Tibet on fire : self-immolations against Chinese rule
Weise, Kevin Carrico (Translator)
Why Tibetan monks are setting themselves on fireSince the 2008 uprising, nearly 150 Tibetan monks have set fire to themselves in protest at the Chinese occupation of their country. Most have died from their injuries. Author Tsering Woeser is a prominent voice of the Tibetan movement, and one of the few Tibetan authors to write in Chinese. Her stirring acts of resistance have led to her house arrest, where she remains under close surveillance to this day. Tibet On Fire is her account of the oppression Tibetans face and the ideals driving those who resist, both the self-immolators and other Tibe
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Why are Tibetans self-immolating?
The protesters
State-sponsored slander and media blockades
Lhasa: apartheid redux
Self-immolation as protest
Translated from the French translation