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The History of Self-Immolation as Political Protest
Time via Yahoo News· 3 months agoBuddhist monk Thich Quang Duc is doused with gasoline during a protest demonstration in Saigon, on June 11, 1963. Credit - Malcolm Browne—AP A U.S....
China’s Residential Schools Separate a Million Tibetan Children From Their Families, U.N. Says
Time via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRoughly 1 million Tibetan children have been separated from their families and forcibly placed into...
Tibetan issues not in focus, but repression persists - exiled former leader
Reuters via AOL· 4 months agoThe plight of Tibet has become less discussed internationally but repression continues and China is...
Self-immolation as political protest: a brief modern history
CBC via Yahoo News· 3 months agoVigils have been held since the weekend for a U.S. soldier who died after setting himself on fire in...
A history of self-immolation as 'extreme' act of protest
The Week via Yahoo News· 2 months agoA Buddhist monk stands next to a banner with a picture of monk Thich Quang Duc, who set himself on...
'No serious mass political incidents' in Tibet last year, says senior official
Reuters via AOL· 2 months agoA senior Tibet official on Wednesday said there were no "mass incidents" last year in the Himalayan...
China Scraps Premier Li's Briefing, Breaking Years of Convention
Bloomberg via Yahoo News· 2 months ago(Bloomberg) -- China’s Li Qiang will become the first premier in three decades to not hold a press...