Taphun
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Tibetans observe candlelight vigil for 81-yrs man’s self-immolation.
Hundreds of Tibetans gathered in Dharamshala on Monday for a candlelight vigil in memory of a Tibetan man who self-immolated on March 27. On Monday evening, five major Tibetan NGOs joined together to hold a candlelight vigil in support of Taphun.
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Octogenarian Tibet man self-immolates at Kirti Monastery
RFA reported on 3rd April that an 81-year-old Tibetan man died after a self-immolation protest against Chinese control last week outside a police station in front of a major monastery in the western Chinese province of Sichuan. The report mentioned that the Kirti event occurred three days before the most recent documented self-immolation, which occurred…