selfimmolation News

A Tibetan man set himself on fire in front of a famous Buddhist shrine in the Nepalese capital on Wednesday, becoming the 100th Tibetan to adopt this tormenting form of protest over Chinese rule.

With the increased number of self-immolations taking place recently, it has brought concerns to both the Chinese government and self-proclaimed Tibetan government in exile.

Gaza - A young man has died from his injuries after setting himself on fire in the morgue of a hospital in Gaza City, apparently to draw attention to his family's poor living conditions.

Thetford - Photo-journalist Malcolm W Browne, author of the famous Pulitzer prize-winning picture showing the self-immolation of a Buddhist monk in Vietnam in 1963, died August 27 at age 81 in a hospital in New Hampshire.

Tel Aviv-yafo - A 45-year-old disabled Israeli veteran, in a wheelchair, is listed in serious condition and on life support after setting himself on fire in Yehud.

Tel Aviv - Moshe Silman, the man who set himself on fire during a social justice protest last week in Tel Aviv, has died of his injuries.

Lhasa - Two Tibetan men set themselves ablaze outside a temple in Lhasa, capital of the Tibetan Autnomous Region, in protest against the Chinese occupation. One man died and the other survived.

A man is in hospital with serious injuries to his stomach and chest, after dousing himself with liquid and setting himself on fire outside the Oslo courthouse where Anders Behring Breivik is standing trial for mass murder.

A Tibetan protester has been severely burned after setting himself alight in a demonstration in New Delhi ahead of a visit by the President of China.

Beijing - Tenzin Wangmo, a 20-year-old Tibetan nun, has been the first woman to set herself on fire in protest of the Chinese government's policies towards Tibet. Wangmo is the ninth person to self-immolate as a plea for religious freedom and Dalai Lama's return.