Tibet News
28 August: Number of self-immolation protests breaks 50 mark
24 August: Seven years for sharing information
15 August: Another week of protests in Tibet
10 August: Military deployed as nomad sets himself on fire
08 August: Monks detained after mother’s protest
07 August: Two more self-immolate in Tibet
02 August: Tibet protester dies
JULY 2012
20 July: Disappearances in Tibet
19 July: Update: Tibetans win stand off with Chinese military
17 July: Self-immolation protests continue
07 July: 22 year old Tibetan self-immolates in Damshung County near Lhasa
06 July: Tibetan monk dies
03 July: Tibetan Mother Self-Immolates During Land Rights Protest
June 2012
29 June: Teenage girl severely beaten
27 June: Tibetan mother self-immolates during a land rights protest
20 June: Two Tibetan men self-immolate
15 June: Nomad sets himself on fire
12 June: Lhasa detentions
6 June: Tibetan envoys resign
30 May: Mother of three sets herself on fire and dies
28 May: Tibet Spring reaches capital Lhasa
10 May: Fear of Chinese prison drives Tibetan to suicide
9 May: Videos smuggled out of Tibet
May: Tibetan monk dies in Chinese detention
April 2012
19 April : Two cousins self-immolation
3 April: Nobel Laureates call on China to hear the Tibetan people
30 March: Two young monks self-immolate
29 March: Young monk latest Tibetan to self-immolate
23 March: Shocking footage of father of three on fire
19 March: More than 100 monks protest in Gansu Province
18 March: Monk dies
17 March: Self-immolation and huge protest in Rongwo Town
14 March: Self-immolation sparks large protest in Rebkong County
14 March: Students protest in Tsekoho County, Malho Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
12 March: Tibetan anniversary marked with teen self-immolation
8 March: Students protest
5 March: Third self-immolation in as many days
4 March: Mother-of-four dies
3 March: Tibetan schoolgirl dies
2 March: Tibetans forced to celebrate Losar
2 March: Comedian detained
1 March: Tibetan writer blocked from receiving award
February 2012
19 February: 18-year old is latest Tibetan to set himself on fire
17 February: Monastery official self-immolates
17 February: Two Tibetans shot following protest in Drango
13 February: Teenager self-immolates at protest continue
11 February: Chinese official says get ready for “war” in Tibet
11 February: Teenage Tibetan girl self-immolates
9 February: Self-immolation and protests spread to new Tibetan prefecture
8 February: Teenage former monk self-immolates
8 February: Global vigils for Tibet – blog
6 February: Photographs from funeral of protest shooting victim
2 February 2012: Photos emerge of Chinese force in Tibet
1 February 2012: Shooting injuries photos
January 2012
27 January: Chinese forces kill another
27 January: “Armed personnel are everywhere”
25 January: Faces of arrested Tibetans
27 January: China tightens security in Lhasa amid widening unrest in Tibet
24 January: Two shot dead by Chinese
23 January: Tibetan killed as Chinese fire upon protest
14 January: Self-immolation triggers brutal crackdown
9 January: Self-immolations spread to new province
6 January: First self-immolations of 2012
December 2011
16 December: Recent attacks on Tibetans
12 December: Tibetan protest grows
1 December 2011: Guri Jigme detained
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November 2011
21 November: Huge media reaction to Tibet protests
3 November: Second nun dies after setting fire to herself
October 2011
27 October: Bomb explosion reported in Tibet
25 October: Self-immolation spreads to different area of Tibet
17 October: Two Tibetans shot and nun dies after self-immolation
15 October: Photograph of Tibetan monk following self-immolation
7 October: Two teenagers set themselves on fire
3 October: Fifth monk self-immolation
September 2011
26 September: Two more Tibetan monks set themselves alight
August 2011
16 August: Monk dies after setting himself on fire
April 2011
23 April: More than 300 monks forcibly removed – two Tibetans dead
21 April: Tension in Ngaba county escalates
13 April: Ngaba escalation
March 2011
17 March: Monk dies after self-immolation
16 March: Over a thousand ‘stand guard’ after self-immolation