tunisian who attacked a Christmas market in Berlin and whom authorities had previously been unable to deport.
Tenzin Choeying
Tenzin Choeying
Date
July 15, 2017
Name
Tenzin Choeying
Age
20
Country
India
Protesting
Political situation in Tibet
Notes and references
Suffered 50% burns. Died nine days later from his injuries.
Pasang Dhondup
Pasang Dhondup
Date
July 29, 2017
Name
Pasang Dhondup
Age
49
Country
Died in Dharamshala
Zdenek Hanzlik
Zdenek Hanzlik
Date
September 21, 2017
Name
Zdenek Hanzlik
Age
60
Country
New Zealand
Protesting
Family Court Injustices
Notes and references
Zdenek "Sid" Hanzlik self-immolated outside the New Zealand Parliament Buildings protesting injustices in the Family Court, where he was engaged in an ongoing legal battle relating to access to his children. He was taken to Wellington Hospital, where he later succumbed to his injuries.
Piotr Szczęsny
Piotr Szczęsny
Date
October 19, 2017
Name
Piotr Szczęsny
Age
54
Country
Poland
Protesting
Rule of Law and Justice political party
Notes and references
Leaflets were strewn around him on the ground outside of the Palace of Culture and Science, and a speaker was broadcasting a song by a 1990s Polish rock band titled "I love freedom".
Tenga
Tenga
Date
November 26, 2017
Name
Tenga
Age
63
Country
Tibet
Protesting
Political situation in Tibet
Notes and references
Respected monk from Kardze. Shouted "We want freedom in Tibet!" before self-immolating. Died shortly after. His picture was shown by Hollywood actor Richard Gere during a conference
Konpe
Konpe
Date
December 23, 2017
Name
Konpe
Age
30
Country
Former monk turned nomad. Self-immolated in Ngaba and died the following day.
Dmitry Rudov
Dmitry Rudov
Date
January 15, 2018
Name
Dmitry Rudov
Age
39
Country
Russia
Protesting
Corruption of government
Notes and references
After being sacked from Gazprom's subsidiary and unsuccessfully appealing to President Putin, he set himself on fire in front of Ishimbay's City Hall in Bashkortostan. Died in hospital the next day.
Tsekho Tugchak
Tsekho Tugchak
Date
March 7, 2018
Name
Tsekho Tugchak
Age
44
Country
Tibet
Protesting
Political situation in Tibet
Notes and references
Nomad in Ngaba. 2 brothers were tortured and killed by the Chinese police for participating in the 2008 Tibetan unrest. Tsekho set himself on fire after shouting slogans and died at the scene.
David Buckel
David Buckel
Date
April 14, 2018
Name
David Buckel
Age
60
Country
United States
Protesting
Climate change and pollution
Notes and references
In a note sent to The New York Times and other news outlets, along with a copy attached to a shopping cart near his body he stated fossil fuel use and the environmental destruction it causes as the reason he decided to end his life by self-immolation with fossil fuels. Buckel was a prominent lawyer for gay rights, and was involved in environmental causes.
Fathi Harb
Fathi Harb
Date
May 20, 2018
Name
Fathi Harb
Age
20
Country
Palestine
Protesting
Economic situation in Gaza
Notes and references
Died on May 23.
Unidentified man
Unidentified man
Date
May 29, 2018
Name
Unidentified man
Age
35
Country
Germany
Protesting
Denial of asylum claim
Notes and references
Iranian asylum seeker set self on fire in government building in Göppingen after showing staff a letter denying him asylum. Listed in serious condition.
Chloe Sagal
Chloe Sagal
Date
June 20, 2018
Name
Chloe Sagal
Age
31
Country
United States
Protesting
Homelessness and mental health issues
Notes and references
Several days after threatening self-harm with a machete, Sagal walked into a downtown Oregon Park, read a statement regarding homelessness and mental health before covering herself with fluid and setting herself alight.
John Watts
John Watts
Date
June 26, 2018
Name
John Watts
Age
58
Country
Corruption at the United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Protesting
Military veteran self-immolated on the steps of the Georgia state Capitol to protest corruption at the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.
Vatan Karabash
Vatan Karabash
Date
August 3, 2018
Name
Vatan Karabash
Age
47–48
Country
Crimea (disputed)
Protesting
Russian annexation of Crimea and repressions of the Crimean Tatars
Notes and references
Karabash set himself on fire in public, declaring Russia policies to be lawless; he had previously expressed anger at plans for demolition of Crimean Tatar houses in Russian-annexed Crimea, which had been deemed "illegal" since they were built before deported Crimean Tatars were permitted to return. Bystanders put out the flames and the injuries were reported to be non-fatal.
Unknown
Unknown
Date
August 15, 2018
Name
Unknown
Age
50s
Country
United Kingdom
Protesting
Homelessness
Notes and references
A woman in her fifties (later identified under the pseudonym "Melanie Smith"), under threat of eviction and suffering from mental health issues set herself on fire at the housing office of Barnet London Borough Council. She died in intensive care several months later, with council employees reportedly having been ordered not to discuss the incident with journalists.
Nicholas McCrary
Nicholas McCrary
Date
September 19, 2018
Name
Nicholas McCrary
Age
29
Country
United States
Protesting
Involuntary celibacy and mental health
Notes and references
McCrary was a prolific YouTuber who had autism and whose videos were popular with "blackcels" (black incels). He also used the pseudonym Baraka Mckray, and accused black women of being "prejudiced" against autistic men such as himself.
Umit Acar
Umit Acar
Date
September 27, 2018
Name
Umit Acar
Age
26
Country
Germany
Protesting
Against the imprisonment of Abdullah Öcalan
Notes and references
Self-immolated in Ingolstadt, as Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was to visit Germany.
Dopo
Dopo
Date
November 4, 2018
Name
Dopo
Age
23
Country
Tibet
Protesting
Political situation in Tibet
Notes and references
Nomad in Ngaba. Shouted "May His Holiness the Dalai Lama live long! May we soon behold his golden countenance!" and set self ablaze after. Died at the scene
Mahsun Özen
Mahsun Özen
Date
November 28, 2018
Name
Mahsun Özen
Age
21
Country
Turkey
Protesting
Treatment of Kurds in Turkey
Notes and references
Self-immolated on the anniversary of the Roboski airstrike in which 34 Kurds died
Drugko
Drugko
Date
December 8, 2018
Name
Drugko
Age
22
Country
Tibet
Protesting
Political situation in Tibet
Notes and references
Former monk turned nomad. Self-immolated in Ngaba. Status unknown.
Gedhun Gyatso
Gedhun Gyatso
Date
December 9, 2018
Name
Gedhun Gyatso
Age
16
Country
Monk in Ngaba. Self-immolated in Ngaba, died shortly afterwards
Abdel Razaq Zorgi
Abdel Razaq Zorgi
Date
December 24, 2018
Name
Abdel Razaq Zorgi
Age
32
Country
Tunisia
Protesting
Unemployment and economic situation in Tunisia
Notes and references
Journalist based in Kasserine. Made a video minutes before protest where he urged called for the unemployed to revolt. Died the same day after taken to a hospital.[citation needed]
Unknown
Unknown
Date
January 18, 2019
Name
Unknown
Age
54
Country
Czech Republic
Protesting
In memory of Jan Palach who burned himself to death in 1969, protesting the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
Notes and references
Suffered 30% burns after setting himself on fire at the central Wenceslas Square of Prague on the 50th anniversary of Jan Palach's death from his self-immolation protest against the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia. According to Czech authorities, "he said it was only a remembrance to Jan Palach".
Uğur Şakar
Uğur Şakar
Date
February 20, 2019
Name
Uğur Şakar
Age
43
Country
Germany
Protesting
Against the imprisonment of Abdullah Öcalan
Notes and references
Self-immolated in front of the Court in Krefeld, Germany; died in hospital a month later
Arnav Gupta
Arnav Gupta
Date
May 29, 2019
Name
Arnav Gupta
Age
33
Country
United States
Protesting
Unknown
Notes and references
An Indian-origin resident of Bethesda, Maryland died in hospital that day after setting himself on fire near the White House in Washington, D.C. while wearing a USA T-shirt. The Washington Post described his actions as "an unmistakable protest, the loudest, most spectacular cry that people in pain can come up with".
Kim (surname)
Kim (surname)
Date
July 19, 2019
Name
Kim (surname)
Age
78
Country
South Korea
Protesting
A man used 20 liters of fuel to set himself on fire in his car in the early morning outside the Japanese embassy in Seoul. He died several hours later in the hospital.
Sahar Khodayari
Sahar Khodayari
Date
September 9, 2019
Name
Sahar Khodayari
Age
29
Country
Iran
Protesting
The right for women in Iran to attend a football match alongside men
Notes and references
The Iranian female football fan died one week after setting herself on fire outside an Iranian court, reportedly after learning she may have to serve a six-month sentence for trying to enter a football stadium (alongside men).
Albert Razin
Albert Razin
Date
September 10, 2019
Name
Albert Razin
Age
79
Country
Russia
Protesting
The declining status and use of the Udmurt language in Russia.
Notes and references
The scholar and activist set himself on fire outside the State Council building in Izhevsk, Udmurt Republic, as the regional government was considering passing a bill to reduce the status of the indigenous Udmurt language in the republic. Razin died the same day.
Ali Wazir
Ali Wazir
Date
October 23, 2019
Name
Ali Wazir
Age
31
Country
Switzerland
Protesting
In protest of the Turkish invasion of Syria
Notes and references
A Syrian Kurdish man set himself on fire in front of the seat of the UNHCR in Geneva.
Anas K.
Anas K.
Date
November 10, 2019
Name
Anas K.
Age
22
Country
France
Protesting
Student living costs, fascism, neoliberalism
Notes and references
A 22-year-old man enrolled at Lyon 2 University set himself on fire in front of a university restaurant in response to being unable to sustain himself on €450 a month. In a post on Facebook, he blamed Emmanuel Macron, François Hollande, Nicolas Sarkozy and the EU for having "killed" him, and also attacked Marine Le Pen and media figures for creating fear, also urging readers to "Fight against the rise of fascism which divides us, and against liberalism which creates inequalities". He was admitted to hospital with 90% burns over his body.
Yonten
Yonten
Date
November 26, 2019
Name
Yonten
Age
24
Country
Tibet
Protesting
Political situation in Tibet
Notes and references
Tibetan nomad. Formerly monk at Kirti Monastery. Self-immolated in Ngaba. Died at the scene
| Date | Name | Age | Country | Protesting | Notes and references |
| February 20, 2010 | Siripur Yadaiah | 19 | India | For statehood of Telangana | Student. Self immolated at the main gate of Osmania University, Hyderabad. Died the next day in hospital. |
| July 31, 2010 | Eshan Reddy | 20s | Student. Self-immolated as an offering for a deity for the cause of statehood. | ||
| September 10, 2010 | Ye Zhongcheng | 79 | China | Forced demolition of their home | Zhongcheng self-immolated with two family members and died on September 18. |
| December 17, 2010 | Tarek el-Tayeb Mohamed Bouazizi | 26 | Tunisia | Corruption in government | Inspired the Tunisian revolution leading to ouster of President Ben Ali and further revolutions of the Arab Spring. Survived until he died on January 4, 2011. |
| January 7, 2011 | Hosni Kalaya | 40 | Tunisia | Corruption in government | Inspired by Bouazizi's self-immolation. Survived. |
| January 16, 2011 | Venugopala Reddy | 20s | India | For statehood of Telangana | MCA student immolated himself near his university auditorium,died on the spot. |
| January 16, 2011 | Mohsen Bouterfif | – | Algeria | Unemployment and housing | Inspired by Bouazizi's self-immolation in Tunisia. |
| January 16, 2011 | Bhavani | 18 | India | For statehood of Telangana | |
| January 17, 2011 | Yacoub Ould Dahoud | 43 | Mauritania | Political situation in Mauritania | |
| January 23, 2011 | Unnamed man | 60s | Saudi Arabia | Political situation in Saudi Arabia | |
| February 21, 2011 | Mustafa | 40 | India | For statehood of Telangana | |
| March 16, 2011 | Rigzin Phuntsog | 21 | Tibet | Political situation in Tibet | Monk of Kirti Monastery. In Ngaba, Amdo. Beaten by police before they extinguished the flames. Died in hospital. |
| June 15, 2011 | Thomas James Ball | 58 | United States | Father's rights and family court injustice | Self immolated on the steps of a family courthouse in New Hampshire. Died on the spot.[citation needed] |
| June 30, 2011 | Aidar Saparov | Kazakhstan | Negligence by police, social injustice | As protest to the unsolved murder of his nephew and negligence of the Police regarding the case, self-immolated in the Alga, Aktobe Region Prosecutor General's office, ran outside the building. Bystanders took out the fire, and Saparov was rushed to the hospital. He survived. | |
| August 15, 2011 | Tsewang Norbu | 29 | Tibet | Political situation in Tibet | Monk of Nyitso monastery in Kham Tawu. In Tawu. Died soon afterwards. |
| August 28, 2011 | Senkodi | 27 | India | Convictions in the Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi case | A Tamil woman immolated herself in front of a tahsil office at Kanchipuram to protest death sentences of A. G. Perarivalan, V. Sriharan (alias Murugan), and T. Suthendraraja (alias Santhan). She died the same day. |
| September 16, 2011 | Apostolos Polyzonis | 55 | Greece | European sovereign-debt crisis | Self-immolated in front of a bank in Thessaloniki. |
| September 23, 2011 | Andrzej Żydek | 49 | Poland | Opposition to the Civic Platform government | Occurred in front of the Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Poland. A letter to Donald Tusk was found attached to a bench in the park. |
| September 26, 2011 | Lobsang Kelsang | 18 | Tibet | Political situation in Tibet | Monk from Kirti Monastery in Ngaba. Self-immolated on the streets of Ngaba alongside Lobsang Kunchok. Survived but was imprisoned for 6 years |
| September 26, 2011 | Lobsang Kunchok | 18 | Monk from Kirti Monastery in Ngaba. Self-immolated on the streets of Ngaba alongside Lobsang Kelsang. Survived with leg amputated and imprisoned for 6 years. | ||
| October 3, 2011 | Kelsang Wangchuk | 17 | Monk from Kirti Monastery in Ngaba. Self-immolated on the streets of Ngaba. Status unknown. | ||
| October 7, 2011 | Khaying | 18 | Former monk turned nomad. Self-immolated on the streets of Ngaba alongside Choephel. Died the next day. | ||
| October 7, 2011 | Choephel | 19 | Former monk turned nomad. Self-immolated on the streets of Ngaba alongside Khaying. Died 4 days later. | ||
| October 15, 2011 | Norbu Dramdul | 19 | Former monk turned Nomad. Self-immolated on the streets of Ngaba. Died on January 5, 2012. | ||
| October 17, 2011 | Tenzin Wangmo | 20 | Nun from Mame Dechen Chokorling Nunnery in Ngaba. Self-immolated at the intersection of Sancta bridge and the nunnery. Died 10 minutes after at the scene. | ||
| October 25, 2011 | Dawa Tsering | 38 | Monk from Kandze Monastery. Self-immolated at the monastery. Status unknown but presumed dead. | ||
| November 3, 2011 | Palden Choetso | 35 | Nun from Geden Choeling Nunnery in Tawu. Self-immolated on the same exact spot Tsewang Norbu stood on 3 months prior. Whilst burning, she stood completely still whilst praying before she died. | ||
| November 4, 2011 | Sherab Tsedor | 25 | Self-immolated in front of Chinese embassy in New Delhi, India. Survived | ||
| November 10, 2011 | Bhutuk | 40 | Nepal | Survived. | |
| December 1, 2011 | Tenzin Phuntsok | 46 | Tibet | Former monk turned farmer from Chamdo. Self-immolated in Chamdo. Died 5 days later. | |
| January 6, 2012 | Tennyi | 20 | Former monk turned nomad from Ngaba. Self-immolated at a hotel courtyard in Ngaba alongside Tsultrim. Died at the scene | ||
| January 6, 2012 | Tsultrim | 20 | Former monk turned nomad from Ngaba. Self-immolated at a hotel courtyard in Ngaba alongside Tennyi. Died the day after | ||
| January 8, 2012 | Lama Sopa | 42 | Rinpoche from Darlag. Self-immolated at a hotel courtyard in Darlag. Died at the scene. | ||
| January 14, 2012 | Lobsang Jamyang | 21 | Former monk turned nomad from Ngaba. Self-immolated in the middle of Ngaba. Died shortly after. | ||
| February 8, 2012 | Rigzin Dorjee | 19 | Former monk turned nomad from Ngaba. Self-immolated near a school in Ngaba. Died at the scene. | ||
| February 9, 2012 | Sonam Rabyang | 42 | Monk from Lab Monastery in Tridu. Self-immolated on the main road of Tridu. Survived but both legs amputated. | ||
| February 10, 2012 | Tenzin Choedron | 18 | Nun from Mame Dechen Chokorling nunnery in Ngaba. Self-immolated near a temple. Died at the scene. | ||
| February 13, 2012 | Lobsang Gyatso | 19 | Monk from Kirti Monastery in Ngaba. Self-immolated in Ngaba county. Survived but was imprisoned for 5 years. | ||
| February 17, 2012 | Damchoe Sangpo | 38 | Monk from Bongthak Monastery. Self-immolated at the monastery. Died at the scene. | ||
| February 19, 2012 | Nangdrol | 18 | Student from Dzamthang. Self-immolated in Dzamthang county. Died at the scene. | ||
| March 3, 2012 | Tsering Kyi | 20 | Student and nomad from Nyima. Self-immolated at a market in Nyima. Whilst Chinese merchants threw stones at her in disgust, she held her fist up representing unity and freedom. Died at the scene. | ||
| March 4, 2012 | Rinchen Kyi | 32 | Mother of 4 and herder from Ngaba. Self-immolated near the Kirti Monastery in Ngaba. Died at the scene. | ||
| March 5, 2012 | Dorjee | 18 | Nomad from Chara. Self-immolated near a Chinese office in Chara. Died at the scene. | ||
| March 10, 2012 | Gepey | 18 | Monk from Kirti Monastery in Ngaba. Self-immolated near a military camp in Ngaba. Died at the scene. | ||
| March 14, 2012 | Jamyang Palden | 34 | Monk from Rongpo Monastery in Rebkong. Self-immolated outside the Rongpo Monastery and lit himself on fire. Died on September 29. | ||
| March 16, 2012 | Lobsang Tsultrum | 20 | Monk from Kirti Monastery in Ngaba. Self-immolated in Ngaba. Died 3 days after. Cousin of Norbu Damdrul who self-immolated on October 15, 2011. | ||
| March 17, 2012 | Sonam Thargyal (Dargye, Dhargay) | 44 | Farmer in Rebkong, Amdo. Died on the spot. | ||
| March 24, 2012 | L Bhoja Naik | 21 | India | For statehood of Telangana | MBA student self-immolated in front of his college. Died on the spot. |
| March 26, 2012 | Jamphel Yeshi | 27 | Political situation in Tibet | Layperson in Delhi. Died 2 days later in hospital. |
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Adem Yarıcı
Adem Yarıcı
Date
February 7, 2020
Name
Adem Yarıcı
Age
42
Country
Turkey
Protesting
Unemployment in Turkey
Notes and references
42-year-old unemployed man, father of two, set himself on fire in front of Hatay governor's office. Witnesses said that he shouted "My kids are hungry!" before setting himself ablaze. He died on the same day. The governor claimed that Yarıcı divorced from his wife a while ago, had mental illness and attempt to self-immolate before.
Unknown
Unknown
Date
June 16, 2020
Name
Unknown
Age
48
Country
Poland
Protesting
Unknown; reportedly said there is "no justice" to police at the scene
Notes and references
A 48-year-old man set himself on fire shortly after talking to journalists outside of the Sejm building in Warsaw, Poland.
Arie den Dekker
Arie den Dekker
Date
July 27, 2020
Name
Arie den Dekker
Age
54
Country
Netherlands
Protesting
Murder witness, removed from family, turned homeless
Notes and references
Den Dekker had witnessed a murder in 2018. Following this, his house was torched multiple times and he was put into a witness protection program. Unable to be with his family and having his pleas ignored by the municipality and the government, Den Dekker protested in front of Oss' city hall multiple times, throwing dead fish inside, dousing himself in cow feces and committing other acts of despair on multiple occasions. On July 27 he committed suicide by self-immolation in front of the city hall.
Yavuz Polat
Yavuz Polat
Date
August 3, 2020
Name
Yavuz Polat
Age
46
Country
Turkey
Protesting
Economical issues
Notes and references
A 47-year-old street vendor from Erzincan set himself on fire after the police wanted him to remove his corn stall. He died on August 27.
Fikret Güven
Fikret Güven
Date
August 14, 2020
Name
Fikret Güven
Country
Turkey
Protesting
Economical issues
Notes and references
A tea maker set himself on fire in front of the Bursa governorship after the police closed the roads to his shop.
Syarhei Radchenya
Syarhei Radchenya
Date
September 18, 2020
Name
Syarhei Radchenya
Age
36
Country
Belarus
Protesting
Fraudulent election and follow-on police abuse and brutality against protests in Belarus.
Notes and references
36-year-old Syarhei Radchenya set himself on fire in Smalavichy, Belarus, near the local police department. According to the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Syarhei poured gasoline over himself from a canister and set it on fire after which an employee ran out of the district department building and put out the fire. Syarhei was hospitalized in critical condition with burns on 84% of his body surface, including the respiratory tract. He died on September 25, 2020, as a result of his injuries.
Irina Slavina
Irina Slavina
Date
October 2, 2020
Name
Irina Slavina
Age
47
Country
Russia
Protesting
Journalist; her apartment was searched the day before by the police alleging her ties to the Open Russia group
Notes and references
Russian journalist Irina Slavina set herself on fire in front of the Interior Ministry office in Nizhniy Novgorod. She died there of the resulting burns.
Leroy Archie Ponpon
Leroy Archie Ponpon
Date
November 2, 2020
Name
Leroy Archie Ponpon
Country
Liberia
Protesting
Chief Justice refusing months of salary for workers
Notes and references
Led several protests prior to self-immolation date. Survived.
Liu Jin
Liu Jin
Date
January 11, 2021
Name
Liu Jin
Age
48
Country
China
Protesting
Employers refusing to make payment as well as fair treatment for delivery workers
Notes and references
Delivery worker in Taizhou. Asked for payment from employers but was denied. Set fire shortly afterwards. Died soon after.
Halil S.
Halil S.
Date
February 12, 2021
Name
Halil S.
Age
49
Country
Germany
Protesting
Against the detention conditions of Abdullah Öcalan
Notes and references
He set himself on fire in front of the Landtag in Dresden. Died soon after.
Itzik Saidyan [he]
Itzik Saidyan [he]
Date
April 12, 2021
Name
Itzik Saidyan [he]
Age
26
Country
Israel
Protesting
Government treatment of disabled veterans
Notes and references
He set himself on fire in front of the Defense Ministry's rehabilitation department offices in Petah Tikva that handles the rehabilitation of injured soldiers, two days before the annual Memorial Day. Saidyan fought in the 2014 war in Gaza, Operation Protective Edge, and suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder.
Behzad Mahmoudi
Behzad Mahmoudi
Date
May 18, 2021
Name
Behzad Mahmoudi
Age
25
Country
Iraq
Protesting
Poor treatment and living conditions of refugees
Notes and references
Asylum seeker from Iran. Self-immolated in front of journalists. Died on May 23, 2021.
Ella Nik Bayan
Ella Nik Bayan
Date
September 14, 2021
Name
Ella Nik Bayan
Age
40
Country
Germany
Protesting
Transphobia and treatment of immigrants
Notes and references
40 year old trans woman who burned herself publicly in Alexanderplatz square, Berlin. Ella had immigrated from Iran years earlier.
Unknown
Unknown
Date
January 1, 2022
Name
Unknown
Country
Australia
Protesting
Vaccine ID and mandates
Notes and references
He set himself on fire on Church St. in Richmond, Victoria, sustaining life-threatening injuries. The man was stopped by paramedics and police.
Tsewang Norbu
Tsewang Norbu
Date
February 25, 2022
Name
Tsewang Norbu
Age
25
Country
Tibet
Protesting
Political situation in Tibet
Notes and references
Popular Tibetan singer from Nangchu. Self-immolated in front of the Potala Palace in Lhasa. Died in the hospital a few days later.
Taphun
Taphun
Date
March 27, 2022
Name
Taphun
Age
81
Country
Nomad from Meruma nomadic village in Ngaba. Self-immolated in front of a police station near Kirti Monastery. Died a few hours after.
Tsering Samdup
Tsering Samdup
Date
March 30, 2022
Name
Tsering Samdup
Country
Self-immolated near a monastery in Kyegudo. Status unknown.
Wynn Bruce
Wynn Bruce
Date
April 22, 2022
Name
Wynn Bruce
Age
54
Country
United States
Protesting
Protesting climate change inaction
Notes and references
Man from Boulder, Colorado self-immolated in front of the Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C. Died from injuries. Described himself as a Buddhist and climate activist.
Krishanpal
Krishanpal
Date
May 18, 2022
Name
Krishanpal
Age
52
Country
India
Protesting
Police inaction
Notes and references
He set himself ablaze outside an SSP office alleging police inaction over a complaint he filed against some people for destroying his crops.
Unknown monk
Unknown monk
Date
June, 2022
Name
Unknown monk
Country
Tibet
Protesting
Political situation in Tibet
Notes and references
Monk from Kanhlo prefecture in Gansu. Self-immolated in front of a portrait of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Died at the scene.
Unknown
Unknown
Date
September 21, 2022
Name
Unknown
Age
70s
Country
Japan
Protesting
Funeral of Shinzo Abe
Notes and references
A man in his 70s set himself on fire near the Prime Minister's Official Residence in protest of the decision to hold an official state funeral for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Prem Prasad Acharya
Prem Prasad Acharya
Date
January 24, 2023
Name
Prem Prasad Acharya
Age
37
Country
Nepal
Protesting
Corruption in Nepal as well as his unsuccessful business career
Notes and references
Died 3 days after.
Unknown
Unknown
Date
January 31, 2023
Name
Unknown
Age
58
Country
Brazil
Protesting
Supreme Federal Court
Notes and references
The 58-year-old native of Botucatu, São Paulo set fire to his own body in the central median of the Esplanade of the Ministries and shouted against Alexandre de Moraes, saying "morte ao Xandão" (lit. 'death to Xandão'). Alongside the man, papers with photos of Johann Georg Elser, Nelson Mandela, and Claus von Stauffenberg were found; all images were accompanied by the phrase "perdeu, mané [pt]" (lit. 'you lost, dude'), previously used by Luís Roberto Barroso. He remained hospitalized for two days and died on 2 February.
Chet Bohrer
Chet Bohrer
Date
March 1, 2023
Name
Chet Bohrer
Age
42
Country
United States
Protesting
Bullying and mental health
Notes and references
42 year old resident of Salt Lake City, Utah set himself on fire at Bancroft Way and Telegraph Ave on the UC Berkeley campus. He had no known affiliation with the university. Bohrer died in the hospital from his injuries days later. He claimed to have been bullied and spied on by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
Ahmed Jaouad
Ahmed Jaouad
Date
March 27, 2023
Name
Ahmed Jaouad
Age
61
Country
Morocco
Protesting
Precarity, insufficient pension fund
Notes and references
A Moroccan playwright died six days after setting himself on fire following a failed hunger strike in hopes of raising his pension fund from his thirty years of service at the Moroccan Ministry of Culture which was insufficient to provide for his family. Jaouad's wife and children were awarded financial compensation by the ministry after his death.
Nizar Issaoui
Nizar Issaoui
Date
April 13, 2023
Name
Nizar Issaoui
Age
35
Country
Tunisia
Protesting
Human rights in Tunisia, Anti-police sentiment
Notes and references
A local Tunisian footballer died after setting himself on fire in what he said was a protest against Tunisia's "police state". During his funeral, demonstrators started throwing stones at police, who retaliated with tear gas.
Yang Hoe-dong
Yang Hoe-dong
Date
May 1, 2023
Name
Yang Hoe-dong
Country
South Korea
Protesting
Union violations as well as charges he received as a Union activist
Notes and references
Popular labour rights activist. Self immolated in front of a courthouse, deceased.
DeAndre Gordon
DeAndre Gordon
Date
May 24, 2023
Name
DeAndre Gordon
Country
United States
Protesting
Protest of racism and corruption at Red Onion prison
Notes and references
Prisoner at the Red Onion prison in Virginia. Set a fire in his cell due to mistreatment and beatings he received from prison guards. Survived.
Karl-Udson Azor
Karl-Udson Azor
Date
May 21, 2023
Name
Karl-Udson Azor
Age
30
Country
Haiti
Protesting
Unknown
Notes and references
Self-immolated in front of the Vertieres Monument. Died at the scene with Haitian flag next to him.
Bar Kalaf
Bar Kalaf
Date
August 1, 2023
Name
Bar Kalaf
Age
33
Country
Israel
Protesting
The Defense Ministry denying him disability status
Notes and references
Kalaf served in the Israeli Defense Force from 2008 to 2011 and saw combat in Operation Protective Edge as a reservist, where he claimed he developed post-traumatic stress disorder. The Defense Ministry rejected his application for disability status, stating he had a mental disorder unrelated to his military duties. Kalaf self-immolated in his home and afterwards was rushed to Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan where he died.
Robert Gituhu
Robert Gituhu
Date
August 17, 2023
Name
Robert Gituhu
Age
28
Country
Kenya
Protesting
Unemployment and Poverty in Kenya and high cost in food
Notes and references
Graduated with Engineer degree. Climbed statue in Mobasa and self-immolated. Died several hours after 80% burns on body.
Unknown male
Unknown male
Date
November 8, 2023
Name
Unknown male
Country
DRC
Protesting
Protest of the genocide in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Notes and references
Congolese man set himself on fire to protest the ongoing genocide in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The video, which was posted on Twitter on November 8, 2023, shows the man, who has not been identified, standing in front of a crowd in Kinshasa, the capital of the DRC, holding a sign that reads "Stop the genocide in Congo".
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mw- } }Maxwell Azzarello
Date
April 19, 2024
Name
mw- } }Maxwell Azzarello
Age
37
Country
United States
Protesting
Protest against the US Government
Notes and references
A 37-year-old man from St. Augustine, Florida self-immolated outside of the New York courthouse where jurors were being chosen for the New York State criminal trial of former U.S. President Donald Trump after posting an anti-government manifesto online.
Unknown female
Unknown female
Date
December 1, 2023
Name
Unknown female
Age
27
Country
United States
Protesting
Protest against United States support for Israel in the Gaza war
Notes and references
Protester self-immolated outside the Israeli Consulate in Atlanta, Georgia; following what officials described as "an act of extreme political protest", a Palestinian national flag was recovered at the scene.
Aaron Bushnell
Aaron Bushnell
Date
February 25, 2024
Name
Aaron Bushnell
Age
25
Country
The active-duty US Airman self-immolated outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C. He was taken to a hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.
Matt Nelson
Matt Nelson
Date
September 11, 2024
Name
Matt Nelson
Age
45
Country
A protestor self-immolated outside the Boston, Massachusetts Israeli Consulate. He was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital afterwards. Died in hospital 4 days later.
Samuel Mena Jr
Samuel Mena Jr
Date
October 5, 2024
Name
Samuel Mena Jr
Age
29
Country
Photojournalist for KTVK from Phoenix, Arizona. Attempted self-immolating in Washington DC in front of the White House. Set arm on fire but flames quickly doused by protesters. Taken to hospital with burns on arms.
Yassine Selmi
Yassine Selmi
Date
April 9, 2024
Name
Yassine Selmi
Age
22
Country
Tunisia
Protesting
Protest against police
Notes and references
Construction worker. Resolved a fight between the police and 2 unidentified people where police threatened him with arrest. He set himself on fire over the police threats. Died 2 days later.
Ruslan Palitsyn
Ruslan Palitsyn
Date
May 1, 2024
Name
Ruslan Palitsyn
Age
24
Country
Russia
Protesting
Protest of army enlistment during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Notes and references
Ruslan was an actor. He lit himself on fire outside a Russian military registration in St Petersburg where he suffered 90% burns. He died the day after.
Darko Štimac
Darko Štimac
Date
June 11, 2024
Name
Darko Štimac
Age
57
Country
Croatia
Protesting
Inability to exercise his rights in court and failure of Andrej Plenković to hear his concerns
Notes and references
Croatian Army veteran set himself on fire in St. Mark's Square and died in hospital.
Vladimir Arsenyev
Vladimir Arsenyev
Date
July 26, 2024
Name
Vladimir Arsenyev
Age
74
Country
Russia
Protesting
Unknown
Notes and references
President of Volna Central Research Institute for Russia's Defense Ministry. Walked to Lenin Mausoleum in the center of Red Square and set himself on fire. Suffered minor burns and survived.
Demetrius Wallace
Demetrius Wallace
Date
August 23, 2024
Name
Demetrius Wallace
Age
27
Country
United States
Protesting
Protest against corruption and illegal retaliation from prison staff
Notes and references
Prisoner at Red Onion prison. Filed a lawsuit on the prison after he was attacked by prison officials where they retaliated. He soon set himself on fire in his cell receiving burns on his foot. Survived.
Mano Yogalingam
Mano Yogalingam
Date
August 28, 2024
Name
Mano Yogalingam
Age
23
Country
Australia
Protesting
Protest on asylum seeker bridging visas.
Notes and references
Yogalingam was a Tamil asylum seeker who self-immolated in Melbourne's south-east after attending a majority of the protests being held outside the Department of Home Affairs.
Ekong Eshiet
Ekong Eshiet
Date
September 15, 2024
Name
Ekong Eshiet
Age
28
Country
United States
Protesting
Protest against religious violations isolation, racism, and brutality against prison inmates
Notes and references
Ekong and Trayvon were both inmates at Red Onion State Prison in Virginia. On September 15, both men set themselves on fire in solitary confinement making these demands and suffered third degree burns and were transferred to University of Virginia. Ekong appeared on a PrisonRadio show where he revealed his reasons why he self-immolated and that he had begun a hunger strike but other prison inmates also began a hunger strike.
Trayvon Brown
Trayvon Brown
Date
September 15, 2024
Name
Trayvon Brown
Country
United States
Protesting
Protest against isolation, racism, and brutality against prison inmates
Notes and references
Ekong and Trayvon were both inmates at Red Onion State Prison in Virginia. On September 15, both men set themselves on fire in solitary confinement making these demands and suffered third degree burns and were transferred to University of Virginia.
Unknown
Unknown
Date
October 18, 2024
Name
Unknown
Age
56
Country
Chile
Protesting
Protest against the government for a case of unlawful coercion against him
Notes and references
A 56-year-old man attempted self-immolation outside of the Palacio de los Tribunales de Justicia de Santiago, Chile. Flames where quickly doused by Carabineros, and the man was taken to hospital with burns on his neck.
Sunil
Sunil
Date
December 31, 2024
Name
Sunil
Age
35
Country
India
Protesting
Police harassment
Notes and references
Rickshaw driver who was harassed by police officers. Burned himself at his home. Died 7 days later.
Raju Patel
Raju Patel
Date
January 3, 2025
Name
Raju Patel
Age
25
Country
India
Protesting
Protest of hazardous waste to Pithampur for incineration
Notes and references
Both men were present at a protest with dozens of other people. They were seen dousing themselves with an accelerant and lighting themselves on fire. Both are in the hospitals with burn injuries.
27
27
Date
Rajkumar Raghuvanshi
Name
27
Unknown man
Unknown man
Date
January 15, 2025
Name
Unknown man
Age
60s
Country
South Korea
Protesting
Impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol
Notes and references
Set himself on fire near South Korea's corruption investigation office.
Thairie Ritchie
Thairie Ritchie
Date
January 20, 2025
Name
Thairie Ritchie
Age
29
Country
United States
Protesting
Political protest
Notes and references
Civil rights activist from Santa Cruz. Set himself on fire on the Black Lives Matter mural at Santa Cruz City Hall. Survived, but current condition unconfirmed.
Sunil Kumar Mishra
Sunil Kumar Mishra
Date
February 15, 2025
Name
Sunil Kumar Mishra
Country
India
Protesting
Firing from bank and abuse
Notes and references
Former bank employee for IDFC in Varanasi. Fired from the bank where he soon doused himself and recorded a video revealing the extreme stress, mental breakdown, and suicides. Soon set himself ablaze with flames extinguished quickly by bystanders. Survived.
Mohammad Asif Javed Jutt
Mohammad Asif Javed Jutt
Date
February 25, 2025
Name
Mohammad Asif Javed Jutt
Age
48
Country
Pakistan
Protesting
Illegal practices from his former employer, attempt to dismantle workers union, workers rights
Notes and references
Worked at Nestle's Kabirwala plant for 16 years. Attempted to unionize for better labor conditions but was fired. Fought for 9 years in court, self immolated inside the premises of Pakistan's Lahore High Court. Died days later. Left behind a wife and 4 children.
Unknown man
Unknown man
Date
March 7, 2025
Name
Unknown man
Age
79
Country
South Korea
Protesting
Impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol
Notes and references
Supporter of Yoon Suk Yeol. Carried pamphlets denouncing opposition bloc and supporting Yoon. Self immolated near Seoul City Hall around noon. Status unknown
| Date | Name | Age | Country | Protesting | Notes and references |
| February 7, 2020 | Adem Yarıcı | 42 | Turkey | Unemployment in Turkey | 42-year-old unemployed man, father of two, set himself on fire in front of Hatay governor's office. Witnesses said that he shouted "My kids are hungry!" before setting himself ablaze. He died on the same day. The governor claimed that Yarıcı divorced from his wife a while ago, had mental illness and attempt to self-immolate before. |
| June 16, 2020 | Unknown | 48 | Poland | Unknown; reportedly said there is "no justice" to police at the scene | A 48-year-old man set himself on fire shortly after talking to journalists outside of the Sejm building in Warsaw, Poland. |
| July 27, 2020 | Arie den Dekker | 54 | Netherlands | Murder witness, removed from family, turned homeless | Den Dekker had witnessed a murder in 2018. Following this, his house was torched multiple times and he was put into a witness protection program. Unable to be with his family and having his pleas ignored by the municipality and the government, Den Dekker protested in front of Oss' city hall multiple times, throwing dead fish inside, dousing himself in cow feces and committing other acts of despair on multiple occasions. On July 27 he committed suicide by self-immolation in front of the city hall. |
| August 3, 2020 | Yavuz Polat | 46 | Turkey | Economical issues | A 47-year-old street vendor from Erzincan set himself on fire after the police wanted him to remove his corn stall. He died on August 27. |
| August 14, 2020 | Fikret Güven | Turkey | Economical issues | A tea maker set himself on fire in front of the Bursa governorship after the police closed the roads to his shop. | |
| September 18, 2020 | Syarhei Radchenya | 36 | Belarus | Fraudulent election and follow-on police abuse and brutality against protests in Belarus. | 36-year-old Syarhei Radchenya set himself on fire in Smalavichy, Belarus, near the local police department. According to the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Syarhei poured gasoline over himself from a canister and set it on fire after which an employee ran out of the district department building and put out the fire. Syarhei was hospitalized in critical condition with burns on 84% of his body surface, including the respiratory tract. He died on September 25, 2020, as a result of his injuries. |
| October 2, 2020 | Irina Slavina | 47 | Russia | Journalist; her apartment was searched the day before by the police alleging her ties to the Open Russia group | Russian journalist Irina Slavina set herself on fire in front of the Interior Ministry office in Nizhniy Novgorod. She died there of the resulting burns. |
| November 2, 2020 | Leroy Archie Ponpon | Liberia | Chief Justice refusing months of salary for workers | Led several protests prior to self-immolation date. Survived. | |
| January 11, 2021 | Liu Jin | 48 | China | Employers refusing to make payment as well as fair treatment for delivery workers | Delivery worker in Taizhou. Asked for payment from employers but was denied. Set fire shortly afterwards. Died soon after. |
| February 12, 2021 | Halil S. | 49 | Germany | Against the detention conditions of Abdullah Öcalan | He set himself on fire in front of the Landtag in Dresden. Died soon after. |
| April 12, 2021 | Itzik Saidyan [he] | 26 | Israel | Government treatment of disabled veterans | He set himself on fire in front of the Defense Ministry's rehabilitation department offices in Petah Tikva that handles the rehabilitation of injured soldiers, two days before the annual Memorial Day. Saidyan fought in the 2014 war in Gaza, Operation Protective Edge, and suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder. |
| May 18, 2021 | Behzad Mahmoudi | 25 | Iraq | Poor treatment and living conditions of refugees | Asylum seeker from Iran. Self-immolated in front of journalists. Died on May 23, 2021. |
| September 14, 2021 | Ella Nik Bayan | 40 | Germany | Transphobia and treatment of immigrants | 40 year old trans woman who burned herself publicly in Alexanderplatz square, Berlin. Ella had immigrated from Iran years earlier. |
| January 1, 2022 | Unknown | Australia | Vaccine ID and mandates | He set himself on fire on Church St. in Richmond, Victoria, sustaining life-threatening injuries. The man was stopped by paramedics and police. | |
| February 25, 2022 | Tsewang Norbu | 25 | Tibet | Political situation in Tibet | Popular Tibetan singer from Nangchu. Self-immolated in front of the Potala Palace in Lhasa. Died in the hospital a few days later. |
| March 27, 2022 | Taphun | 81 | Nomad from Meruma nomadic village in Ngaba. Self-immolated in front of a police station near Kirti Monastery. Died a few hours after. | ||
| March 30, 2022 | Tsering Samdup | Self-immolated near a monastery in Kyegudo. Status unknown. | |||
| April 22, 2022 | Wynn Bruce | 54 | United States | Protesting climate change inaction | Man from Boulder, Colorado self-immolated in front of the Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C. Died from injuries. Described himself as a Buddhist and climate activist. |
| May 18, 2022 | Krishanpal | 52 | India | Police inaction | He set himself ablaze outside an SSP office alleging police inaction over a complaint he filed against some people for destroying his crops. |
| June, 2022 | Unknown monk | Tibet | Political situation in Tibet | Monk from Kanhlo prefecture in Gansu. Self-immolated in front of a portrait of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Died at the scene. | |
| September 21, 2022 | Unknown | 70s | Japan | Funeral of Shinzo Abe | A man in his 70s set himself on fire near the Prime Minister's Official Residence in protest of the decision to hold an official state funeral for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. |
| January 24, 2023 | Prem Prasad Acharya | 37 | Nepal | Corruption in Nepal as well as his unsuccessful business career | Died 3 days after. |
| January 31, 2023 | Unknown | 58 | Brazil | Supreme Federal Court | The 58-year-old native of Botucatu, São Paulo set fire to his own body in the central median of the Esplanade of the Ministries and shouted against Alexandre de Moraes, saying "morte ao Xandão" (lit. 'death to Xandão'). Alongside the man, papers with photos of Johann Georg Elser, Nelson Mandela, and Claus von Stauffenberg were found; all images were accompanied by the phrase "perdeu, mané [pt]" (lit. 'you lost, dude'), previously used by Luís Roberto Barroso. He remained hospitalized for two days and died on 2 February. |
| March 1, 2023 | Chet Bohrer | 42 | United States | Bullying and mental health | 42 year old resident of Salt Lake City, Utah set himself on fire at Bancroft Way and Telegraph Ave on the UC Berkeley campus. He had no known affiliation with the university. Bohrer died in the hospital from his injuries days later. He claimed to have been bullied and spied on by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. |
| March 27, 2023 | Ahmed Jaouad | 61 | Morocco | Precarity, insufficient pension fund | A Moroccan playwright died six days after setting himself on fire following a failed hunger strike in hopes of raising his pension fund from his thirty years of service at the Moroccan Ministry of Culture which was insufficient to provide for his family. Jaouad's wife and children were awarded financial compensation by the ministry after his death. |
| April 13, 2023 | Nizar Issaoui | 35 | Tunisia | Human rights in Tunisia, Anti-police sentiment | A local Tunisian footballer died after setting himself on fire in what he said was a protest against Tunisia's "police state". During his funeral, demonstrators started throwing stones at police, who retaliated with tear gas. |
| May 1, 2023 | Yang Hoe-dong | South Korea | Union violations as well as charges he received as a Union activist | Popular labour rights activist. Self immolated in front of a courthouse, deceased. | |
| May 24, 2023 | DeAndre Gordon | United States | Protest of racism and corruption at Red Onion prison | Prisoner at the Red Onion prison in Virginia. Set a fire in his cell due to mistreatment and beatings he received from prison guards. Survived. | |
| May 21, 2023 | Karl-Udson Azor | 30 | Haiti | Unknown | Self-immolated in front of the Vertieres Monument. Died at the scene with Haitian flag next to him. |
| August 1, 2023 | Bar Kalaf | 33 | Israel | The Defense Ministry denying him disability status | Kalaf served in the Israeli Defense Force from 2008 to 2011 and saw combat in Operation Protective Edge as a reservist, where he claimed he developed post-traumatic stress disorder. The Defense Ministry rejected his application for disability status, stating he had a mental disorder unrelated to his military duties. Kalaf self-immolated in his home and afterwards was rushed to Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan where he died. |
| August 17, 2023 | Robert Gituhu | 28 | Kenya | Unemployment and Poverty in Kenya and high cost in food | Graduated with Engineer degree. Climbed statue in Mobasa and self-immolated. Died several hours after 80% burns on body. |
| November 8, 2023 | Unknown male | DRC | Protest of the genocide in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). | Congolese man set himself on fire to protest the ongoing genocide in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The video, which was posted on Twitter on November 8, 2023, shows the man, who has not been identified, standing in front of a crowd in Kinshasa, the capital of the DRC, holding a sign that reads "Stop the genocide in Congo". | |
| April 19, 2024 | mw- } }Maxwell Azzarello | 37 | United States | Protest against the US Government | A 37-year-old man from St. Augustine, Florida self-immolated outside of the New York courthouse where jurors were being chosen for the New York State criminal trial of former U.S. President Donald Trump after posting an anti-government manifesto online. |
| December 1, 2023 | Unknown female | 27 | United States | Protest against United States support for Israel in the Gaza war | Protester self-immolated outside the Israeli Consulate in Atlanta, Georgia; following what officials described as "an act of extreme political protest", a Palestinian national flag was recovered at the scene. |
| February 25, 2024 | Aaron Bushnell | 25 | The active-duty US Airman self-immolated outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C. He was taken to a hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. | ||
| September 11, 2024 | Matt Nelson | 45 | A protestor self-immolated outside the Boston, Massachusetts Israeli Consulate. He was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital afterwards. Died in hospital 4 days later. | ||
| October 5, 2024 | Samuel Mena Jr | 29 | Photojournalist for KTVK from Phoenix, Arizona. Attempted self-immolating in Washington DC in front of the White House. Set arm on fire but flames quickly doused by protesters. Taken to hospital with burns on arms. | ||
| April 9, 2024 | Yassine Selmi | 22 | Tunisia | Protest against police | Construction worker. Resolved a fight between the police and 2 unidentified people where police threatened him with arrest. He set himself on fire over the police threats. Died 2 days later. |
| May 1, 2024 | Ruslan Palitsyn | 24 | Russia | Protest of army enlistment during the Russian invasion of Ukraine | Ruslan was an actor. He lit himself on fire outside a Russian military registration in St Petersburg where he suffered 90% burns. He died the day after. |
| June 11, 2024 | Darko Štimac | 57 | Croatia | Inability to exercise his rights in court and failure of Andrej Plenković to hear his concerns | Croatian Army veteran set himself on fire in St. Mark's Square and died in hospital. |
| July 26, 2024 | Vladimir Arsenyev | 74 | Russia | Unknown | President of Volna Central Research Institute for Russia's Defense Ministry. Walked to Lenin Mausoleum in the center of Red Square and set himself on fire. Suffered minor burns and survived. |
| August 23, 2024 | Demetrius Wallace | 27 | United States | Protest against corruption and illegal retaliation from prison staff | Prisoner at Red Onion prison. Filed a lawsuit on the prison after he was attacked by prison officials where they retaliated. He soon set himself on fire in his cell receiving burns on his foot. Survived. |
| August 28, 2024 | Mano Yogalingam | 23 | Australia | Protest on asylum seeker bridging visas. | Yogalingam was a Tamil asylum seeker who self-immolated in Melbourne's south-east after attending a majority of the protests being held outside the Department of Home Affairs. |
| September 15, 2024 | Ekong Eshiet | 28 | United States | Protest against religious violations isolation, racism, and brutality against prison inmates | Ekong and Trayvon were both inmates at Red Onion State Prison in Virginia. On September 15, both men set themselves on fire in solitary confinement making these demands and suffered third degree burns and were transferred to University of Virginia. Ekong appeared on a PrisonRadio show where he revealed his reasons why he self-immolated and that he had begun a hunger strike but other prison inmates also began a hunger strike. |
| September 15, 2024 | Trayvon Brown | United States | Protest against isolation, racism, and brutality against prison inmates | Ekong and Trayvon were both inmates at Red Onion State Prison in Virginia. On September 15, both men set themselves on fire in solitary confinement making these demands and suffered third degree burns and were transferred to University of Virginia. | |
| October 18, 2024 | Unknown | 56 | Chile | Protest against the government for a case of unlawful coercion against him | A 56-year-old man attempted self-immolation outside of the Palacio de los Tribunales de Justicia de Santiago, Chile. Flames where quickly doused by Carabineros, and the man was taken to hospital with burns on his neck. |
| December 31, 2024 | Sunil | 35 | India | Police harassment | Rickshaw driver who was harassed by police officers. Burned himself at his home. Died 7 days later. |
| January 3, 2025 | Raju Patel | 25 | India | Protest of hazardous waste to Pithampur for incineration | Both men were present at a protest with dozens of other people. They were seen dousing themselves with an accelerant and lighting themselves on fire. Both are in the hospitals with burn injuries. |
| Rajkumar Raghuvanshi | 27 |
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- Tibet post Internationalhttps://web.archive.org/web/20130127025131/http://www.thetibetpost.com/en/news/tibet/3181-tibetan-man-burns-to-death-in-tibet-2nd-self-immolation-in-2013
- Tibet post Internationalhttps://web.archive.org/web/20130126200211/http://www.thetibetpost.com/en/news/tibet/3190-another-dies-in-self-immolation-protest-against-chinas-rule
- Central Tibetan Administrationhttps://tibet.net/tibetans-continue-to-self-immolate-in-protest/
- Central Tibetan Administrationhttps://tibet.net/self-immolation-at-amchok-toll-reaches-101/
- Central Tibetan Administrationhttps://tibet.net/druptses-body-still-in-nepal-governments-custody/
- The New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/21/world/asia/tibetan-teens-die-in-double-self-immolation.html
- 26-year-old Tarnovo resident sets himself on fire because of poverty, borbabg.com, February 20, 2013.(in Bulgarian)http://www.borbabg.com/?action=news&news=24117
- "Великотърновци почетоха паметта на самозапалилите се Пламен и Траян"http://dariknews.bg/view_article.php?article_id=1051066
- Central Tibetan Administrationhttps://tibet.net/two-teenagers-die-after-setting-themselves-on-fire-toll-reaches-104/
- Plamen Goranov protesting "Down with TIM" in the city of Varna note TIM being allegedly a major monopolist organisation,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhFqPIiihb0
- Reutershttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-bulgaria-mayor-idUSBRE9250RF20130306
- Man who self-immolated in Varna being operated on today, Trud.bg, 25 February 2013.(in Bulgarian)http://www.trud.bg/Article.asp?ArticleId=1798013
- Plamen Goranov dies, Varna in mourning Archived January 2, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, trud.bg, March 4, 2013.(in Bulghttp://www.trud.bg/Article.asp?ArticleId=1817491
- Radio Free Asiahttps://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/burning-02242013160717.html
- AP Newshttps://apnews.com/general-news-12ccf18000484f7aa6b370d90bb490a0
- The New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/26/world/asia/china-2-tibetan-monks-carry-out-fatal-protests.html
- Radio Free Asiahttps://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/county-02262013110730.html
- Impoverished 53-year-old self-immolates in Radnevo municipality, 24chasa.bg, February 26, 2013.(in Bulgarian)http://www.24chasa.bg/Article.asp?ArticleId=1802093
- www.tibetsun.comhttps://www.tibetsun.com/news/2013/03/18/young-woman-immolation-in-ngaba-reported
- 51-year-old self-immolates in front of presidency Archived May 18, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, Monitor.bg, March 14, 2http://www.monitor.bg/article?id=376825
- Poverty in Bulgaria drives more to make ultimate sacrifice, BBC.co.uk, May 8, 2013; retrieved May 7, 2015.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22439961
- Central Tibetan Administrationhttps://tibet.net/tibetan-monk-dies-after-setting-himself-on-fire-in-ngaba/
- The New York Timeshttps://rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/23/poverty-blamed-for-bulgarias-suicide-wave/?_r=0
- Radio Free Asiahttps://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/burning-03242013122241.html
- Radio Free Asiahttps://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/dies-03262013153945.html
- The New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/30/world/asia/tibetan-monk-dies-in-self-immolation-in-china.html
- Radio Free Asiahttps://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/gather-04162013140411.html
- Central Tibetan Administrationhttps://tibet.net/twin-self-immolation-protests-hit-tibet/
- Radio Free Asiahttps://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/burning-05292013114734.html
- BBC Newshttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-22677058
- Central Tibetan Administrationhttps://tibet.net/tibetan-nun-who-self-immolates-has-died/
- "Podpalił się, bo "był załamany i zrozpaczony sytuacją". "Nie mam pracy a MOPR nam odmawia pomocy, nie mamy z czego żyć""https://wpolityce.pl/polityka/159625-podpalil-sie-bo-byl-zalamany-i-zrozpaczony-sytuacja-nie-mam-pracy-a-mopr-nam-odmawia-pomocy-nie-mamy-z-czego-zyc
- ""Ludzie już tego nie wytrzymują". PIĘĆ PYTAŃ DO Andrzeja Żydka, który podpalił się w 2011 r. przed kancelarią premiera"https://wpolityce.pl/polityka/159660-ludzie-juz-tego-nie-wytrzymuja-piec-pytan-do-andrzeja-zydka-ktory-podpalil-sie-w-2011-r-przed-kancelaria-premiera
- "Mężczyzna podpalił się przed kancelarią premiera Donalda Tuska w Warszawie"https://wiadomosci.wp.pl/mezczyzna-podpalil-sie-przed-kancelaria-premiera-donalda-tuska-w-warszawie-6031283732890241a
- Central Tibetan Administrationhttps://tibet.net/18-year-old-monk-dies-after-setting-self-on-fire-toll-rises-to-120/
- Tibet Times Enghttps://en.tibettimes.net/2023/06/23/karma-ngedon-gyatso/
- The New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/30/world/asia/tibetan-dies-after-setting-himself-on-fire-to-protest-chinese-policies.html
- Tibet post Internationalhttps://web.archive.org/web/20221004125832/https://www.thetibetpost.com/en/news/132-tibet/3757-china-detains-seven-people-over-self-immolation-protest-in-tibet
- Voice of Americahttps://www.voanews.com/a/tibetan-man-selfimmolates-in-china/1803765.html
- Tibet post Internationalhttps://web.archive.org/web/20211011052247/https://www.thetibetpost.com/en/news/132-tibet/3791-monk-sets-himself-on-fire-in-tibet-to-protest-chinas-rule-toll-hits-124
- Central Tibetan Administrationhttps://tibet.net/tibetan-burns-self-triggering-security-clampdown-in-tsekhog/
- Radio Free Asiahttps://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/burning-02172014193057.html
- Guardian Liberty Voicehttps://guardianlv.com/2014/03/tibet-monks-die-from-self-immolation-on-protest-anniversary-fourth-year-in-a-row/
- Guardian Liberty Voicehttps://guardianlv.com/2014/04/tibet-nun-133rd-self-immolation/
- The Guardianhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/10/tamil-asylum-seeker-critical-after-setting-himself-on-fire
- The Guardianhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/05/the-life-and-awful-death-of-a-tamil-asylum-seeker-in-australia
- Radio Free Asiahttps://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/burning-04152014113941.html
- VietNam-Tibet Alliance Fighting for Freedomhttps://vietnamtibetalliance.wordpress.com/2014/05/25/buddhist-youth-leader-le-thi-tuyet-mai-dies-after-self-immolation-in-sai-gon/
- The Bradenton Heraldhttps://www.bradenton.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/breaking-news-blog/article34720359.html
- "In dying act, minister hoped to inspire social justice"http://www.dallasnews.com/news/metro/20140711-in-dying-act-minister-hoped-to-inspire-social-justice.ece
- Radio Free Asiahttps://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/burning-10042014192656.html
- Radio Free Asiahttps://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/burning-09212014121057.html
- Radio Free Asiahttps://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/new-12162014125456.html
- Central Tibetan Administrationhttps://tibet.net/girl-dies-after-self-immolation-protest-at-ngaba/
- The New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/25/world/asia/china-monk-burns-himself-to-death-in-a-political-protest.html
- Radio Free Asiahttps://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/tibet-norchuk-03072015143653.html
- "Funeral of the Ahwazi Arab who set himself on fire turned into demonstration"http://ahwazhumanrights.org/en/stories/502
- "Raise of self-immolation among Ahwazi Arabs due to discrimination and poverty"https://web.archive.org/web/20161127085119/http://acfh.info/ahwaz/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=440:raise-of-self-immolation-among-ahwazi-arabs-due-to-discrimination-and-poverty&catid=44:2010-09-16-17-14-58
- Central Tibetan Administrationhttps://tibet.net/tibetan-nun-yeshi-khando-died-in-self-immolation-updated/
- "China detains family members after Tibetan non-violence activist dies of self-immolation"https://tchrd.org/china-detains-family-members-after-tibetan-non-violence-activist-dies-of-self-immolation/
- "Tibetan man dies of self-immolation protest amid heightened repression"https://tchrd.org/self-immolation/
- The Straits Timeshttps://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/tibetan-mother-burns-herself-to-death-in-china-reports
- Tibetan Reviewhttps://www.tibetanreview.net/self-immolation-monks-last-note-urges-global-witness-to-tibets-tragedy/
- The New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/08/12/world/asia/ap-as-skorea-anti-japan-rally-.html
- Los Angeles Timeshttp://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg-man-sets-himself-on-fire-20150812-story.html
- Radio Free Asiahttps://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/tibetan-woman-self-immolates-in-protest-burning-in-chinas-gansu-08282015123238.html
- Central Tibetan Administrationhttps://tibet.net/cta-mourns-death-of-tibetan-self-immolator-shurmo-total-known-self-immolations-in-tibet-reaches-155/
- "Asylum seeker self-immolated amid fears he would be sent back to detention, Senate hearing told"http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/asylum-seeker-selfimmolates-amid-fears-he-would-be-sent-back-to-detention-senate-hearing-told-20151019-gkd81v.html#ixzz47bc7tRH0
- Настоящее Времяhttps://www.currenttime.tv/a/27327467.html
- Radio Free Europehttps://www.azattyq.org/a/27327559.html
- Hong Kong Free Press HKFPhttp://hongkongfp.com/2015/11/18/mongolian-trade-union-leader-sets-himself-alight-at-press-con-in-protest-of-china-coal-mine-deal/
- The New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/04/world/asia/china-tibet-self-immolations.html
- The New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/04/world/asia/china-tibet-self-immolations.html
- The Daily Beasthttps://www.thedailybeast.com/veteran-burned-himself-alive-outside-va-clinic
- Tibetan Reviewhttps://www.tibetanreview.net/mother-of-five-died-in-145th-known-tibet-self-immolation-protests/
- Australian Broadcasting Corporationhttp://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2016/s4454004.htm
- "Iranian Asylum Seeker Severely Burnt After Setting Himself On Fire On Nauru"https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/apr/27/iranian-asylum-seeker-severely-burnt-after-setting-himself-on-fire-on-nauru
- ABC Newshttp://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-02/second-refugee-sets-themselves-alight-on-nauru/7377710
- "Tibetan man dies of self-immolation protest, family members detained for demanding return of body"https://tchrd.org/tibetan-man-dies-of-self-immolation-protest-family-demand-police-to-return-body/
- www.newarab.com/https://www.newarab.com/news/sudanese-man-burns-himself-alive-protest-against-president
- Amnesty Internationalhttps://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/asa17/6098/2017/en/
- Radio Free Asiahttps://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/amdo-protest-05072017091020.html
- Hong Kong Free Presshttps://hongkongfp.com/2017/05/22/young-tibetan-monk-dies-second-self-immolation-protest-may-report/
- The Independenthttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/man-munich-set-on-fire-himself-germany-die-marienplatz-bavaria-a7744951.html
- Radio Free Asiahttp://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/hospital-07242017131257.html
- The Tibet Post Internationalhttps://web.archive.org/web/20170731171301/http://www.thetibetpost.com/en/news/exile/5657-tibetan-man-dies-in-apparent-self-immolation-protest-in-dharamshala
- New Zealand Heraldhttps://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/national/coroner-report-released-on-zdenek-hanzlik/
- "Protestów pod adresem obecnych wtadz mógtbym sformutowaé duzo wiecej, ale skoncentrowatem sie na tych. które sa najbardziej istotne, godzace w istnienie i funkcjonowanie calego panstwa, i spoteczenstwa"https://web.archive.org/web/20181127193800/https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DMjhWhsUIAInS_Y.jpg
- "Protestuje przeciwko ograniczaniu przez wladze wolnosci obywatelskich"https://web.archive.org/web/20181127193801/https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DMjhWhtUEAAa5YK.jpg
- "Chłopcy z Placu broni – Kocham wolność"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYMiNuJJyYM
- The Straits Timeshttps://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/pole-attempts-self-immolation-in-likely-anti-govt-protest
- "54-latek podpalił się na Placu Defilad. Nieoficjalnie: Zostawił list, w którym krytykował rząd"http://www.rmf24.pl/goraca-linia/wasze-fakty/news-54-latek-podpalil-sie-na-placu-defilad-nieoficjalnie-zostawi,nId,2455165
- AP Newshttps://apnews.com/general-news-ee109b745ace44318a39534d5edf5b2b
- Taiwan Newshttps://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3327906
- "Sacked Man Dies After Setting Fire To Himself In Bashkortostan"https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-bashkortostan-rudov-immolation-ishimbai/28978824.html
- AP Newshttps://apnews.com/general-news-832a367983b2420db27ab977a1119bdd
- The New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/28/nyregion/david-buckel-fire-prospect-park-fossil-fuels.html
- The New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/14/nyregion/david-buckel-dead-fire.html
- "Prominent gay rights lawyer sets himself on fire in protest suicide"https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/15/us/david-buckel-gay-rights-attorney-suicide/index.html
- "Former Lambda Legal Lawyer David Buckel Dies After Self-Immolation"https://www.advocate.com/society/2018/4/14/former-lambda-legal-lawyer-david-buckel-dies-after-self-immolation
- Associated Presshttps://www.apnews.com/b5c61e4845974840bbd50943ce46173d
- The Independenthttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/palestinian-on-fire-gaza-protests-street-israel-living-conditions-fathi-harb-sheikh-radwan-a8361221.html
- DWhttps://www.dw.com/en/iranian-man-sets-himself-on-fire-in-german-government-building-after-being-denied-asylum/a-43981726
- OregonLive.comhttps://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2018/06/woman_who_set_self_on_fire_in.html
- The New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/26/us/disgrunted-veteran-fire-atlanta.html
- "Crimean Tatar Activist Sets Himself On Fire To Protest 'Lawlessness'"https://www.rferl.org/a/crimean-tatar-activist-sets-himself-on-fire-to-protest-lawlessness-/29409927.html
- The Guardianhttps://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/sep/08/unlearned-lessons-death-of-woman-housing-mental-health-crisis
- MEL Magazinehttps://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/inside-the-world-of-black-incels
- Occupy.comhttps://www.occupy.com/article/black-manosphere-displays-black-men-s-sexual-rage-and-frustration
- www.t-online.dehttps://www.t-online.de/-/84528958
- TCHRDhttps://tchrd.org/another-tibetan-dead-after-staging-self-immolation-protest-against-chinese-government-repression/
- Die Tageszeitung: tazhttps://taz.de/!5536657/
- Radio Free Asiahttps://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/immolation-protest-12092018132333.html
- Tibetan Magazine for Tibet News & Issues - Daily Tibetan News and Issueshttps://www.contactmagazine.net/immolator/unconfirmed-reports/
- Reutershttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-czech-fire/man-sets-himself-on-fire-in-pragues-wenceslas-square-idUSBRE90J0BJ20130120
- RP ONLINEhttps://rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/krefeld/demo-am-gericht-in-krefeld-sympathie-fuer-kurden-protest_aid-49079273
- ANF Englishhttps://anfenglishmobile.com/news/ugur-Sakar-who-set-his-body-on-fire-to-protest-the-isolation-of-Ocalan-commemorated-71867
- The Washington Posthttps://www.washingtonpost.com/local/self-immolation-can-be-a-form-of-protest-or-a-cry-for-help-are-we-listening/2019/05/30/49e145e8-82fc-11e9-933d-7501070ee669_story.html
- CNNhttps://www.cnn.com/2019/07/19/asia/south-korea-japan-embassy-fire-intl-hnk/index.html
- The Guardianhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/10/iranian-female-football-fan-who-self-immolated-outside-court-dies
- The Moscow Timeshttps://www.themoscowtimes.com/2019/09/10/russian-scholar-dies-from-self-immolation-during-protest-to-save-native-language-a67229
- Radio Free Europe/Radio Libertyhttps://www.rferl.org/a/man-sets-himself--fire-russia--udmurtia-language-protest-against-language-bill/30156654.html
- The Jerusalem Posthttps://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/man-sets-himself-on-fire-outside-un-refugee-agency-605520
- Euronewshttps://www.euronews.com/2019/11/09/destitute-student-self-immolates-in-lyon-in-desperate-protest-at-inequality
- BBC Newshttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50361886
- Central Tibetan Administrationhttps://tibet.net/a-tibetan-youth-in-ngaba-dies-after-setting-himself-on-fire-to-protest-against-chinese-rule/
- "Jobless father of two "hungry" kids dies after setting himself alight"https://ipa.news/amp/2020/02/08/jobless-father-of-two-hungry-kids-dies-after-setting-himself-alight//
- "Man attempts self-immolation in front of parliament"https://www.duvarenglish.com/human-rights/2020/02/13/man-attempts-self-immolation-in-front-of-parliament
- "Hatay Valiliği Önünde İşsizlik İntiharı: "Çocuklarım Aç" Diyerek Kendini Yaktı | Körfez Gazetesi"https://www.korfezgazete.com/hatay-valiligi-onunde-cocuklarim-ac-diyerek-kendini-yakti/
- Gazeta Wyborcza| wyborcza.plhttps://warszawa.wyborcza.pl/warszawa/7,54420,26036909,przed-sejmem-podpalil-sie-mezczyzna-trwa-akcja-ratunkowa.html
- "Arie den Dekker steekt zichzelf in brand; Tot wanhoop gedreven na getuigenverklaring"https://www.omroepbrabant.nl/nieuws/3238181/arie-den-dekker-steekt-zichzelf-in-brand-tot-wanhoop-gedreven-na-getuigenverklaring
- "Street vendor who set himself on fire after municipal police seized his stall dies in Turkey"https://www.duvarenglish.com/human-rights/2020/08/30/street-vendor-who-set-himself-on-fire-after-municipal-police-seized-his-stall-dies-in-turkey
- "Ekmek Teknesi Gidince Kendini Yaktı -"https://www.bgazete.com.tr/haber/5071452/ekmek-teknesi-gidince-kendini-yakti
- "Erdoğan ne demişti?"https://web.archive.org/web/20200923021916/https://halktv.com.tr/bursali-esnaf-kendini-atese-verdi-1-431767h
- "Tezgahı elinden alınan esnaf kendini valilik önünde yaktı"https://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/haber/tezgahi-elinden-alinan-esnaf-kendini-valilik-onunde-yakti-1758282
- belsat.euhttps://belsat.eu/en/news/belarusian-who-committed-self-immolation-act-passes-away-in-minsk/
- NY Posthttps://nypost.com/2020/10/02/russian-journalist-dies-after-setting-herself-on-fire-in-front-of-government-building/
- meduza.iohttps://meduza.io/en/feature/2020/10/03/blame-the-russian-federation
- FrontPageAfricahttps://frontpageafricaonline.com/front-slider/liberia-two-months-in-the-hospital-after-self-immolation-archie-ponpon-craves-for-advanced-treatment-worries-over-childrens-future/
- South China Morning Posthttps://www.scmp.com/tech/enterprises/article/3118150/food-delivery-workers-want-more-legal-protections-after-eleme
- www.saechsische.dehttps://www.saechsische.de/dresden/lokales/mann-steht-am-elbufer-in-flammen-5378581-plus.html
- TAG24https://www.tag24.de/dresden/mann-zuendete-sich-vor-saechsischem-landtag-an-fuehrt-die-spur-zur-pkk-1841924
- The Times of Israelhttps://www.timesofisrael.com/ptsd-afflicted-idf-veteran-still-critical-after-setting-himself-alight/
- Haaretz.comhttps://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-disabled-israeli-army-veteran-sets-himself-on-fire-ahead-of-memorial-day-1.9706402
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- BBC News Mundohttps://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-internacional-60982528
- News.com.auhttps://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/news/melbourne-man-set-himself-on-fire-after-shouting-about-vaccine-mandates/news-story/1fc6f8a95bc99359a2e527c28d333f51
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- Phayulhttps://www.phayul.com/2022/04/04/46991/
- Central Tibetan Administrationhttps://tibet.net/81-years-old-taphun-self-immolated-in-kirti-ngaba/
- Radio Free Asiahttps://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/yushul-immolation-03312022125553.html
- "Man dies after setting himself on fire outside court on Earth Day"https://www.news.com.au/world/north-america/man-dies-after-setting-himself-on-fire-outside-court-on-earth-day/news-story/ba329855bdaa9a049bbb35654322ec4e
- "Boulder man dies after setting himself on fire outside U.S. Supreme Court, police say"https://www.denverpost.com/2022/04/23/wynn-bruce-boulder-supreme-court-fire-death/
- NDTV.comhttps://www.ndtv.com/india-news/farmer-dies-in-hospital-day-after-he-set-himself-on-fire-in-up-2989991
- "Badaun farmer dies a day after self-immolation outside SSP officeNews JANI"https://newsjani.com/badaun-farmer-dies-a-day-after-self-immolation-outside-ssp-office-news-jani/
- Phayulhttps://www.phayul.com/2022/06/18/47226/
- Associated Presshttps://apnews.com/article/united-nations-general-assembly-shinzo-abe-tokyo-state-funerals-2bbff587527e3e21b02b602acd4d40db
- WIONhttps://www.wionews.com/world/nepal-businessman-who-set-himself-on-fire-in-front-of-parliament-succumbs-to-burn-injuries-555915
- "Homem ateia fogo no próprio corpo em protesto contra o STF"https://web.archive.org/web/20240107235332/https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/politica/homem-ateia-fogo-no-proprio-corpo-em-protesto-contra-o-stf-2/
- "Morre homem que ateou fogo ao próprio corpo em protesto contra Moraes"https://web.archive.org/web/20240420013712/https://oantagonista.com.br/brasil/morre-homem-que-ateou-fogo-ao-proprio-corpo-em-protesto-contra-moraes/
- The Berkeley Scannerhttps://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2023/03/06/uc-berkeley-crime/uc-berkeley-fire-update-man-has-died/
- www.maroc-hebdo.press.mahttps://www.maroc-hebdo.press.ma/dramaturge-ahmed-jaouad-mort
- RFIhttps://www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/20230404-maroc-apr%C3%A8s-la-mort-d-un-dramaturge-ses-proches-accusent-le-gouvernement
- Telquel.mahttps://telquel.ma/2023/03/30/immolation-par-le-feu-du-metteur-en-scene-ahmed-jaouad-un-drame-en-trois-actes_1806753?fbrefresh=2
- The Observerhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/15/tunisian-footballer-dies-after-setting-himself-alight-in-protest
- BBC Newshttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-65284093
- jacobin.comhttps://jacobin.com/2023/05/yang-hoe-dong-self-immolation-protest-south-korea-labor-kcwu
- The Virginia Defenderhttps://virginiadefender.org/2024/11/09/crisis-cover-up-at-red-onion-super-max/
- Dèyè Monhttps://deyemoncom.blog/2023/05/22/netwayeayiti2024-on-fire-for/
- Middle East Monitorhttps://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20230804-ex-israel-soldier-dies-after-setting-himself-on-fire/
- The Times of Israelhttps://www.timesofisrael.com/netanya-burial-society-refused-to-bury-idf-veteran-who-self-immolated/
- Pulselive Kenyahttps://www.pulselive.co.ke/news/local/robert-gituhu-the-final-minutes-and-words-of-graduate-who-set-himself-on-fire-in/xyg4x2q
- "Man Sets Himself on Fire While Holding Sign 'Stop the Genocide in Congo'"https://web.archive.org/web/20231115211751/https://themessenger.com/news/man-sets-himself-on-fire-while-holding-sign-stop-the-genocide-in-congo
- BBChttps://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-us-canada-68841535
- The New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/19/nyregion/man-on-fire-trump.html
- "Man sets himself on fire outside Trump's Manhattan hush money trial"https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68858408
- NBC Newshttps://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/man-sets-fire-courthouse-trump-trial-held-rcna148604
- The Independenthttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/man-fire-trump-max-azzarello-b2531705.html
- The New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/30/world/middleeast/protester-fire-israeli-consulate-atlanta.html
- PBS NewsHourhttps://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/protester-sets-self-on-fire-outside-israeli-consulate-in-atlanta-suffers-critical-burns
- The Guardianhttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/01/protester-palestine-self-immolate-atlanta-israel-consulate
- The New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/25/world/middleeast/israel-embassy-man-on-fire.html
- Cable News Networkhttps://www.cnn.com/2024/02/25/politics/man-sets-himself-on-fire-israeli-embassy-washington-dc/index.html
- Man Self-Immolates In Front of Israeli Consulate in Bostonhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_qxIhlfr10
- Boston Heraldhttps://www.bostonherald.com/2024/09/12/man-sets-himself-on-fire-in-downtown-boston-police-say/
- Cape Cod Timeshttps://www.capecodtimes.com/story/news/2024/09/25/matthew-nelson-cape-cod-self-immolated-palestine-israeli-consulate-boston/75369040007/
- 12news.comhttps://www.12news.com/article/news/local/valley/arizona-man-sets-himself-on-fire-washington-dc-pro-palestinian-protest-samuel-mena-jr/75-87df9da5-adf9-4739-920a-b88b756565b0?ref=exit-recirc
- The Independenthttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/pro-gaza-protester-self-immolation-white-house-b2624539.html
- Arab Newshttps://arab.news/y3phv
- The Mirrorhttps://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/actor-24-dies-after-setting-32717914
- Nacionalhttps://www.nacional.hr/smrt-koja-je-potresla-hrvatsku-darko-stimac-okrivio-je-plenkovica-jer-nije-dobio-ocekivanih-40-tisuca-eura-iz-drugog-mirovinskog-stupa/
- The Insiderhttps://theins.ru/en/news/273402
- ABC Newshttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-28/tamil-asylum-seeker-self-immolates-melbourne-protest/104281638
- Solitary Watchhttps://solitarywatch.org/2024/11/13/two-men-attempt-self-immolation-at-virginia-state-prisonand-other-news-on-solitary-confinement-this-week/
- Bío-Bío Chilehttps://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/nacional/region-metropolitana/2024/10/18/hombre-intenta-quemarse-a-lo-bonzo-en-el-exterior-del-palacio-de-tribunales.shtml
- "Auto driver dies after self-immolation bid, family alleges police harassment - Public TV English"https://english.publictv.in/auto-driver-dies-after-self-immolation-bid-family-alleges-police-harassment/
- IndiaTomorrowhttps://indiatomorrow.net/2025/01/04/two-youths-attempt-self-immolation-as-pithampur-protest-gains-momentum-on-carbide-factorys-waste-issue/
- "Man sets self on fire near South Korean anti-graft office"https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/man-sets-self-on-fire-near-south-korean-anti-graft-office-101736946530528.html
- Lookout Santa Cruzhttps://lookout.co/this-was-a-message-friends-say-activists-self-immolation-was-an-act-of-protest-plan-sunday-vigil-at-city-hall/
- "Prominent local civil rights activist set himself on fire near Santa Cruz City Hall; the motive is unclear"https://lookout.co/prominent-local-civil-rights-activist-set-himself-on-fire-near-santa-cruz-city-hall-the-motive-is-unclear/story
- LatestLYhttps://www.latestly.com/socially/india/news/varanasi-fired-from-job-over-negligence-idfc-bank-employee-sets-himself-on-fire-in-up-video-surfaces-6625765.html
- Wake Up Singaporehttps://wakeup.sg/asif-javed-jutt-self-immolation-pakistan/
- Sakshi Posthttps://www.sakshipost.com/news/south-korea-yoon-supporter-critical-condition-after-self-immolation-384867
- Hiroko Hayashi's name is frequently misspelled, either as Hiroko Hayaski from Zaroulis and Sullivan's Who spoke up?:Amerhttps://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=WORLDNEWS&req_dat=0D1A845FAF8F8CA0&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Aimage%252Fv2%253A136E6CB81C5E443C%2540WHNPX-18576BC05F72E6CA%25402439776-1855523C80D8550E%25401-1855523C80D8550E%2540/hlterms%3AHayashi%7CS.D.