Phuntsog self-immolation incident

The Phuntsog self-immolation incident (Chinese: 彭措自焚事件) occurred when a Tibetan Buddhist monk by the name of Rigzin Phuntsog self-immolated on March 16, 2011 in Ngawa County, Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province, People's Republic of China.[1] This was followed by another self-immolation incident on September 26, 2011.[2] By March 2012, more than thirty other Tibetans had self-immolated as a protest against Chinese rule of Tibet.[3]

  1. ^ "Family cremates Tibetan monk died of self-immolation". China.org.cn. 2011-03-19. Retrieved 2011-03-27.
  2. ^ "2 Tibetan monks self-immolate amid Dalai Lama feud: group". The China Post. 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
  3. ^ "2 Fire continues: Monk self-immolates in restive Ngaba County". The Tibet Express. 2012-03-29. Retrieved 2012-03-29.[permanent dead link‍]