List of political self-immolations

This is a list of notable self-immolations done for political reasons. Non-political self-immolations are not included in the list. Self-immolation has become an increasingly used protest tactic among Tibetans protesting rule of Tibet by China[1] and Arabs against various Arab governments.[2]

List

Before 1900

Date Name Age Country ProtestingNotes and references
396Fayu45Later Qin (today  China)–
577Five unnamed Buddhist monks–Northern Zhou (today  China)Persecution of Buddhism by Emperor Wu
1780Kuyili (First suicide bomber)–Sivaganga (today  India)Against British EmpireShe applied ghee, set herself ablaze and jumped into the armoury of the British, securing victory for Velu Nachiyar

1940s

Date Name Age Country ProtestingNotes and references
1948Kuo-shun– ChinaPersecution of Buddhists and destruction of sacred objects by the government of Mao ZedongBuddhist monk from Vietnam.[3] In the city of Harbin, he sat in the lotus position on a pile of sawdust and soybean oil and set himself on fire.[4][5]

1950s

Date Name Age Country ProtestingNotes and references
December 8, 1959Poh Kwong– ThailandLoss of money intended to build a new hospital, was possibly swindled through government corruptionBuddhist monk from China. In the city of Bangkok, he sat on a five-foot pyre and attempted to self-immolate before being stopped by police.[3][6]

1960s

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Date Name Age Country ProtestingNotes and references
June 11, 1963Thích Quảng Đức66 South VietnamPersecution of Buddhists by the government of Ngô Đình DiệmLed 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 Thích Mguyen Huong 20s  South Vietnam Persecution of Buddhists by the government of Ngô Đình Diệm Buddhist monk. Self-immolated in the town center of Phan Thiết. Government soldiers removed his body before other monks could recover it.[7]
August 13, 1963 Thích Thanh Tuck 17  South Vietnam Persecution of Buddhists by the government of Ngô Đình Diệm Buddhist novice monk.[7]
August 15, 1963 Dieti Quảng –  South Vietnam Persecution of Buddhists by the government of Ngô Đình Diệm Buddhist nun. Self-immolated in the courtyard of Từ Đàm Pagoda in Huế.[7]
August 16, 1963 Thích Tieu 71  South Vietnam Persecution of Buddhists by the government of Ngô Đình Diệm 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 kill himself in demand for Buddhist rights. After his death (the third self-immolation in one week), the government declared martial law, sparking more Buddhist protests.[7]
January 25, 1964Kizappazuvur Chinnasamy27 IndiaImposition of Hindi over the Tamil languageInspired 5 other self-immolations.[7][8]
1965 Keeranoor Muthu 21  India Imposition of Hindi over the Tamil language Hotel worker[7]
January 26, 1965 Kodambakkam Sivalingam 21  India Imposition of Hindi over the Tamil language Madras city government employee[7]
January 27, 1965 Virugambakkam Aranganathan 33  India Imposition of Hindi over the Tamil language Worked in Madras for the Telephone Department.[7]
February 11, 1965 Ayampalayam Veerappan 26  India Imposition of Hindi over the Tamil language School headmaster[7]
February 1965 Satyamangalam Muthu 21  India Imposition of Hindi over the Tamil language Farmer[7]
March 1965 Mayavaram Sarangapani 20  India Imposition of Hindi over the Tamil language Student[7]
March 16, 1965Alice Herz82 United StatesVietnam WarWomen Strike for Peace member. Self-immolated on a street corner in Detroit, Michigan.[7]
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.[7]
October 12, 1965 Hiroko Hayasaki 36  United States Vietnam War Japanese American Buddhist. Self-immolated in San Diego, California.[7]
November 2, 1965Norman Morrison31 United StatesVietnam WarQuaker from Baltimore, Maryland.[7] Committed act in front of preschool-aged daughter.[9]
November 9, 1965Roger Allen LaPorte22 United StatesVietnam WarCatholic Worker[10]
November 9, 1965 Celene Jankowski 24  United States Vietnam War Mother whose three-month-old baby died in October 1965. Her brother had also died in the Korean War. Self-immolated in front of her home in South Bend, Indiana.[7]
May 28, 1966 Thích Nữ Thanh Quảng 55  South Vietnam Government of Nguyễn Cao Kỳ and United States support of the regime Buddhist nun.[7][11]
May 28, 1966 Ho Thi Thieu 58  South Vietnam Government of Nguyễn Cao Kỳ and United States support of the regime Buddhist laywoman. Self-immolated in pagoda in Saigon. Thousands were present, and monks covered her body with a Buddhist flag.[7][11]
May 28, 1966 Thích Nữ Vinh Ngoc 19  South Vietnam Government of Nguyễn Cao Kỳ and United States support of the regime Buddhist nun. Self-immolated in Huế.[7][12]
May 29, 1966 Name missing –  South Vietnam Government of Nguyễn Cao Kỳ and United States support of the regime Buddhist monk self-immolated in Da Lat.[11]
May 31, 1966 Nguyen Thi Van 17  South Vietnam Government of Nguyễn Cao Kỳ and United States support of the regime Buddhist laywoman. Self-immolated outside a pagoda in Huế.[7][12]
May 31, 1966 Name missing –  South Vietnam Government of Nguyễn Cao Kỳ and United States support of the regime Buddhist[12]
May 31, 1966 Name missing –  South Vietnam Government of Nguyễn Cao Kỳ and United States support of the regime Buddhist[12]
June 4, 1966 Thích Nữ Dien Dinh 26  South Vietnam Government of Nguyễn Cao Kỳ and United States support of the regime Buddhist nun. Self-immolated in the courtyard of a small pagoda in Da Nang.[7][12]
June 4, 1966 Thích Nữ Bao Luan 24  South Vietnam Government of Nguyễn Cao Kỳ and United States support of the regime Buddhist nun. Self-immolated in the same location as Thích Du Dien Dinh in Da Nang.[7][12]
June 4, 1966 Thích Dieu Nữ Tri –  South Vietnam Government of Nguyễn Cao Kỳ and United States support of the regime Buddhist nun. Self-immolated in the same location as Thích Du Dien Dinh in Da Nang.[7][12]
June 4, 1966 Name missing –  South Vietnam Government of Nguyễn Cao Kỳ and United States support of the regime Novice Buddhist monk. Self-immolated in Quảng Trị[12]
June 17, 1966 Woman; name missing –  South Vietnam Government of Nguyễn Cao Kỳ and United States support of the regime [7]
July 12, 1966 Liangqing70 ChinaDestruction of the Famen TempleBuddhist monk[13]
May 16, 1967Nhất Chi Mai34 South VietnamVietnam WarBuddhist nun[7][14]
October 3, 1967 Thích Nữ Tri –  South Vietnam 1967 South Vietnamese presidential election Buddhist nun[7][15]
October 8, 1967 Woman; name missing –  South Vietnam 1967 South Vietnamese presidential election Buddhist nun[7][15]
October 15, 1967Florence Beaumont55 United StatesVietnam War[16]
October 22, 1967 Thích Nữ Hue –  South Vietnam 1967 South Vietnamese presidential election Buddhist nun[7][15]
November 1, 1967 Thích Nữ Thuong –  South Vietnam 1967 South Vietnamese presidential election Buddhist nun[7][15]
November 12, 1967Yui Chunoshin73 JapanVietnam WarEsperantist.[17][18][19]
December 4, 1967 Erik Thoen 27  United States Vietnam War Zen Buddhist. Self-immolated in Sunnyvale, California.[7]
March 19, 1968 Ronald Brazee 16  United States Vietnam War Student. Died in hospital five weeks later.[20]
September 8, 1968Ryszard Siwiec59 PolandPoland's participation in Soviet invasion of CzechoslovakiaDied in hospital four days later.
November 5, 1968Vasyl Makukh40 Soviet UnionSoviet rule in Ukraine[21]
January 16, 1969Jan Palach20 CzechoslovakiaCommunist rule in CzechoslovakiaStudent. Inspired a number of self-immolations in protest of Soviet satellite states.
January 20, 1969Sándor Bauer17 HungaryCommunist rule in HungaryApprentice[7][22]
January 20, 1969 Josef Hlavatý 25  Czechoslovakia Communist rule in Czechoslovakia Blue-collar worker. Self-immolated in Plzeň and died five days later.[7][23]
January 22, 1969 Miroslav Malinka –  Czechoslovakia Communist rule in Czechoslovakia Blue-collar worker. Referenced Jan Palach. Self-immolated in Brno.[7][23]
January 26, 1969 Jan Bereš 16  Czechoslovakia Communist rule in Czechoslovakia Apprentice. Referenced Jan Palach. Self-immolated in Cheb.[23]
February 10, 1969 Mykola Bereslavsky 45  Soviet Union Soviet rule in Ukraine [7]
February 25, 1969Jan Zajíc19 CzechoslovakiaCommunist rule in CzechoslovakiaStudent.
April 2, 1969Evžen Plocek39 CzechoslovakiaCommunist rule in CzechoslovakiaBusinessman.
April 9, 1969Eliyahu Rips20 Soviet UnionCommunist rule in CzechoslovakiaSurvived, became professor of mathematics.
May 30, 1969Bruce Mayrock20 United StatesGenocide against Biafra in the Nigerian Civil WarColumbia University student. Died in hospital several hours later.

1970s

Date Name Age Country ProtestingNotes and references
February 13, 1970Márton Moyses28 RomaniaCommunist rule in Romania[7]
May 10, 1970George Winne Jr.23 United StatesVietnam WarStudent at the University of California, San Diego. Died the next day.[24]
June 4, 1970 Thích Nữ Lien Tap 24  South Vietnam Vietnam War Buddhist nun[7][15]
September 19, 1970Kostas Georgakis22 GreeceMilitary rule in GreeceStudent at the University of Genoa
September 19, 1970Joseba Elosegi54 SpainBombing of Guernica in 1937. Independence of the Basque Country.Survived[7]
November 13, 1970Jeon Tae-il22 South KoreaLabor conditions and the government's opposition to reform[7]
May 1971 Nguyen Thi Co –  South Vietnam Vietnam War Buddhist nun[7][15]
May 1971 Thích Nữ Tinh Nhuan –  South Vietnam Vietnam War Buddhist nun[7][15]
August 16, 1971 Man; name missing –  South Vietnam Vietnam War Vietnam War veteran[7]
August 16, 1971 Nguyen Minh Dang 37  South Vietnam Vietnam War Vietnam War veteran[7]
October 1971 Thích Nữ Tinh Cuong –  South Vietnam Vietnam War Buddhist nun[7][15]
1972 Thích Nữ Dien Han –  South Vietnam Vietnam War Buddhist nun[7][15]
May 14, 1972Romas Kalanta19 Soviet UnionCommunist rule in LithuaniaInspired largest post-war riots in occupied Lithuania and USSR, and 13 other self-immolations
May 29, 1972 V. Stonys 24  Soviet Union Communist rule in Lithuania Self-immolated in Varėna.[7]
June 6, 1972Huguette Gaulin28 Canada[25]
1974 Thích Nữ Du Dieu –  South Vietnam Vietnam War Buddhist nun[7][15]
August 10, 1976Antanas Kalinauskas19 Soviet UnionCommunist rule in LithuaniaIn Soviet Army barracks in Gulbene, Latvia. Died next day.
August 22, 1976Oskar Brüsewitz47 East GermanyCommunist rule in East GermanyLutheran pastor
February 10, 1977Alain Escoffier27 FranceCommunismMember of the Party of New Forces, a neo-fascist political party.
November 16, 1977Hartmut Gründler37 West GermanyAtomic policy
January 21, 1978Oleksa Hirnyk65 Soviet UnionCommunist rule in Ukraine
June 23, 1978Musa Mamut46 Soviet UnionPersecution of Crimean TatarsDied after five days[26]
October 3, 1978Lynette Phillips24  SwitzerlandSocial protestLynette Phillips had previously planned to burn herself to death 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 on the spot.[27]

1980s

Date Name Age Country ProtestingNotes and references
March 21, 1980Walenty Badylak76 PolandKatyn massacreHome Army veteran set himself alight chained to a well in the Main Square, Kraków.[28][29]
March 21, 1981Per-Axel Arosenius60 SwedenTaxes
August 10, 1982Artin Penik61 TurkeyASALA attack at Esenboğa International Airport
November 2, 1983Sebastián Acevedo ChileKidnapping of his children by the Chilean police during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet[30]
March 2, 1989Liviu Cornel Babeş47 RomaniaCommunist rule in RomaniaSet himself on fire on ski slope, died at hospital two hours later.[31]
March 2, 1989Vytautas Vičiulis37 Soviet UnionCommunist rule in Lithuania
March 24, 1989Kailash Pawar IndiaTo draw attention to plight of Bhopal gas victims and protest public indifferenceOriginal story published in The Hindu, March 26, 1990.[32]
April 7, 1989Cheng Nan-jung41 TaiwanFor freedom of speech and Taiwan independence
May 19, 1989Chan I-hua32 TaiwanFor freedom of speech and Taiwan independenceDuring funeral procession of Cheng Nan-jung.[33]

1990s

Date Name Age Country ProtestingNotes and references
April 26, 1990Stanislovas Žemaitis52 Soviet UnionCommunist rule in LithuaniaProtesting Soviet economic blockade of Lithuania. Died next day in Moscow hospital.
April 29, 1990Sunghee Park19 South KoreaPolitical situation in South KoreaSelf-immolated during students' protest against the South Korean regime. Died May 19, 1991.
May 9, 1990Rimantas Daugintis55 Soviet UnionCommunist rule in LithuaniaLithuanian sculptor self-immolated on Hungarian-Soviet border. Died after a few days.
September 19, 1990Rajiv Goswami19 IndiaReservation in IndiaSurvived.[34]
October 14, 1990Thanawut Klingchuea20 ThailandGovernment of Chatichai ChoonhavanRamkhamhaeng University student[35]
February 18, 1991Gregory Levey30 United StatesGulf WarImmolation took place in Amherst Common, Massachusetts.[36]
September 21, 1991Giorgi Abesadze35 GeorgiaLooming civil war in GeorgiaPhysician[37]
April 29, 1993Graham Bamford48 United KingdomWar 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.'[38]
February 21, 1994Homa Darabi54 IranWomen's rights after the Iranian RevolutionBiography Rage Against the Veil written by sister Parvin Darabi
April 25, 1995Reinhold Elstner75 Germany"Slander and demonization" of German soldiers after World War IIWehrmacht veteran. Died in a Munich hospital 12 hours later.
September 3, 1995Sabine Kratze25 VietnamTrial of six Buddhist monks
October 22, 1996Kathy Change46 United StatesFor directly democratic community-based self-government
January 13, 1998Alfredo Ormando29 ItalyRoman Catholic Church's condemnation of homosexuality
April 27, 1998Thupten Ngodup60 IndiaPolitical situation in TibetEx-monk. In protest of police interference with unto-death hunger-strike in Delhi. Died two days later in hospital after visit by the Dalai Lama.[39][40][41]
February 16, 1999Necla Coşkun14 United KingdomArrest of Abdullah ÖcalanSurvived.[42]

2000s

Date Name Age Country ProtestingNotes and references
January 21, 2001various– ChinaSee Tiananmen Square self-immolation incident[43]
April 2, 2001Shahraz Kayani48 AustraliaGovernment refusal to grant entry to his wife and daughtersPakistani refugee[44]
June 23, 2003Neda Hassani26 United KingdomRaid on and arrest of members of the People's Mujahedin of IranIn front of the French embassy in London. Died on the spot. There were at least 4 other self-immolations protesting the same.[45]
July 21, 2004Mordehai (Hamimo) Cohen30 IsraelRejection of work licenseSet himself on fire during a City Hall assembly[46]
August 17, 2005Yelena Businov54 IsraelProtest against Israel's unilateral disengagement plan[47]
August 31, 2005Baruch Ben Menahem21 IsraelProtest against Israel's unilateral disengagement plan[48]
March 28, 2006El ieftheriya Fortulaki GreeceTreatment of Kurds in Turkey[49]
November 3, 2006Malachi Ritscher52 United StatesWar in IraqDied at the scene.[50]
June 11, 2006Pravin Joshi30 IndiaScreening of FanaaDied 9 days later.[51]
October 31, 2006Roland Weisselberg73 GermanySpread of IslamFormer Lutheran pastor self-immolated in a former monastery in Erfurt. Died the following day.[52]
March 7, 2007Uddhav Bhandari40 United KingdomAsylum policyNepali asylum seeker[53]
April 1, 2007Heo Se-uk54 South KoreaSouth Korea – United States Free Trade Agreement[54]
October 1, 2008Ramiro Guillén Tapia65 MexicoLocal government in the city of Xalapa[55]
January 29, 2009Kumar Muthukumar26 IndiaKilling of the Sri Lankan TamilsInspired several other self-immolations[56]
February 12, 2009Murugathasan Varnakulasingham26  SwitzerlandKilling of the Sri Lankan TamilsInspired several other self-immolations[57]
February 27, 2009Tapeymid-20s ChinaPolitical situation in TibetMonk, Kirti Monastery, Ngaba. Shot[58] by Chinese police while on fire, and then taken away by them. Status unknown.[58]
November 13, 2009Tang Fu-zhen47 ChinaForced demolition of her homeDied on November 29.[59]
December 3, 2009Kasoju Srikanth Chary24 IndiaFor statehood of TelanganaDied on December 4.[60]

2010s

Date Name Age Country ProtestingNotes and references
February 20, 2010Siripur Yadaiah19 IndiaFor statehood of TelanganaStudent. Self immolated at the main gate of Osmania University, Hyderabad. Died the next day in hospital.[61][62]
July 31, 2010Eshan Reddy20's IndiaFor statehood of TelanganaStudent; set himself on fire as an offering for a deity for the cause of statehood.[63]
September 10, 2010 Ye Zhongcheng79 ChinaForced demolition of their homeZhongcheng self-immolated with two family members and died on September 18.[64]
December 17, 2010Mohamed Bouazizi26 TunisiaCorruption in governmentInspired the Tunisian revolution leading to ouster of President Ben Ali and further revolutions of the Arab Spring. Died January 4, 2011.[65]
January 16, 2011Venugopala Reddy20's IndiaFor statehood of TelanganaMCA student immolated himself near his university auditorium,died on the spot.[66]
January 16, 2011Mohsen Bouterfif– AlgeriaUnemployment and housingInspired by Bouazizi's self-immolation in Tunisia.[67]
January 16, 2011 Bhavani18 IndiaFor statehood of Telangana[68]
January 17, 2011Yacoub Ould Dahoud43 MauritaniaPolitical situation in Mauritania[69]
January 23, 2011 Unnamed man 60s  Saudi Arabia Political situation in Saudi Arabia [70]
February 21, 2011Mohd Mustafa40 IndiaFor statehood of Telangana[71]
March 16, 2011Rigzin Phuntsog21 ChinaPolitical situation in TibetMonk of Kirti Monastery. In Ngaba, Amdo. Beaten by police before they extinguished the flames. Died in hospital.[72][73][74]
June 15, 2011Thomas James Ball58 United StatesFather's rights and family court injusticeSelf immolated on the steps of a family courthouse in New Hampshire. Died on the spot.[75]
August 15, 2011Tsewang Norbu29 ChinaPolitical situation in TibetMonk of Nyitso monastery in Kham Tawu. In Tawu. Died soon afterwards.[72][74][76]
August 28, 2011 Senkodi27 IndiaConvictions in the Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi caseA 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.[77]
September 16, 2011Apostolos Polyzonis55 GreeceEuropean sovereign-debt crisisMan set himself on fire in front of a bank in Thessaloniki.[78]
September 23, 2011 Andrzej Żydek 49  Poland irregularities in the capital's treasury 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.[79][80]
September 26, 2011Lobsang Kunchok18 ChinaPolitical situation in TibetMonk of Kirti Monastery. In Ngaba, Amdo. Set fire to himself, together with Lobsang Kelsang.[74][81]
September 26, 2011Lobsang Kelsang18 ChinaPolitical situation in TibetMonk of Kirti Monastery. In Ngaba, Amdo. Set fire to himself, together with Lobsang Kunchok.[74][82]
October 3, 2011Kelsang Wangchuk17 ChinaPolitical situation in TibetMonk of Kirti Monastery. In Ngaba, Amdo. Beaten and taken away by security personnel.[83]
October 7, 2011 Kayang17 ChinaPolitical situation in TibetFormer monk of Kirti Monastery. In Ngaba, Amdo. Clasped hands with Choepel; died.[74][84]
October 7, 2011 Choepel19 ChinaPolitical situation in TibetFormer monk of Kirti Monastery. In Ngaba, Amdo. Clasped hands with Kayang; died.[74][85] China Daily reported they were "slightly injured".[86]
October 15, 2011Norbu Damdrul19 ChinaPolitical situation in TibetFormer monk of Kirti Monastery. In Ngaba, Amdo. Kicked and removed from scene by authorities. Current status unknown.[74][87]
October 17, 2011Tenzin Wangmo20 ChinaPolitical situation in TibetNun of Mame Dechen Chokorling. In Ngaba, Amdo. Died.[74][88]
October 21, 2011 Wang42 ChinaLegal inequalities in ChinaAt Tiananmen Square, Beijing. Taken to hospital by police; evidence at scene erased immediately.[74][89]
October 26, 2011Dawa Tsering38 ChinaPolitical situation in TibetMonk of Kardze Monastery. In Kardze, Amdo. Current status unknown.[74][90]
November 3, 2011Palden Choetso35 ChinaPolitical situation in TibetNun in Tawu, Kardze. Reported deceased by Xinhua.[74][91][92]
November 4, 2011Sherab Tsedor25 ChinaPolitical situation in TibetLayperson. Outside Chinese embassy in New Delhi. Overpowered by police and hospitalized with minor burns.[93][94][95]
November 11, 2011Yenesew Gebre29 EthiopiaCorruption of dictatorship governmentInspired by Bouazizi's self-immolation in Tunisia.[96]
December 1, 2011Tenzin Phuntsok46[97] ChinaPolitical situation in TibetEx-monk, Karma Monastery, Chamdo.[98][99] Died on December 6, 2011, in Chamdo Hospital in Tibet[97] Reported in China Daily, as a "farmer" who "is considered eccentric".[100]
December 7, 2011Sondang Hutagalung22 IndonesiaDisputed[101]
January 6, 2012 TennyiAround 20 ChinaPolitical situation in Tibet[102]
January 6, 2012 TsultrimAround 20 ChinaPolitical situation in Tibet[103]
January 8, 2012Sopa Tulku/Sonam Wangyal42 ChinaPolitical situation in Tibet[104][105]
January 14, 2012Jamyang Losang20s ChinaPolitical situation in TibetFormer monk of Andu monastery. In Ngaba, Amdo. Deceased.[106]
February 3, 2012Tsaptai Tsering, Kyarel, and unknown name60, 30, unknown ChinaPolitical situation in TibetThree laypersons. In Serthar. Incident published in several places, but unconfirmed.[107][108]
February 8, 2012Rigzin Dorje (Rinzin)Around 18 ChinaPolitical situation in TibetFormer monk of Kirti Monastery. In Ngaba, Amdo. Died February 21 in hospital.[109]
February 9, 2012Sonam Rabyang30s ChinaPolitical situation in TibetMonk of Lab Monastery. In Tridu town, Yushu County, Kham. Taken to hospital; condition unclear.[110]
February 11, 2012Tenzin Choedron18 ChinaPolitical situation in TibetNun of Mame Dechen Chokorling. In Ngaba, Amdo. Taken away by soldiers and police, and died shortly afterward.[111][112]
February 13, 2012Lobsang Gyatso19 ChinaPolitical situation in TibetMonk of Kirti Monastery. In Ngaba, Amdo. Current status unknown.[113][114]
March 4, 2012 Rinchen32 ChinaPolitical situation in TibetOccupation unknown. In Ngaba, Amdo. Died on the spot.[115]
March 5, 2012 Dorje (Dorjee)18 ChinaPolitical situation in TibetOccupation unknown. In Ngaba, Amdo. Deceased.[116]
March 10, 2012 Gapey (Gepey)18 ChinaPolitical situation in TibetMonk of Kirti Monastery. In Ngaba, Amdo. Died on the spot.[117]
March 13, 2012Jamyang Palden30s ChinaPolitical situation in TibetMonk of Rongpo monastery, Rebkong, Amdo. Current status unknown.[118]
March 16, 2012Lobsang Tsultrim20 ChinaPolitical situation in TibetMonk of Kirti Monastery. In Ngaba, Amdo. Died in custody.[119]
March 17, 2012Sonam Thargyal (Dargye, Dhargay)44 ChinaPolitical situation in TibetFarmer in Rebkong, Amdo. Died on the spot.[120][121]
March 24, 2012L Bhoja Naik21 IndiaFor statehood of TelanganaMBA student set himself on fire in front of his college. Died on the spot.[122]
March 26, 2012Jampel Yeshi20 IndiaPolitical situation in TibetLayperson in Delhi. Died 2 days later in hospital.[123][124]
March 26, 2012Rajmouli40 IndiaFor statehood of Telangana[125][126]
March 26, 2012B.R. Goudn/a IndiaFor statehood of Telangana[125]
March 27, 2012 Pallavi17 IndiaFor statehood of TelanganaLater died in hospital.[127]
March 27, 2012Kalakanchi Ilaiah30 IndiaFor statehood of TelanganaScrap dealer.[128]
March 28, 2012K Uppalaiah30 IndiaFor statehood of Telangana[129]
March 28, 2012Lobsang Sherab20 ChinaPolitical situation in TibetMonk of Kirti Monastery.[130] In Ngaba, Amdo. Died on the spot.[131][132]
March 28, 2012Sripuram Srikanth23 IndiaFor statehood of TelanganaDied on March 30 at the Osmania General Hospital.[133]
March 30, 2012Tenpa Dhargyal (Darjey)22 ChinaPolitical situation in TibetMonk of Tsodun monastery, Barkham, Amdo. Forcibly removed to hospital by Chinese security forces. Current status unknown.[134][135]
March 30, 2012Chimey Palden (Chime)21 ChinaPolitical situation in TibetMonk of Tsodun monastery, Barkham, Amdo. Forcibly removed to hospital by Chinese security forces.[135][136] Died later that day around midnight.[137]
March 30, 2012Shyamapuri Shankar24 IndiaFor statehood of Telangana[138]
March 30, 2012Bandavath Suresh25 IndiaFor statehood of TelanganaSuffered 50% burns.[139]
May 27, 2012Dorjee Tseten and Dargye19 & 25 ChinaPolitical situation in TibetIn front of the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa[140]
July 14, 2012Moshe Silman57 IsraelSocial justice march in Tel AvivSocial justice activist, suffered 90% burns.[141] Died of his wounds on July 20 in an Israeli hospital.[142]
July 16, 2012Zion Vaknin[143]46 IsraelSocial injustice protestAt Beersheba's city hall, in protest of debts.[144]
July 18, 2012Valentina Gerasimovna57 RussiaA woman attempted self-immolation at the public reception center of the ruling United Russia party in Novosibirsk. She earlier addressed the party's public reception center for legal advice as an apartment buyer.[145][146] Died in a hospital.[147]
July 20, 2012Akiva Mafi45 IsraelSocial injustice protestAkiva Mafi[148] (45) Disabled IDF veteran sets himself on fire in Yehud, on behalf of wounded veterans.[149][150] Died August 1, 2012.[151] New agency established to prevent more cases.
July 30, 2012Đặng Thị Kim Liêng64 VietnamAgainst 2011 crackdown on Vietnamese youth activists[152]Tạ Phong Tần's mother. Set herself on fire in the early morning, died en route to the hospital in the afternoon of the same Monday.[153]
February 18, 2013Trayan Marechkov26 BulgariaPart of the 2013 Bulgarian protestsDied on the spot, at a central crossroads, in front of the central office of a private bank in Veliko Tarnovo.[154][155]
February 20, 2013Plamen Goranov36 BulgariaPart of the 2013 Bulgarian protests against the Borisov cabinetProtested corruption and monopolies,[156] and demanded the resignation of Varna's mayor Kiril Yordanov and the Municipal Council.[157] Mountain climber and photographer. Set himself alight in front of the Varna municipality. Died 11 days later in hospital.[158][159]
February 26, 2013Ventzislav Vasilev53 BulgariaPart of the 2013 Bulgarian protestsFather of five.[160] Set himself on fire in Radnevo. Died in hospital two weeks later.
March 13, 2013Dimitar Dimitrov51 BulgariaPart of the 2013 Bulgarian protestsSet himself on fire in front of the Presidential Palace in Sofia. Hospitalized with life-threatening injuries.[161][162]
March 20, 2013Todor Yovchev40 BulgariaPart of the 2013 Bulgarian protestsDied on March 22[163]
May 24, 2013Bowatte Indarathana30 Sri LankaAgainst the slaughtering of cattle and forced conversion of Buddhists to other religions in Sri Lanka[164]
June 12, 2013 Andrzej Filipiak 56  Poland unemployed receiving no help from the state Occurred across the street from the Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Poland[165][166][167]
June 20, 2014Thu Hoang71 United StatesApparent protest by a Vietnamese man of a Chinese state-owned oil rig being placed into waters contested by Vietnam in the South China Sea[168]
June 23, 2014Charles R. Moore79 United StatesSocial injustice[169]Set himself alight in a strip mall parking lot, died upon arrival at hospital.
November 3, 2014Lidia Petrova38 BulgariaSocial injustice protestIn Sofia. Her motives for self-immolation currently remains unknown. She died a few days later.
March 14, 2015Younes Asakere34 IranDiscrimination of Ahwazi ArabsSelf-immolated after local authorities confiscated his vendor stall in Khorramshahr. Died on March 22.[170] Inspired a mass protest which resulted in arrests of some 1,000 people and further self-immolations.[171]
August 12, 2015Choi Yeon-yeol80 South KoreaJapanese colonization of Korea and military conduct during WWII[172]Set himself on fire in a flower bed near the Japanese embassy in Seoul during an anti-Japan protest by "comfort women" (survivors of WWII Japanese military brothels). Injuries sustained were not life-threatening. Condition Pending.[173]
October 18, 2015Khodayar Amini30 AustraliaAustralian refugee policyHe self-immolated in Melbourne during a video call to his advocates.[174]
October 24, 2015Erlan Bektibaev20 KazakhstanSocial injusticeDoused himself with gasoline and set himself on fire on October 24 in front of the Taraz headquarters of the ruling Nur Otan party in Taraz. Bektibayev was rushed to hospital, but later died of his burns.
February 28, 2016 Dorjee Tsering 16  India Political situation in Tibet Survived and recovered in a New Delhi hospital. American presidential candidate Hillary Clinton held up his photograph while speaking to a Tibetan advocacy group.[175]
February 28, 2016 Kalsang Wangdu 18  China Political situation in Tibet Died en route to a hospital in Chengdu.[175]
March 19, 2016Charles Ingram51 United States of AmericaCorruption at the United States Department of Veterans AffairsMilitary veteran walked nine miles to a military veteran hospital and self-immolated in the hospital's parking lot.[176]
April 27, 2016Omid Masoumali23 NauruAustralian refugee policyIranian 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".[177] 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.[178]
May 2, 2016Hodan Yasi21 NauruAustralian refugee policyIn Australian Refugee Detention camp. Woman from Somalia (variously referred to as Hadon/Hodan and Yasin/Yasi) was airlifted from Nauru to Brisbane[179] 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.
July 15, 2017 Tenzin Choeying 20  India Political situation in Tibet He survived but suffered 50% burns, but died nine days later from his injuries.[180][181]
July 29, 2017 Pasang Dhondup 49  India Political situation in Tibet Died in Dharamshala[182]
October 19, 2017 Piotr Szczęsny 54  Poland Rule of Law and Justice political party Leaflets[183][184] 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".[185][186][187]
January 15, 2018 Dmitry Rudov 39  Russia Corruption of government 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.[188]
April 14, 2018 David Buckel 60  United States Environmental pollution

Buckel was involved in environmental causes, which he alluded to in a note sent to The New York Times as the reason he decided to end his life by self-immolation with fossil fuels.[189][190]

May 20, 2018 Fathi Harb 20  Palestine Economic situation in Gaza Died May 23.[191][192]
June 20, 2018 Chloe Sagal 31  United States Homelessness and mental health issues 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.[193]
June 26, 2018John Watts58 United States of AmericaCorruption at the United States Department of Veterans AffairsMilitary veteran self-immolated on the steps of the Georgia state Capitol to protest corruption at the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.[194]
3 August 2018 Vatan Karabash – Crimea (disputed) Russian occupation of Crimea and repressions of the Crimean Tatars 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-occupied Crimea, which had been deemed "illegal" since they were built before Crimean Tatars had been given the right of return. Bystanders put out the flames and the injuries were reported to be non-fatal.[195]
15 August 2018 Unknown Woman 50  United Kingdom Unknown The parent of an eyewitness described the incident:

“My daughter took her mother to an appointment at Barnet Council ( Tory) housing office yesterday afternoon. They were being interviewed in a side room when they heard a commotion. Someone came and told them to leave the building.

“When they left the room they saw flames on front of them in the waiting room. A woman had set fire to herself. Everybody was just turfed out after witnessing this terrible ordeal. She said that those outside were in severe shock but left to their own devices.

“There hasn’t been a word about this in the news or local news. This is Tory Britain . How often is this happening and going unreported? My daughter was still very upset and had to spend the night with her mum.”[196]

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  • "The Self Immolators" – a chronological list of biographies and last statements of known self immolators 1967 to 2013
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