Alex Ortolani | Asia Society February 24, 2012 Earlier this week a Tibetan monk became at least the 22nd person in the past year to commit self-immolation in protest at the Chinese government’s rule in Tibet. Robert Barnett, Director of the Modern Tibet Studies Program at Columbia University, says …

  By TOM LASSETER | McClatchy Newspapers |Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012 ABA (Ngaba), China–  The monk reached into the folds of his red robe, pulled out a small notebook, and gently slipped from its pages a tiny photograph. The man in the creased picture was a relative. He used to …

  By Ming Xia | The Diplomat | February 7, 2012 News today that three Tibetan herders may have set themselves alight highlights the increasing frequency with which Tibetans (usually monks or nuns) have been turning to self-immolation, bringing to 19 the total that have done so in the past year. …

  Press Statement |6 Feb, 2012 The Central Tibetan Administration is deeply concerned and alarmed over the recent news of three more self-immolations in Serthar (Sichuan) onFriday, February 3, 2012. Unconfirmed reports state that three Tibetans were involved, two of them aged in the 60s and 30s respectively. All three …

  Radio Free Asia, 04 February 2012 The fiery protests come as Chinese authorities widen crackdown. Three Tibetans have set themselves on fire in the troubled county of Serthar (in Chinese, Seda) in China’s Sichuan province, the latest in a series of self-immolations against Chinese rule, sources said Saturday. News …

  DHARAMSHALA: Expressing its deep concern over the reports of killing of Tibetans by the Chinese security forces in northeastern Tibet and the lockdown of Tibet, the International Parliamentarians has called for a UN-led fact-finding mission to observe the situation in Tibet. In a statement on 31 January, International Network …