List of political self-immolations#2020s

{{Short description|Listing of politically motivated suicides}}

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File:Thích Quảng Đức self-immolation.jpg, done in protest against Buddhist persecution by Christians]]

This is a list of notable people who committed self-immolation, the act of setting themselves on fire for political reasons. Non-political self-immolations are not included in the list.

List

= 1940s =

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|{{dts|1948}}

Kuo-shun|{{flagu|Republic of China}} (Communist-controlled Zone)Persecution of Buddhists and destruction of sacred objects by the government of Mao ZedongBuddhist monk from Vietnam.{{Cite journal|last=Jackson|first=William J|title=Self-Immolation in Hindu, Buddhist and Other Traditions|url=https://www.academia.edu/4866752|language=en}} In the city of Harbin, he sat in the lotus position on a pile of sawdust and soybean oil and self-immolated.{{Cite web|url=http://www.jamyangnorbu.com/blog/2012/01/03/self-immolation-and-buddhism/|title=Shadow Tibet : Jamyang Norbu » Blog Archive » SELF-IMMOLATION AND BUDDHISM|website=jamyangnorbu.com|date=January 3, 2012 |access-date=2017-08-13}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=211orfsU0UYC&q=Buddhist+monk+in+China+set+himself+on+fire+in+1948%2C&pg=PA179|title=Making Sense of Suicide Missions|last=Gambetta|first=Diego|date=2006-09-21|publisher=OUP Oxford|isbn=978-0-19-929797-9|pages=179}}

= 1950s =

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|{{dts|December 8, 1959}}

Poh Kwong|{{Flag|Thailand}}Loss 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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/155655801/|title=Thai Police Grab Monk About to Cremate Self|date=1959-12-08|work=The Morning News}}

= 1960s =

{{Incomplete list|date=August 2017}}

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| {{dts|1963-06-11}}

{{sn|Thích Quảng|Đức}}66rowspan="6" | {{flag|South Vietnam}}rowspan="6" | Persecution 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.
{{dts|August 4, 1963}}

|{{Sn|Thitch Mguyen|Huong|nolink=1}}{{sic}}

|20s

|Buddhist monk. Self-immolated in the town center of Phan Thiết. Government soldiers removed his body before other monks could recover it.{{Cite book|url=http://thespeakernewsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/The-Self-Immolators.pdf|title=The Self-Immolators|last=Donaldson|first=Day Blakely|year=2013}}

{{dts|August 13, 1963}}

|{{Sn|Thich|Thanh Tuck|nolink=1}}{{sic}}

|17

|Buddhist novice monk.

{{dts|August 15, 1963}}

|{{Sn|Dieti|Quang|nolink=1}}{{sic}}

|–

|Buddhist nun. Self-immolated in the courtyard of Từ Đàm Pagoda in Huế.

{{dts|August 16, 1963}}

|{{Sn|Thich|Tieu}}

|71

|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 commit suicide in demand for Buddhist rights. After his death (the third self-immolation in one week), the government declared martial law, sparking more Buddhist protests.

{{dts|October 27, 1963}}

|{{Sn|Ho|Dan Van|nolink=1}}

|35–45

|Buddhist monk. Dressed in civilian clothing, he was dropped off by a motorcyclist in front of a Catholic cathedral in Saigon, where he squatted in a lotus-fashion, poured gasoline in his lap and struck a match.{{cite news|author= |title=Monk Fires Self Before Cathedral|work=The Charlotte Observer|date=October 28, 1963|via=newspapers.com}}

{{dts|1963-12}}unidentified female{{flagu|South Vietnam}}Vietnam WarThree men self-immolated in the next week, all for personal reasons.{{Cite news |date=1963-12-07 |title=Saigon Man Burns Himself to Death |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/corpus-christi-times/145961643/ |access-date=2024-04-24 |work=Corpus Christi Times |pages=7}}
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| {{dts|1964-01-25}}

{{Sn|Kizappazuvur|Chinnasamy}}27rowspan="7"| {{flagu|India}}rowspan="7" | Imposition of Hindi over the Tamil languageInspired 5 other self-immolations.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fBchTO0NS0EC&pg=PA3|title=Language, Emotion, and Politics in South India|access-date=December 20, 2014|isbn=978-0-253-35301-6|last1=Mitchell|first1=Lisa|year=2009|publisher=Indiana University Press }}
{{dts|1965}}

|{{Sortname|Keeranoor|Muthu|nolink=yes}}

|21

|Hotel worker

{{dts|January 26, 1965}}

|{{Sn|Kodambakkam|Sivalingam|nolink=1}}

|21

|Madras city government employee

{{dts|January 27, 1965}}

|{{Sn|Virugambakkam|Aranganathan|nolink=1}}

|33

|Worked in Madras for the Telephone Department.

{{dts|February 11, 1965}}

|{{Sortname|Ayampalayam|Veerappan|nolink=1}}

|26

|School headmaster

{{dts|February 1965}}

|{{Sortname|Satyamangalam|Muthu|nolink=1}}

|21

|Farmer

{{dts|March 1965}}

|{{Sortname|Mayavaram|Sarangapani|nolink=yes}}

|20

|Student

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| {{dts|1965-03-16}}

{{sn|Alice|Herz}}82| {{flagu|United States}}Vietnam WarWomen Strike for Peace member. Self-immolated on a street corner in Detroit, Michigan.
April 20, 1965

|Thich Giac Thanh

|

|Saigon, Vietnam

|Vietnam War

|Buddhist monk{{Cite web |last=allyson |date=2015-05-26 |title=THICH NHAT HANH(1926- )from Vietnam: Lotus in a Sea of Fire: In Search of the Enemy of Man |url=https://ethicsofsuicide.lib.utah.edu/selections/thich-nhat-hahn/ |access-date=2024-12-31 |website=The Ethics of Suicide Digital Archive |language=en-US}}

{{dts|July 23, 1965}}

|{{Sortname|Huh|Jik}}

|62

|{{Flag|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.

{{dts|October 12, 1965}}

|{{Sortname|Hiroko|Hayashi|nolink=1}}

|36

| rowspan="4" |{{flagu|United States}}

| rowspan="4" |Vietnam War

|Japanese American. Self-immolated in San Diego, California.Hiroko Hayashi's name is frequently misspelled, either as Hiroko Hayaski from Zaroulis and Sullivan's Who spoke up?:American protest against the war in Vietnam, 1963-1975 and as Hiroko Hayasaki in Donaldson's "The Self Immolators". See [https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=WORLDNEWS&req_dat=0D1A845FAF8F8CA0&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Aimage%252Fv2%253A136E6CB81C5E443C%2540WHNPX-18576BC05F72E6CA%25402439776-1855523C80D8550E%25401-1855523C80D8550E%2540/hlterms%3AHayashi|S.D. Woman Ignites Self With Gasoline in "San Diego Evening Tribune", October 12, 1967] and [https://archive.org/details/craigjoantwolive00asin/page/145/|Craig and Joan: Two lives for peace (1971)]

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| {{dts|1965-11-02}}

{{sn|Norman|Morrison}}31Quaker from Baltimore. Committed act below Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara's Pentagon office in front of his one-year-old daughter.{{cite news|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,834576,00.html|title=Churches: The Pacifists|magazine=Time|date=1965-11-12|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110116213620/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,834576,00.html|archive-date=2011-01-16}}
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| {{dts|1965-11-09}}

{{sn|Roger Allen|LaPorte}}22Catholic Worker. Self-immolated in front of the Headquarters of the United Nations in New York City.{{cite news|author=Buckley, Thomas|title=Man, 22, Immolates Himself In Antiwar Protest at U.N.|work=New York Times|date=November 10, 1965|via=ProQuest}}
{{dts|November 9, 1965}}

|{{Sortname|Celene|Jankowski}}

|24

|Mother whose three-month-old baby girl died in October 1965. Her brother had also died in the Korean War. Self-immolated in front of her home in South Bend, Indiana. Survived.

{{dts|April 7, 1966}}

|{{Sort name|Nikolai|Didyk|nolink=1}}

|26

|{{flagu|Soviet Union}}

|Government refusal to let him fight in the Vietnam War

|Died on April 10.{{Cite news |date=1966-04-12 |title=Soviet Man Burns Himself to Death |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-independent/145972228/ |access-date=2024-04-24 |work=The Independent |pages=7}}

{{dts|May 28, 1966}}

|{{Sortname|Thích Nữ Thanh|Quảng}}

|55

| rowspan="12" |{{Flag|South Vietnam}}

| rowspan="12" |Government of Nguyễn Cao Kỳ and United States support of the regime (Buddhist Uprising)

|Buddhist nun.{{Cite magazine|date=1966-06-10|title=South Viet Nam: The Light That Failed|url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,942006,00.html|magazine=Time}}

{{dts|May 28, 1966}}

|{{Sortname|Ho Thi|Thieu}}

|58

|Buddhist laywoman. Self-immolated in pagoda in Saigon. Thousands were present, and monks covered her body with a Buddhist flag.

{{dts|May 28, 1966}}

|{{Sortname|Thích|Nữ Vinh Ngoc|nolink=1}}

|19

|Buddhist nun. Self-immolated in Huế.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qfBldO8esgIC&q=THICH+NU+VINH+NGOC+self-immolated&pg=PA136|title=The Lotus Unleashed: The Buddhist Peace Movement in South Vietnam, 1964–1966|last=Topmiller|first=Robert J.|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|year=2006|isbn=0-8131-9166-1|pages=136|language=en}}

{{dts|May 29, 1966}}

|Name missing

|–

|Buddhist monk self-immolated in Da Lat.

{{dts|May 31, 1966}}

|{{Sortname|Nguyen Thi|Van|nolink=1}}

|17

|Buddhist laywoman. Self-immolated outside a pagoda in Huế.

{{dts|May 31, 1966}}

|Name missing

|–

|Buddhist

{{dts|May 31, 1966}}

|Name missing

|–

|Buddhist

{{dts|June 4, 1966}}

|{{Sortname|Thích Nữ Dien|Dinh|nolink=1}}

|26

|Buddhist nun. Self-immolated in the courtyard of a small pagoda in Da Nang.

{{dts|June 4, 1966}}

|{{Sortname|Thích Nữ Bao|Luan|nolink=yes}}

|24

|Buddhist nun. Self-immolated in the same location as Thích Du Dien Dinh in Da Nang.

{{dts|June 4, 1966}}

|{{Sortname|Thích Dieu Nữ|Tri|nolink=yes}}

|–

|Buddhist nun. Self-immolated in the same location as Thích Du Dien Dinh in Da Nang.

{{dts|June 4, 1966}}

|Name missing

|–

|Novice Buddhist monk. Self-immolated in Quảng Trị

{{dts|June 17, 1966}}

|Woman; name missing

|–

|

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| {{dts|1966-07-12}}

{{snLiangqing|Liangqing (monk)}}70{{flagu|China}}Destruction of the Famen TempleBuddhist monk{{cite web|url=http://www.thetibetpost.com/en/outlook/reviews/2789-chinese-author-hu-ping-analyses-tibet-self-immolation-actions|title=Chinese Author Hu Ping Analyses Tibet Self-Immolation Actions|date=20 August 2012|work=The Tibet Post International|access-date=2016-11-26|archive-date=December 30, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121230145558/http://www.thetibetpost.com/en/outlook/reviews/2789-chinese-author-hu-ping-analyses-tibet-self-immolation-actions|url-status=dead}}
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| {{dts|1967-05-16}}

{{sn|Nhất|Chi Mai|Nhất Chi Mai|Nhất Chi Mai}}34{{flag|South Vietnam}}Vietnam WarBuddhist nun{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H4QybVtXRgsC&q=Nhat+Chi+Mai+1967&pg=PA126|title=Thomas Merton and Thich Nhat Hanh|access-date=December 20, 2014|isbn=978-0-8264-1340-6|last1=King|first1=Robert Harlen|year=2001|publisher=A&C Black }}
{{dts|1967-08-18}}{{sn|John|Copping|nolink=y}}33{{flag|United States}}Vietnam WarNavy veteran.{{Cite news |date=1967-08-19 |title=Man Burns Himself in Protest |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-hanford-sentinel/145961747/ |access-date=2024-04-24 |work=The Hanford Sentinel |pages=2}}
{{dts|October 3, 1967}}

|{{Sortname|Thích Nữ|Tri|nolink=yes}}

| rowspan="2" | –

| rowspan="2" |{{flag|South Vietnam}}

| rowspan="2" |1967 South Vietnamese presidential election

|Buddhist nun{{Cite web |last=Topmiller |first=Robert |date=2011-04-19 |title=Struggling For Peace: The Unrecognized Sacrifices of Buddhist Women During the Vietnam War |url=https://quangduc.com/a33080/struggling-for-peace-the-unrecognized-sacrifices-of-buddhist-women-during-the-vietnam-war |website=quangduc.com}}

{{dts|October 8, 1967}}

|Woman; name missing

|–

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| {{dts|1967-10-15}}

{{sn|Florence|Beaumont|nolink=1}}55{{flagu|United States}}Vietnam War{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/16/newsid_2535000/2535301.stm|title=BBC ON THIS DAY – 10/16/1967: Joan Baez arrested in Vietnam protest|work=bbc.co.uk|access-date=December 20, 2014}}
{{dts|October 22, 1967}}

|{{Sortname|Thích Nữ|Hue|nolink=1}}

|–

| rowspan="2" |{{Flag|South Vietnam}}

| rowspan="2" |1967 South Vietnamese presidential election

| rowspan="2" |Buddhist nun

{{dts|November 1, 1967}}

|{{Sn|Thích Nữ|Thuong|nolink=1}}

|–

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| {{dts|1967-11-12}}

{{Interlanguage link|Yui Chunoshin|eo}}73{{flagu|Japan}}rowspan="5" | Vietnam WarEsperantist明日への葬列—60年代反権力闘争に斃れた10人の遺志 – 高橋和巳 編集、合同出版 1970年{{cite web|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2008/04/28/commentary/bushs-brutal-war-stirs-memories-of-vietnam/#.UdA74D4Y3Ww|title=Bush's brutal war stirs memories of Vietnam – The Japan Times|work=The Japan Times|date=April 28, 2008|access-date=December 20, 2014}}[http://www.jag.ucla.edu/marotti_ahr.114.1.pdf Japan 1968: The Performance of Violence and the Theater of Protest] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111190152/http://www.jag.ucla.edu/marotti_ahr.114.1.pdf |date=November 11, 2014 }}(AHR)
{{dts|December 4, 1967}}

|{{Sortname|Erik|Thoen}}

|27

|{{flagu|United States}}

|Zen Buddhist. Self-immolated in Sunnyvale, California.

{{dts|February 29, 1968}}

|Pham Van Qui

|28

|{{flagu|South Vietnam}}

|Buddhist layman self-immolated outside pagoda.{{Cite news |date=1968-03-01 |title=Buddhist Burns Self To Death |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-register/169088858/ |access-date=2025-03-29 |work=The Register |pages=2 |language=en-US |agency=AP}}

{{dts|March 19, 1968}}

|Ronald Brazee

|16

|{{flagu|United States}}

|Student. Died 5 weeks later.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1968/03/20/archives/war-protester-16-sets-himself-afire.html|title=War Protester, 16, Sets Himself Afire|date=1968-03-20|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-06-01}}

{{dts|April 2, 1968}}

|Kazuo Shirakawa

|17

|{{flagu|Japan}}

|Burned self with kerosene outside the U.S. consulate in Osaka. Died 12 hours later.{{Cite news |date=1968-04-02 |title=Japanese Dies In War Protest |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tampa-times/169088840/ |access-date=2025-03-29 |work=The Tampa Times |pages=7 |language=en-US |agency=AP}}

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| {{dts|1968-09-08}}

{{sn|Ryszard|Siwiec}}59{{flag|Poland}}Poland's participation in Warsaw Pact invasion of CzechoslovakiaDied 4 days later.{{Cite web |last=Petr |first=Blažek |title=Jan Palach - Living Torches |url=http://janpalach.eu/en/default/zive-pochodne/siwiec |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702171335/http://janpalach.eu/en/default/zive-pochodne/siwiec |archive-date=2 July 2015 |access-date=16 January 2024}}
{{dts|September 14, 1968}}

|Michaele Burrazzo

|40

|{{flag|Italy}}

|Unemployment

|Survived.{{Cite news |date=1968-09-15 |title=Jobless, Burns Self |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/wisconsin-state-journal/169089386/ |access-date=2025-03-29 |work=Wisconsin State Journal |pages=43 |language=en-US |agency=UPI}}

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| {{dts|1968-11-05}}

{{sn|Vasyl|Makukh}}40{{flag| Soviet Union}}Soviet rule in UkraineSelf-immolated on Khreshchatyk, Kyiv's main street, while shouting "Colonialism out of Ukraine!" and "Long live a free Ukraine!"{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages%5CM%5CA%5CMakukhVasyl.htm|title=Makukh, Vasyl|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Ukraine|publisher=Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies|access-date=2019-06-01}}
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| {{dts|1969-01-16}}

{{sn|Jan|Palach}}20{{flag|Czechoslovakia}}Warsaw Pact invasion of CzechoslovakiaStudent. Inspired other self-immolations in Soviet satellite states.{{Cite web |date=2019-01-14 |title=Fifty Years After His Self-Immolation, Czech Student Jan Palach Remains A Symbol Of Defiance |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/czechoslovakia-politics-palach/29708646.html |access-date=2024-09-18 |website=RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty |language=en}}
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| {{dts|1969-01-20}}

{{sn|Sándor|Bauer|nolink=}}17{{flag|Hungary}}Communist rule in Hungary and Warsaw Pact invasion of CzechoslovakiaDied 3 Days later{{cite web|url=http://www.totalita.cz/vysvetlivky/o_bauers.php|title=Sndor Bauer: TOTALITA|author=Tom Vlek|access-date=December 20, 2014}}
{{dts|January 20, 1969}}

|{{Sortname|Josef|Hlavatý|nolink=1}}

|25

| rowspan="3" |{{Flag|Czechoslovakia}}

| rowspan="4" |Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia

|Blue-collar worker. Self-immolated in Plzeň. Died 5 days later.{{Cite web|url=http://www.janpalach.cz/en/default/jan-palach/nasledovnici|title=Jan Palach|website=janpalach.cz|access-date=2017-08-14}}

{{dts|January 22, 1969}}

|{{Sortname|Miroslav|Malinka|nolink=1}}

|–

|Blue-collar worker. Referenced Jan Palach. Self-immolated in Brno.

{{dts|January 26, 1969}}

|{{Sortname|Jan|Bereš|nolink=1}}

|16

|Apprentice. Referenced Jan Palach. Self-immolated in Cheb.

{{dts|January 31, 1969}}

|{{Sortname|Gilbert Antonio|Sanginetto|nolink=1}}

|19

|{{flag|Italy}}

|Survived.{{cite news |title=Student Burns Self |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-vancouver-sun/163668210/ |access-date=2025-01-22 |work=The Vancouver Sun |agency=Reuters |date=1969-02-01 |pages=7}}

{{dts|February 10, 1969}}

|{{Sn|Mykola|Bereslavsky}}

|45

|{{Flag|Soviet Union}}

|Soviet rule in Ukraine

|

{{dts|February 15, 1969}}

|{{Sortname|Lodovico|Ferretti|nolink=1}}

|17

|{{Flag|Italy}}

|Anger against capitalist system

|Survived.{{cite news |title=Italian Youth Protests System, Burns Self |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-state/163667542/ |access-date=2025-01-22 |work=The State |agency=AP |date=1969-02-17 |pages=10}}

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| {{dts|1969-02-25}}

{{sn|Jan|Zajíc}}19{{flag|Czechoslovakia}}Communist rule in CzechoslovakiaStudent{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}
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|{{dts|1969-03-30}}

{{Sortname|Francine|Lecomte|nolink=1}}30{{flag|France}}Nigerian Civil WarWoman, apparently obsessed with Biafra, set herself on fire and died outside the Nigerian embassy in Paris.{{cite news |title=Wilson requests talks with Biafra state chief |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-windsor-star-francine-lecomte-reuter/27462134 |access-date=2025-01-22 |work=The Windsor Star |agency=Reuters |date=1969-03-31 |pages=18}}{{cite news |title=Woman Burns Self at Nigerian Embassy |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/star-tribune/163668351/ |access-date=2025-01-22 |work=Star Tribune |agency=UPI |date=1969-03-31 |pages=24}}
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| {{dts|1969-04-02}}

{{sn|Evžen|Plocek}}39{{flag|Czechoslovakia}}rowspan="3" | Communist rule in CzechoslovakiaBusinessman{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}
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| {{dts|1969-04-09}}

{{sn|Eliyahu|Rips}}20{{flag|Soviet Union}}Survived. Later became professor of mathematics.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}
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| {{dts|1969-04-11}}

{{Interlanguage link|Michal Lefčík|sk}}19{{flag|Czechoslovakia}}Soldier{{cite news |title=Na Michala Lefčíka nesmieme nikdy zabudnúť |url=https://kosicednes.sk/tema-dna/na-michala-lefcika-nesmieme-nikdy-zabudnut/ |access-date=2025-01-22 |work=KOŠICE:DNES |date=2018-04-12 |language=sk-SK}}
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| {{dts|1969-05-30}}

{{sn|Bruce|Mayrock|nolink=1}}20{{flagu|United States}}Genocide against Biafra in the Nigerian Civil WarColumbia University student. Died several hours later.{{cite news |title=GS Student, 20, Immolates Himself in Front of UN |url=https://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/?a=d&d=cs19690603-01.2.8&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- |access-date=26 February 2024 |work=Columbia Spectator |issue=118, Volume CXIII |date=3 June 1969}}
{{dts|July 3, 1969}}

|Unknown male

|17

|{{flag|West Germany}}

|Transportation fares

|Set himself on fire in Saarbrücken after more than a week of protests. Survived.{{cite news |title=Youth Burns Self In Fare Protest |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune/163667811/ |access-date=2025-01-22 |work=Oakland Tribune |agency=AP |date=1969-07-04 |pages=27}}

{{dts|August 21, 1969}}

|Jan Polášek

|19

|{{flag|Czechoslovakia}}

|Communist rule in Czechoslovakia

|Survived self-immolation in Brno.{{cite news |last1=Krupka |first1=Jaroslav |title=Viděl jsem, jak mu z hlavy teče krev. V srpnu 1969 stříleli Češi Čechy |url=https://www.denik.cz/z_domova/videl-jsem-jak-mu-z-hlavy-tece-krev-v-srpnu-1969-strileli-cesi-cechy-20190820.html |access-date=2025-01-22 |work=Deník.cz |date=2019-08-21 |language=cs}}

= 1970s =

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| {{dts|1970-01-17}}

{{sn|Regis|–|nolink=1}}17{{flag|France}}Nigerian Civil War{{cite news |title=France Has Outbreak of Immolation Deaths |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-logansport-press/163827734/ |access-date=2025-01-24 |work=The Logansport Press |agency=UPI |date=1970-01-25 |pages=1}}
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| {{dts|1970-01-20}}

{{sn|Robert|Gerenkens|nolink=1}}18{{flag|France}}"Wars and the follies of men"Attended the same school in Lille as Regis, the previous self-immolator.
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| {{dts|1970-02-13}}

{{sn|Márton|Moyses|nolink=1}}28{{flag|Socialist Republic of Romania|name=Romania}}Communist rule in Romania
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| {{dts|1970-04-10}}

{{sn|Rafael|Elizalde Mac-Clure|nolink=1}}62 or 63{{flag|Chile}}Climate crisis inactionWriter, activist and translator who set himself on fire near the Eulogio Sánchez Airport.{{Cite web|date=February 27, 2024|title=Tres son chilenos: los casos de inmolación como protesta política más impactantes del mundo|first=Barbara|last=Haas|website=Bío-Bío Chile|url=https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/servicios/explicado/2024/02/27/tres-son-chilenos-los-casos-de-inmolacion-como-protesta-politica-mas-impactantes-del-mundo.shtml|access-date=October 19, 2024|language=Spanish}}{{Cite news|date=April 12, 1970|title=Destacado personaje era el que suicidó a lo bonzo|page=30|work=La Tercera|url=https://www.bibliotecanacionaldigital.gob.cl/bnd/628/w3-article-328742.html|access-date=October 19, 2024|language=Spanish}}
May 6, 1970

|Robert Rex Vice

|27

|{{flagu|United States}}

|Vietnam War and Kent State Shootings

|Non-student protester at Wabash College demonstration.{{Cite news|date=1970-05-07|title=Clipped From The Logansport Press|pages=1|work=The Logansport Press|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10247520/the-logansport-press/|access-date=2020-06-20}} Died later in hospital.[https://www.wabash.edu/alumni/docs/Class_of_1973_July_2010_Letter%20tr.pdf][https://www.wabash.edu/alumni/docs/Class_of_1973_June_2010_Letter.pdf]

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| {{dts|1970-05-10}}

{{sn|George|Winne Jr.}}23{{flagu|United States}}rowspan="2" | Vietnam WarStudent at the University of California, San Diego. Died the following day.{{cite news|author=Keen, H.|title=San Diego student who set self afire in war protest dies|work=Los Angeles Times|date=May 12, 1970}}
{{dts|June 4, 1970}}

|{{Sortname|Thích Nữ Lien|Tap|nolink=1}}

|24

|{{Flag|South Vietnam}}

|Buddhist nun

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| {{dts|1970-09-19}}

{{sn|Kostas|Georgakis}}22{{flag|Greece}}Military rule in GreeceStudent at the University of Genoa{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}
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| {{dts|1970-09-19}}

{{sn|Joseba|Elosegi|nolink=1}}54{{flag|Francoist Spain|name=Spain}}Bombing of Guernica in 1937. Independence of the Basque Country.Survived
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| {{dts|1970-10-02}}

unidentified male{{flag|France}}Communist rule in Czechoslovakia{{cite news |title=Man Torches Self to Death |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-montgomery-advertiser/163826825/ |access-date=2025-01-24 |work=The Montgomery Advertiser |agency=AP |date=1970-10-03 |pages=6}}
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| {{dts|1970-11-13}}

{{sn|Jeon|Tae-il}}22{{flag|South Korea}}Labor conditions and the government's opposition to reform
rowspan="2" |{{dts|May 1971}}

|{{Sortname|Nguyen Thi|Co|nolink=1}}

|–

| rowspan="6" |{{Flag|South Vietnam}}

| rowspan="6" |Vietnam War

| rowspan="2" |Buddhist nun

{{Sortname|Thích Nữ Tinh|Nhuan|nolink=1}}

|–

rowspan="2" |{{dts|August 16, 1971}}

|Man; name missing

|–

|Vietnam War veteran

{{Sortname|Nguyen Minh|Dang|nolink=1}}

|37

|Vietnam War veteran

{{dts|October 1971}}

|{{Sortname|Thích Nữ Tinh|Cuong|nolink=1}}

|–

|Buddhist nun

{{dts|1972}}

|{{Sortname|Thích Nữ Dien|Han|nolink=1}}

|–

|Buddhist nun

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| {{dts|1972-05-14}}

{{sn|Romas|Kalanta}}19rowspan="2" | {{flag|Soviet Union}}rowspan="2" | Communist rule in LithuaniaInspired largest post-war riots in occupied Lithuania and the USSR and 13 other self-immolations
{{dts|May 29, 1972}}

|{{Sortname|V.|Stonys|nolink=1}}

|24

|Self-immolated in Varėna.

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| {{dts|1972-06-06}}

{{sn|Huguette|Gaulin}}28{{flagu|Canada}}French Canadian novelist who publicly self-immolated in Montreal while screaming "You have destroyed the beauty of the world!"{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofli0000unse|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofli0000unse/page/417 417]|quote=Huguette Gaulin.|title=Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada|via=Internet Archive|publisher=University of Toronto Press|access-date=December 20, 2014|isbn=978-0-8020-0761-2|year=2002}}
{{dts|1972-09-27}}unidentified male37{{flagu|Denmark}}Protest against European Common Market and his unemploymentSurvived with extensive second-degree burns.{{Cite news |date=1972-09-27 |title=Job Protest: Man Burns Himself |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner/145963305/ |access-date=2024-04-24 |work=The San Francisco Examiner |pages=2}}
September 30, 1972

|Józef Dolak

|26 or 27

|{{Flag|Poland}}

|Protest against Communist rule in Poland

|Probably followed the example of Jan Palach{{Cite book |last1=Stach |first1=Sabine |title=Vermächtnispolitik: Jan Palach und Oskar Brüsewitz als politische Märtyrer |last2=Troebst |first2=Stefan |last3=Palach |first3=Jan |last4=Brüsewitz |first4=Oskar |date=2016 |publisher=Wallstein Verlag |isbn=978-3-8353-2933-1 |series=Moderne europäische Geschichte |location=Göttingen}}

{{dts|1972-10-07}}Willie B. Phillips27{{flag|United States}}Racism against African-AmericansSelf-immolated at Atlanta parade. Died in hospital.{{Cite news |date=1972-10-08 |title=Man Burns Himself as Racial Protest |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/winston-salem-journal/145963398/ |access-date=2024-04-24 |work=Winston-Salem Journal |pages=15}}
{{dts|1974}}

|{{Sortname|Thích Nữ Du|Dieu|nolink=1}}

|–

|{{Flag|South Vietnam}}

|Vietnam War

|Buddhist nun

{{dts|1974-08-15}}{{sn|Phan Van|Lua|nolink=1}}33{{flag|South Vietnam}}Anti-CommunismVietnam War veteran discharged with wounds self-immolated in front of the National Assembly. Died at scene.{{Cite news |date=1974-08-15 |title=Man Burns Himself in Vietnam Protest |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-buffalo-news/145963634/ |access-date=2024-04-24 |work=The Buffalo News |pages=2}}
{{dts|1976-08-10}}{{sn|Antanas|Kalinauskas|nolink=1}}19{{flag|Soviet Union}}Communist rule in LithuaniaIn Soviet Army barracks in Gulbene, Latvia. Died the following day.
{{dts|1976-08-22}}{{sn|Oskar|Brüsewitz}}47{{flag|East Germany}}Communist repression of religion in East GermanyLutheran pastor{{cite news |title=East German Suicide Attempt Reflects Church Issue |work=The New York Times |date=August 22, 1976 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/08/22/archives/east-german-suicide-attempt-reflects-church-issue.html}}
{{dts|1977-02-10}}{{sn|Alain|Escoffier|nolink=1}}27{{flagu|France}}CommunismMember of the Party of New Forces, a neo-fascist political party.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}
{{dts|1977-09-01}}{{sn|Leopoldo|Aragon|nolink=1}}{{flag|Sweden}}Protest against Torrijos–Carter TreatiesA Panamanian national self-immolated in front of the U.S. embassy in Stockholm.{{Cite news |date=1977-09-02 |title=Man burns himself to death |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/tallahassee-democrat/145944100/ |access-date=2024-04-24 |work=Tallahassee Democrat |pages=11}}
{{dts|1977-11-16}}{{sn|Hartmut|Gründler}}37{{flag|West Germany}}Atomic policy{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}
{{dts|1978-01-21}}{{sn|Oleksa Mykolajovyč|Hirnyk}}65{{flag|Soviet Union}}Communist rule in UkraineProbably followed the example of Jan Palach.
{{dts|1978-02-08}}Erika Ruppert24rowspan="2" | {{flag|West Germany}}rowspan="2" | Political protestRuppert and Helmut Kleinknecht wrote a letter a day before their act in which they explained the reasoning behind their decision, and their affiliation with Ananda Marga. The next morning, she and Kleinknecht doused themselves with gasoline and self-immolated at the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in Berlin.{{cite book|url=https://taz.de/Selbstverbrennung-in-Deutschland/!731763/|title=Self immolation in Germany|newspaper=Die Tageszeitung: Taz|date=August 2, 2003|page=1005|publisher=Taz}}{{cite book|url=http://www.cd.anandamarga.us/1978-03%20Crimson%20Dawn%20-%20Newsletter%20Ananda%20Marga%20AMPS%20NYSector.pdf|page=3|title=1978-03 Crimson Dawn – Newsletter Ananda Marga}}
{{dts|1978-02-08}}Helmut Kleinknecht28Self-immolated along with Erika Ruppert at the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in Berlin.
{{dts|1978-05-04}}Andre Kilchinski41{{flag|Israel}}Protest against NazismOccurred on Holocaust Day. Rescued with slight burns.{{Cite news |date=1978-05-04 |title=Man burns himself in Nazi protest |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/albany-democrat-herald/145962694/ |access-date=2024-04-24 |work=Albany Democrat-Herald |pages=17}}
{{dts|1978-06-14}}Elizabeth Weniger25{{flag| Philippines}}Political protestSwiss-born Elizabeth Weniger self-immolated at Rizal Park in Manila after distributing leaflets explaining her reasons.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BuzdDAAAQBAJ&q=%22elizabeth+weniger%22+manila&pg=PT184|title=Who Bombed the Hilton?|page=109|publisher=NewSouth|isbn=978-1-74-223351-2|last1=Landers|first1=Rachel|year=2016}}{{cite book|url=http://www.cd.anandamarga.us/1978-07%20Crimson%20Dawn%20-%20Newsletter%20Ananda%20Marga%20AMPS%20NYSector.pdf|page=8|title=1978-07 Crimson Dawn - Newsletter Ananda Marga|access-date=April 21, 2021|archive-date=April 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421102228/http://www.cd.anandamarga.us/1978-07%20Crimson%20Dawn%20-%20Newsletter%20Ananda%20Marga%20AMPS%20NYSector.pdf|url-status=dead}}{{cite book|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/421393495/|page=56|title=The Gazette|date=June 15, 1978 }}
{{dts|1978-06-23}}{{sn|Musa|Mamut}}46{{flag|Soviet Union}}Discrimination against Crimean Tatars in the Soviet residence permit system, which prohibited nearly all Crimean Tatars who were deported in 1944 from returning to their place of birthMamut was born and raised Crimea until the NKVD deported all Crimean Tatars to Central Asia in May 1944. He returned to Crimea in 1975 and was later arrested and charged for not having a residence permit to live there, despite being born in the peninsula; the residence permit system was designed to prevent exiled Crimean Tatars from returning to their homeland. Then police came to arrest him on 23 June 1978 Mamut self-immolated rather than being deported again and died 5 days later.{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/sovietdisunion00bohd|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/sovietdisunion00bohd/page/203 203]|quote=Musa Mamut.|title=Soviet Disunion|publisher=Simon and Schuster|access-date=December 20, 2014|isbn=978-0-02-922401-4|last1=Nahaylo|first1=Bohdan|last2=Swoboda|first2=Victor|year=1990}}
September 17, 1978

|Rolf Günther

|41

|{{flag|East Germany}}

|Probably protest against repression of religion in East Germany, maybe also internal church conflicts

|Set himself on fire in front of 300 people after revealing a banner that read "finally wake up!" {{Cite web |date=2008-09-17 |title=Vor dreißig Jahren: Die Stasi und eine Selbstverbrennung eines Pfarrers |url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/inland/vor-dreissig-jahren-die-stasi-und-eine-selbstverbrennung-eines-pfarrers-1698593.html |access-date=2024-05-25 |website=FAZ.NET |language=de}}

{{dts|1978-10-03}}{{sn|Lynette|Phillips|nolink=1}}24{{flag|Switzerland}}Social protestLynette Phillips had previously planned to self-immolate 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 at the scene.{{cite book|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19781004&id=vu1UAAAAIBAJ&pg=4366,774485&hl=en|title=An heiress dies|publisher=The Age}}
{{dts|1978-12-28}}{{sn|Chiao|Shaoying|nolink=1}}40{{flag|Taiwan}}NationalismTaken to hospital in poor condition.{{Cite news |date=1978-12-28 |title=Man burns himself in Taiwan protest |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-deming-headlight/145963559/ |access-date=2024-04-24 |work=The Deming Headlight |pages=8}}

= 1980s =

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! style="width:20px;" | Age

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| {{dts|1980-03-21}}

{{sn|Walenty|Badylak}}76{{flag|Poland}}Katyn massacreHome Army veteran self-immolated chained to a well in the Main Square, Kraków.:pl:Walenty Badylak:pl:Studzienka Badylaka
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| {{dts|1981-03-21}}

{{sn|Per-Axel|Arosenius}}60{{flag|Sweden}}Taxes{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}
May 18, 1982

|Mahmut Zengin Ferhat Kurtay

Eşref Anyık

Necmi Öner

|

|{{Flag|Turkey}}

|Detention conditions in Prison

|The four were members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party protesting the detention conditions in the Diyarbakır prison after the coup d'état in 1980.{{Cite book|last=Ziółkowski|first=Grzegorz|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Oe7QDwAAQBAJ&q=ferhat+kurtay+necmi+%C3%B6ner+e%C5%9Fref+any%C4%B1k+mahmut+zengin+on+fire&pg=PT61|title=A Cruel Theatre of Self-Immolations: Contemporary Suicide Protests by Fire and Their Resonances in Culture|date=2020-02-13|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-429-60222-1|language=en}}

May 26, 1982

|Semra Ertan

|25

|{{flag|West Germany}}

|Racism towards Turkish workers in Germany

|Writer and poet.{{Cite web|title=Semra Ertan (Cana Bilir-Meier) » L'Alternativa Hall 2014|url=http://alternativa.cccb.org/2014/en/films/fichaPH.php?film=00082|website=alternativa.cccb.org|language=en|access-date=2020-05-17}}

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| {{dts|1982-08-10}}

{{sn|Artin|Penik}}61{{flag|Turkey}}ASALA attack at Esenboğa International Airport{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}Set himself on fire in Taksim Square.
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| {{dts|1983-03-05}}

Cecil Andrews37{{flagu|United States}}UnemploymentWas listed in serious condition. His self-immolation was filmed by a television crew.{{cite news |title=Man Sets Himself Afire To Protest Joblessness |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/03/06/us/man-sets-himself-afire-to-protest-joblessness.html |access-date=2024-12-17 |work=The New York Times |date=1983-03-06 |language=en}}
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| {{dts|1983-11-02}}

Sebastián Acevedo52{{flag|Chile}}Kidnapping of his children by the Chilean police during the dictatorship of Augusto PinochetAfter 2 days of searching for his children, Acevedo self-immolated in front of the Cathedral of the Most Holy Concepción.{{cite web|url=http://guanaco17.blogspot.com/2007/11/sebastin-acevedo.html|title=Tribute to Sebastián Acevedo|publisher=Guanaco17.blogspot.com|date=November 2, 2007|access-date=December 2, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131202415/http://guanaco17.blogspot.com/2007/11/sebastin-acevedo.html|archive-date=January 31, 2009|df=mdy-all}}
{{dts|1984-07-10}}Ruth Christenson23{{flagu|United States}}PornographySurvived initially.{{Cite news |date=1984-07-12 |title=Woman burns herself in protest against porn |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/bennington-banner/145975604/ |access-date=2024-04-24 |work=Bennington Banner |pages=2}}
February 2, 1985

|Mehmet Karahüseyinov

|40

|{{flag|Bulgaria}}

|Treatment of Turks in Bulgaria

|Self-immolated after Bulgarian government tried to change his name. Survived heavily wounded, died 5 years later.{{Cite journal|last=Siedlecka|first=Sylwia|date=2019-01-01|title=The Labyrinth of Genealogy: Poetry of Mehmet Karahüseyinov (1980–1990)|url=https://www.academia.edu/43354511|journal=Balkanistic Forum|volume=28|issue=3|pages=34–45|doi=10.37708/bf.swu.v28i3.3|s2cid=226804582|issn=2535-1265}}

March 27, 1985

|Unidentified man

|50s

|South Korea

|Protest against government's decision to return Chinese sailors

|Survived with minor injuries.{{cite news |title=Protester Sets Himself on Fire |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-pensacola-news/161080152/ |access-date=2024-12-17 |work=The Pensacola News |date=1985-03-27 |pages=25}}

February 14, 1986

|Orland Payne McCafferty

|58

|{{flag|United States}}

|Ronald Reagan's policies

|Set himself on fire outside the White House. Died a month later.{{cite news |title=Trapped in Silent Despair, Man Ignites Self In Front of White House |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1986/02/16/trapped-in-silent-despair-man-ignites-self-in-front-of-white-house/7e5f7e1a-5e6b-4233-95ba-ac05f2e8a4ee/ |access-date=2024-12-17 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=1986-02-15}}{{cite news |title=White House Protester Dies |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1986/03/22/white-house-protester-dies/efdb72cc-d2ad-4f5c-9a09-e3d4b7c7e142/ |access-date=2024-12-17 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=1986-03-22}}

February 25, 1986

|Marko Djukic

|63

|Canada

|Trial to deport Andrija Artuković

|Croatian/Canadian self-immolated on University Ave. in Toronto across from US Consulate.{{Cite web |date=1986-02-25 |title=Calgary Herald from Calgary, Alberta, Canada |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/484585348/ |access-date=2024-04-22 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en-US}} Survived for many years afterwards.

March 6, 1987

|Pyo Jung-doo

|25

|South Korea

|Opposition to government and parliamentary system

|Survived with critical injuries after self-immolating outside American embassy in Seoul.{{cite news |title=Korean man burns himself |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-hampshire-gazette/161078989/ |access-date=2024-12-17 |work=Daily Hampshire Gazette |agency=AP |date=1987-03-06 |page=7}}

April 27, 1987

|Unidentified woman

|60

|Romania

|Government's refusal to let her travel to West Germany

|Self-immolated outside West German embassy in Bucharest.{{cite news |title=Woman burns herself to death in visa protest |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-vancouver-sun/160977622/ |access-date=2024-12-17 |work=The Vancouver Sun |agency=Reuters |date=1987-05-01 |page=5}}

August 31, 1987

|Antoine Thurel

|56

|{{flag|United States}}

|Religious persecution in Haiti

|Cab driver from Haiti. Self-immolated in front of Statehouse in Boston. Died at the scene.{{Cite web |last=Archives |first=L. A. Times |date=1987-08-31 |title=Haitian Burns Self in Front of Mass. Capitol |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-08-31-mn-3348-story.html |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}

September 20, 1987

|Neusha Farrahi

|31

|{{flag|United States}}

|Protest against the Khomeini government

|Self-immolated at a protest of around 1,000 people against the Iranian government. Died on October 2.{{cite news |title=Man sets himself on fire in Khomeini protest |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-modesto-bee/161079692/ |access-date=2024-12-17 |work=The Modesto Bee |agency=AP |date=1987-09-21 |pages=15}}{{cite news |last1=Becklund |first1=Laurie |title=Iranian Who Set Himself Afire in Protest Hailed by Exiles as Martyr |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-10-04-me-33060-story.html |access-date=2024-12-17 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=1987-10-04}}

September 10, 1988

|Mehrdad Imen

|32

|{{flag|United States}}

|Protest against the executions of political prisoners committed by the Khomeini government as well as human rights abuses in Iran

|Los Angeles resident originally from Iran. Flew from LA to NYC. Participated in a protest and self-immolated in front of the UN shortly after protest ended. Died the next day.{{Cite news |agency=Associated Press |date=1988-09-11 |title=Man Who Set Himself Afire as Protest Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/09/11/nyregion/man-who-set-himself-afire-as-protest-dies.html |access-date=2024-03-13 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}

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| {{dts|1989-03-02}}

{{sn|Liviu Cornel|Babeș}}47Communist rule in RomaniaSelf-immolated on ski slope. Died 2 hours later.{{cite web|url=http://www.adevarul.ro/locale/brasov/brasov-liviu_babes-comemorare-martir_brasov_0_436156407.html#commentsPage-1 |title=Povestea eroului care a protestat împotriva comunismului dându-şi foc pe pârtia Bradul |publisher=Adevarul.ro |date=March 1, 2011 |access-date=February 6, 2012}}
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| {{dts|1989-03-02}}

{{sn|Vytautas|Vičiulis}}37Communist rule in Lithuania{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}
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| {{dts|1989-03-24}}

{{sn|Kailash|Pawar|nolink=1}}To draw attention to plight of Bhopal gas victims and protest public indifferenceOriginal story published in The Hindu, March 26, 1990.{{cite web|url=http://bhopal.net/kailash-pawar|title=The Death of Kailash Pawar|date=May 5, 2010|access-date=April 8, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120410192128/http://bhopal.net/kailash-pawar/|archive-date=April 10, 2012|df=mdy-all}}
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| {{dts|1989-04-07}}

{{sn|Cheng|Nan-jung}}41rowspan="2" | {{flag|Taiwan}}rowspan="2" | For freedom of speech and Taiwan independence
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| {{dts|1989-05-19}}

{{sn|Chan|I-hua}}32During funeral procession of Cheng Nan-jung.{{cite web|url=http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2005/new/may/15/today-o7.htm|title=Independence. Rise. Chan I-hua|work=Liberty Times|location=Taiwan (ROC)|access-date=December 2, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929141243/http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2005/new/may/15/today-o7.htm|archive-date=September 29, 2007|df=mdy-all}}
May 23, 1989

|Karl Koch

|23

|{{flag|West Germany}}

|unknown

|Controversial whether death by suicide or murder {{Cite news |last=Patalong |first=Frank |date=2019-05-23 |title=Karl Koch alias Hagbard Celine: Tod eines Hackers |url=https://www.spiegel.de/geschichte/karl-koch-alias-hagbard-celine-tod-eines-hackers-a-1268203.html |access-date=2024-05-25 |work=Der Spiegel |language=de |issn=2195-1349}}

October 24, 1989

|Shavkat Yarullin

|40

| rowspan="2" |{{flag|Soviet Union}}

|In protest of exile and mistreatment of Crimean Tatars by the government

|Self-immolated in front of a government building. Died several hours later.

December 14, 1989

|Seidamet Balji

|

|In protest of exile and mistreatment of Crimean Tatars by the government

|While being forced to leave Yalta he doused himself with gasoline and self-immolated. Survived after being extinguished, but said he would do it again if he had to live in exile for longer.{{Cite book|url=http://srpkzn.ru/books/Krimsky_Tatary.pdf|title=Крымские татары, или Привет от Сталина!|last=Yakupova|first=Venera|publisher=Часы истории|year=2009|location=Kazan|pages=28–30, 47–48}}

= 1990s =

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March 21, 1990

|Zekiye Alkan

|

|{{flag| Turkey}}

|Ban of Newroz celebrations

|Medical student who self-immolated on Newroz.{{Cite book|last1=Stansfield|first1=Gareth R. V.|title=The Kurdish Question Revisited|last2=Shareef|first2=Mohammed|date=2017|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-068717-5|pages=195–196|language=en}}

{{dts|1990-04-26}}{{sn|Stanislovas|Žemaitis|nolink=1}}52{{flag|Soviet Union}}Communist rule in LithuaniaProtesting Soviet economic blockade of Lithuania. Died the following day in Moscow hospital.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}
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| {{dts|1990-05-09}}

{{sn|Rimantas|Daugintis|nolink=1}}55{{flag|Soviet Union}}Communist rule in LithuaniaLithuanian sculptor self-immolated on Hungarian–Soviet border. Died a few days later.
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| {{dts|1990-06-21}}

unidentified male32{{flag|People's Republic of Bulgaria}}Alleged election fraudInitially survived.{{Cite news |date=1990-06-22 |title=Bulgarian sets himself afire in protest of election fraud |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-herald/145950019/ |access-date=2024-04-24 |work=The Times Herald |pages=7}}
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| {{dts|1990-09-19}}

{{sn|Rajiv|Goswami}}19{{flagu|India}}Reservation in IndiaSurvived{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PbgW2jTESKEC&q=Rajiv+Goswami&pg=PA192 |title=Politics After Television |access-date=December 20, 2014|isbn=978-0-521-64839-4 |last1=Rajagopal |first1=Arvind |date=2001-01-25 |publisher=Cambridge University Press }}
{{dts|1990-10-14}}{{sn|Thanawut|Klingchuea|nolink=1}}20{{flag|Thailand}}Government of Chatichai ChoonhavanRamkhamhaeng University student{{cite web|first1=Bundit|last1=Chanthasrikum|date=December 19, 2013|script-title=th:รำลึก'ธนาวุฒิ คลิ้งเชื้อ'|url=http://www.komchadluek.net/detail/20131219/175151.html|website=Kom-Chad-Luek|access-date=17 August 2014|language=th|trans-title=Remembering 'Thanawut Klingchuea'|archive-date=December 29, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131229080941/http://www.komchadluek.net/detail/20131219/175151.html|url-status=dead}}
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| {{dts|1990-12-09}}

{{sn|Timothy|Brown|nolink=1}}48rowspan="3" | {{flag|United States}}rowspan="3" | Gulf WarSelf-described Vietnam War veteran set himself on fire at an abandoned cannery.{{Cite news |date=1990-12-11 |title=Self-immolation is gulf protest |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/wisconsin-state-journal/145950363/ |access-date=2024-04-24 |work=Wisconsin State Journal |pages=3}}
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| {{dts|1991-01-10}}

{{sn|Richard|Breeze|nolink=1}}38Took place after an anti-war rally.{{Cite news |date=1991-01-12 |title=Marin man kills self in gulf protest |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner/164423510/ |work=The San Francisco Examiner |pages=1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner/164423528/ 12]}}
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| {{dts|1991-02-18}}

{{sn|Gregory|Levey|nolink=1}}30Took place in Amherst Common, Massachusetts.{{Cite news| last = Verhovek| first = Sam Howe| title = Amherst Journal; Candles in the Snow Honor Suffering| work = New York Times| access-date = 2016-09-19| date = 1991-02-20| url = https://www.nytimes.com/1991/02/20/us/amherst-journal-candles-in-the-snow-honor-suffering.html}}
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| {{dts|1991-04-29}}

Park Seung-hee20{{flag|South Korea}}Political situation in South KoreaSelf-immolated after student demonstrator Kang Kyung-dae was beaten to death by police. She was buried at the May 18th National Cemetery.{{Cite book |last=Donaldson |first=Day Blakely |title=The Self-Immolators |year=2013 |pages=150 |url=http://thespeaker.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/The-Self-Immolators.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160119111907/http://thespeaker.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/The-Self-Immolators.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2016-01-19 }}{{Cite news |last=Sanger |first=David E. |date=1991-05-17 |title=Suicides by Korean Protesters Stir Unease and Fear of a Plot |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/05/17/world/suicides-by-korean-protesters-stir-unease-and-fear-of-a-plot.html |access-date=2024-07-28 |work=The New York Times}}
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| {{dts|1991-09-21}}

{{sn|Giorgi|Abesadze|nolink=1}}35{{flag| Georgia (country)|name=Georgia}}Looming civil war in GeorgiaPhysicianRussetsky, Alexander et al. (2004), [http://fes.ge/de/images/Fes_Files/05Publications/activity_report_2004.pdf South Caucasus Institute of Regional Security Activity Report], p. 50. South Caucasus Institute of Regional Security; accessed July 1, 2012.
March 21, 1992

|Rahşan Demirel

|

|{{flag|Turkey}}

|Treatment of Kurds by Turkey

|She self-immolated on Newroz.

{{dts|1993-04-06}}Binh Gia Pham43{{flag|United States}}Persecution of Buddhists in VietnamBinh Gia Pham had five friends tape his self-immolation outside Boston. Died at the scene.{{cite web|url=https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-1993-04-16-0000103299-story.html|title=A FINAL ACT OF SACRIFICE

|author=TOM PULEO|date=April 16, 1993

|publisher=THE HARTFORD COURANT}}{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/e9d3cc2ede86ad2d645041ddd88a24ee|title=Five Charged With Manslaughter In Buddhist's Self-immolation

|author=RENU SEHGAL|publisher=AP News}}

{{dts|1993-04-29}}{{sn|Graham|Bamford|nolink=1}}48{{flagu|United Kingdom}}War 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.'{{cite web|url=http://bosniavolimte.blogspot.com/2012/01/bosnia-twenty-years-later-graham.html|title=I LOVE BOSNIA|author=Chris Mathieu|date=January 27, 2012|publisher=bosniavolimte.blogspot.com|access-date=December 20, 2014}}
January 27, 1994

|Son Ha Hoang

|27

|{{flag|Germany}}

|Imminent deportation

|Originally from Vietnam, he sought asylum in Germany.

{{dts|1994-02-21}}{{sn|Homa|Darabi}}54{{flag|Iran}}Legal obligation under the Islamic Criminal Code (Art. 139) for women to wear the headscarf in public{{citation|first=Ellen|last=Wiles|title=Headscarves, Human Rights, and Harmonious Multicultural Society: Implications of the French Ban for Interpretations of Equality|journal=Law & Society Review|year=2007|volume=41|number=3|pages=699–736|doi=10.1111/j.1540-5893.2007.00318.x|jstor=4623399|hdl=10871/120535 |hdl-access=free}}Pediatrician, political activist. Died the following day
March 21, 1994

|Nilgün Yıldırım and Bedriye Taş

|

|

|Repression of Kurdish identity and traditions

|They immolated themselves on Newroz, an important festivity for the Kurds{{Cite web|url=https://jacobinmag.com/2019/03/newroz-kurdish-new-year-turkey-syria|title=An End to the Darkness|website=jacobinmag.com|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-19}}

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{{dts|1995-03-09}}unidentified male{{flag|United States}}"Genocide and human rights violations" in Poland; planned deportation to PolandSelf-immolated in an International Red Cross office.{{Cite news |date=1995-03-10 |title=Man Ordered Deported Burns Himself to Death |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/omaha-world-herald/145949623/ |access-date=2024-04-24 |work=Omaha World-Herald |pages=3}}
{{dts|1995-04-25}}data-sort-value="Elstner, Reinhold"|{{Interlanguage link|Reinhold Elstner|lt=|de|Reinhold Elstner|WD=}}75{{flag|Germany}}"Slander and demonization" of German soldiers after World War IIWehrmacht veteran. Died in a Munich hospital 12 hours later.Rathaus-Umschau München, 31. März 2005, S. 6.
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| {{dts|1995-09-03}}

{{sn|Sabine|Kratze|nolink=1}}25{{flag|Vietnam}}Trial of six Buddhist monks{{Cite web |last=Manager |first=Site |date=2016-05-30 |title=Nonviolent Action: The Ultimate Sacrifice |url=https://kyotoreview.org/issue-19/nonviolent-action-the-ultimate-sacrifice/ |access-date=2024-09-18 |website=Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia |language=en-US}}
December 15, 1995

|Abdul Raoob

|23

|{{flagu|India}}

|Killing of the Sri Lankan Tamils

|Self-immolated himself in Trichy, Tamil Nadu over the Killings of Sri Lankan Tamils committed by the Sinhalese-dominated Sri Lanka government and to Protest against India playing the Sri Lanka Cricket team in Chennai.{{Cite web |last=அ.அசன்முகமது |date=2011-12-15 |title=தமிழகத்தில் ஈழ நெருப்பை மூட்டிய அப்துல் ரவூப் |url=https://www.keetru.com/index.php/2014-03-08-04-35-27/2014-03-08-12-20-13/17795-2011-12-14-19-00-13?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=3c796d4ce7e3476eef548c02a3d9f2463b363fdc-1576397272-0-AT_MwKoJuCJbx5UyRZQ5xz2CP75JekaVrd5u_SQ8mvuaTG4KIJ6KtoupRoOT9JNiZ9h0FjoFoPZ2aSbz56JusnJd3ZRoK1IXzbvSIiaqaTedqQvCFEkCM9jX8SDyraWCP8Ovq7gX75BaEzjRgNubV3g2e5Eesl-rko2_RwT2hojc5sU6WqrVuwCPp2FG2K2KpbH7WNIGvKaMgsJpPPA1ely5KLd-SygnIX1BTnOFZN0iJJQOhQSVt5Y98iRfkhf8xy7BgvXt42ulQ8PuzKtWKQASiEc1my1EF4sHWSyeA73h-7dDqYKIb3raw3jTrTxuENoEQ4DpYqoC1TpjPHGnDWutW2KOaPNIm5v1UkL9w3O- |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=www.keetru.com |language=ta-in}}

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| {{dts|1996-10-22}}

{{sn|Kathy|Change}}46{{flagu|United States}}For directly democratic community-based self-government{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}
January 7, 1998

|unknown male

|24

|{{flag|Germany}}

|Imminent deportation

|A Kurdish man who set himself on fire in Wessel, Germany. He sought asylum there.

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| {{dts|1998-01-13}}

{{sn|Alfredo|Ormando}}39{{flagu|Italy}}Catholic Church's condemnation of homosexuality{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-25453307 |quote="In 1998, Alfredo Ormando died after setting himself on fire in protest at the church's condemnation of homosexuality."|title=Man sets himself on fire in Vatican's St Peter's square |work=BBC News |date=December 19, 2013 }}
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| {{dts|1998-04-27}}

{{sn|Thupten|Ngodup|nolink=1}}60{{flagu|India}}Political situation in TibetEx-monk. In protest of police interference with unto-death hunger-strike in Delhi. Died 2 days later in hospital after visit by the Dalai Lama.{{cite web|url=http://tibet.ca/en/newsroom/wtn/archive/old?y=1998&m=4&p=29_4|title=Biography of the late Thubten Ngodup|publisher=Tibet.ca|date=April 29, 1998|access-date=December 2, 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://wrybread.com/india/page42.html|title=April 30th|publisher=WryBread.com|date=April 30, 1998|access-date=December 2, 2011}}P. V. Unnikrishnan, India disasters report, towards a policy initiative, Oxford University Press, 2000; {{ISBN|0-19-565029-8}}, page 270: "Dissent as a Streak of Fire On April 27, 1998 when a 60-year-old former monk immolated himself after a prolonged hunger strike by six of his Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) colleagues in Delhi. The demand: UN intervention in Tibet."
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| {{dts|1999-02-16}}

{{sn|Necla|Coşkun|nolink=1}}14{{flagu|United Kingdom}}Arrest of Abdullah ÖcalanSurvived{{cite book|chapter=Dying Without Killing: Self-Immolations, 1963–2002|first=Michael|last=Biggs|title=Making Sense of Suicide Missions|editor=Diego Gambetta|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2005|chapter-url=http://users.ox.ac.uk/~sfos0060/immolation.pdf|isbn=978-0-19-929797-9}}{{Cite web|date=1999-06-08|title=To die for|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/jun/08/gender.uk|access-date=2021-03-23|website=The Guardian|language=en}}
February 1999

|Zülkuf Yilmaz

|

|{{flagu|Switzerland}}

|Arrest of Abdullah Öcalan

|Survived{{Citation|title=10 vor 10 – Selbstverbrennung – Play SRF|url=https://www.srf.ch/play/tv/10-vor-10/video/selbstverbrennung?urn=urn:srf:video:38485665-8fa6-4686-b047-49677bc20007|language=de|access-date=2021-03-23}}

= 2000s =

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| {{dts|2001-01-23}}

various{{flag| China}}See Tiananmen Square self-immolation incidentSunderland, Judith. (2002). From the Household to the Factory: China's campaign against Falungong. Human Rights Watch; {{ISBN|1-56432-269-6}}
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| {{dts|2001-04-02}}

{{sn|Shahraz|Kayani|nolink=1}}48{{flagu|Australia}}Government refusal to grant entry to his wife and daughtersPakistani refugee{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2001/s351588.htm|title=Immigration Department guilty of mal-administration: Ombudsman|publisher=ABC|location=Australia|date=August 23, 2001|access-date=December 2, 2009}}
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| {{dts|2001-12-01}}

{{sn|Eduardo|Miño}}50{{flag| Chile}}Pizarreño asbestos disaster{{Cite web | url= http://www.cooperativa.cl/fallecio-el-hombre-que-se-quemo-a-lo-bonzo-frente-a-la-moneda/prontus_nots/2001-12-01/092300.html | title= Falleció el hombre que se quemó a lo bonzo frente a La Moneda | work=Radio Cooperativa | access-date=February 28, 2024 |date=December 1, 2001 |language=es}}
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| {{dts|2002-11-15}}

{{sn|Milos|Redzepovic|nolink=1}}34{{flagu|Germany}}Planned deportation of his family to SerbiaDoused himself in gasoline and self-immolated inside the town hall of Syke. Died the following day.{{cite news|url=https://taz.de/Abschiebung-eines-psychisch-Kranken/!5097269/ |title=Körper verfrachtbar, Psyche egal |first=Christian |last=Jakob |date=29 March 2012 |work=Die Tageszeitung |access-date=2019-10-31 |language=de}}
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| {{dts|2003-03-06}}

{{sn|Zdeněk |Adamec|nolink=1}}19{{flag|Czech Republic}}Iraq WarSelf-immolated in Prague. Died at the scene.{{cite web |last1=Koukal |first1=Milan |title=Lidé nosí květiny pro upáleného sebevraha |url=http://www.novinky.cz/clanek/3658-lide-nosi-kvetiny-pro-upaleneho-sebevraha.html |publisher=Novinky.cz |access-date=13 November 2020 |language=cs |date=March 6, 2003}}{{cite web |title=Самосожжение в Чехии – знак протеста против войны в Ираке? | trans-title=Self-immolation in the Czech Republic. Is it a sign of protest against the war in Iraq? |url=https://www.dw.com/ru/%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5-%D0%B2-%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%85%D0%B8%D0%B8-%D0%B7%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BA-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B2-%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%BD%D1%8B-%D0%B2-%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B5/a-823159 |website=dw.com |publisher=Deutsche Welle |access-date=13 November 2020 |language=ru |date=April 2, 2003}}
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| {{dts|2003-06-23}}

{{sn|Neda|Hassani}}26{{flag| United Kingdom}}Raid on and arrest of members of the People's Mujahedin of IranSelf-immolated in front of the French embassy in London. Died at the scene. There were at least 4 other self-immolations protesting the same.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/jun/25/world.iran |title=Parents mourn 'brave girl' who set herself on fire in memory of uncle |first=Jeevan |last=Vasagar |date=24 June 2003 |work=The Guardian |access-date=2016-11-26}}
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| {{dts|2004-07-21}}

{{sn|Mordehai (Hamimo)|Cohen|nolink=1}}30{{flag| Israel}}Rejection of work licenseSelf-immolated during a City Hall assembly.{{cite web|url=http://www.nrg.co.il/online/54/ART2/388/175.html?hp=54&cat=873&loc=60|title=Hamimo Cohen sets himself on fire|work=NRG|access-date=December 20, 2014}}
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| {{dts|2004-10-05}}

{{sn|Maggy|Mufu Delvaux|nolink=1}}44{{flag| Luxembourg}}Protest against institutionalized racismSelf-immolated in a public place{{cite news|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/vous/article/2004/10/19/au-luxembourg-une-mere-congolaise-se-suicide-dans-l-indifference_383550_3238.html|title=Au Luxembourg, une mère congolaise se suicide dans l'indifférence|work=Le Monde|date=October 19, 2004|access-date=June 5, 2019}} Money problems resulting from the Luxembourgish government denying her family the authorisation to open a garage despite meeting all the legal requirements and suing the State for discrimination have driven the woman to desperately plead her case publicly after writing an open letter to the Prime Minister warning him of what she was about to do. However no help was sent to her to prevent her immolation.{{Cite web|url=http://thepatrioticvanguard.com/belgium-black-woman-sets-herself-on-fire|title=Belgium: Black woman sets herself on fire|date=2007-10-19|website=The Patriotic Vanguard|language=en|access-date=2019-11-17}}
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| {{dts|2005-08-17}}

{{sn|Yelena|Businov|nolink=1}}54rowspan="2" | {{flag| Israel}}rowspan="2" |Protest against the Israeli disengagement from Gaza{{cite web|url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/features/for-the-land-she-loved-to-death-1.168473|title=For the land she loved to death|date=August 30, 2005|work=Haaretz.com|access-date=December 20, 2014}}
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| {{dts|2005-08-31}}

{{sn|Baruch|Ben Menahem|nolink=1}}21{{cite news|url=http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3138570,00.html|title=ynet מת מפצעיו הצעיר שהצית עצמו בגלל ההתנתקות – חדשות|work=ynet|date=September 6, 2005|access-date=December 20, 2014|language=he|last1=וייס|first1=אפרת}}
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| {{dts|2006-03-28}}

{{sn|Eleftheria Fourtoulakinolink=1}}{{flag| Greece}}Treatment of Kurds in Turkey{{cite news|last=Dion|first=B.|url=http://archive.enet.gr/online/online_text/c=112,dt=30.03.2006,id=27353960|title=Ελεύθερο Κουρδιστάν ή θάνατος...|work=Eleftherotypia|date=2006-03-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101005104051/http://archive.enet.gr/online/online_text/c=112,dt=30.03.2006,id=27353960|archive-date=2010-10-05|language=el}}
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| {{dts|2006-06-11}}

{{sn|Pravin|Joshi|nolink=1}}30{{flag| India}}Screening of FanaaDied 9 days later.{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/06/21/stories/2006062107441500.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080523185526/http://www.hindu.com/2006/06/21/stories/2006062107441500.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 23, 2008 |title=Fanaa: man who immolates dies|date=June 21, 2006 |access-date=December 2, 2009 |work=The Hindu |location=Chennai, India}}
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| {{dts|2006-10-31}}

{{sn|Roland|Weisselberg}}73{{flag| Germany}}Spread of IslamFormer Lutheran pastor self-immolated in a former monastery in Erfurt. Died the following day.{{cite news| url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-28-fg-priest28-story.html| title=Pastor's fiery protest mystifies many |first=Jeffrey |last=Fleishman |date=December 28, 2006 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |access-date=2016-11-26}}
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| {{dts|2006-11-03}}

{{sn|Malachi|Ritscher}}52{{flag| United States}}War in IraqDied at the scene.{{cite news |url=https://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/1127-08.htm |title=Activist's Fiery Death Prompts Questions |agency=Associated Press |date=November 27, 2006 |access-date=November 16, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110827121030/http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/1127-08.htm |archive-date=August 27, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}
November 23, 2006

|Lhakpa Tsering

| 23

|{{flag| India}}

|Political situation in Tibet

|SurvivedNewman, M. (2007, July 4). Interview #69 – Lhakpa Tsering. Tibet Oral History Project. https://www.tibetoralhistory.org/Interviews/69_Lhakpa_Tsering.pdf

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| {{dts|2007-03-07}}

{{sn|Uddhav|Bhandari|nolink=1}}40{{flag| United Kingdom}}Asylum policyNepali asylum seeker{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/6468103.stm|title=Fire protest asylum seeker dies|publisher=BBC News|date=2007-03-19|access-date=2019-06-01}}
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| {{dts|2007-04-01}}

{{sn|Heo|Se-uk}}54{{flag| South Korea}}South Korea – United States Free Trade Agreement{{cite web|url=http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_national/203235.html|title=Man who immolated himself in protest of FTA dies|work=The Hankyoreh|date=2007-04-16|access-date=2019-06-01}}
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| {{dts|2008-10-01}}

{{sn|Ramiro Guillén|Tapia|nolink=1}}65{{flag| Mexico}}[https://www.informador.mx/Mexico/Campesino-mexicano-muere-tras-prenderse-fuego-en-plaza-20081001-0077.html Protest against the dispossession and destruction of lands by the local government in the city of] XalapaSelf-immolated after being informed that the governor had [https://archivo.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/69689.html canceled discussions to end the agrarian conflict.]{{cite web|url=http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2008Oct01/0,4670,LTMexicoSelfImmolation,00.html|title=Mexican farm leader dies after setting himself onfire|work=Fox News|access-date=December 20, 2014}}
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| {{dts|2009-01-29}}

{{sn|Kumar|Muthukumar}}26{{flag| India}}Killing of the Sri Lankan TamilsInspired several other self-immolations{{cite web|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=28208|title=Last statement of Muthukumar|publisher=Tamilnet.com|access-date=December 2, 2009}}
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| {{dts|2009-02-12}}

{{sn|Murugathasan|Varnakulasingham|nolink=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-immolation_of_Murugathasan_Varnakulasingham}}26{{flagu|Switzerland}}Killing of the Sri Lankan TamilsInspired several other self-immolations{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/feb/19/tamil-suicide-protest-geneva|title=Tamil killed himself 'to guide others to liberation'|work=The Guardian|access-date=June 26, 2012|location=London, UK|first=Sam|last=Jones|date=February 19, 2009}}
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| {{dts|2009-02-27}}

Tapeymid-20s{{flag|Tibet}}Political situation in TibetMonk, Kirti Monastery, Ngaba. Shot{{cite web |url=http://www.savetibet.org/resource-center/maps-data-fact-sheets/self-immolation-fact-sheet#Tapey |title=Self-immolation Fact Sheet: Tapey |publisher=Savetibet.org |access-date=November 16, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111110154735/http://www.savetibet.org/resource-center/maps-data-fact-sheets/self-immolation-fact-sheet#Tapey |archive-date=November 10, 2011 |url-status=dead }} by Chinese police while on fire, and then taken away by them. Current status unknown.
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| {{dts|2009-11-13}}

{{sn|Tang|Fu-zhen|Tang Fu-zhen self-immolation incident}}47

|{{flag|China}}

Forced demolition of her homeDied 16 days later.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/26/opinion/26iht-edcohen.html |date=2010-01-25 |work=The New York Times |title=A Woman Burns |first=Roger |last=Cohen|author-link=Roger Cohen|access-date=2019-06-01}}
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| {{dts|2009-12-03}}

{{sn|Kasoju|Srikanth Chary|nolink=1}}24{{flag| India}}For statehood of TelanganaDied the following day.{{cite web|url=http://www.siasat.com/news/trs-activist-srikanth-cremated-61311/|title=TRS activist Srikanth cremated|work=The Siasat Daily|date=December 5, 2009 |access-date=January 11, 2018}}

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|{{dts|2010-02-20}}

{{sn|Siripur|Yadaiah|nolink=1}}19rowspan="2" |{{flag| India }}rowspan="2" | For statehood of TelanganaStudent. Self immolated at the main gate of Osmania University, Hyderabad. Died the next day in hospital.{{cite web|url=http://www.news18.com/news/india/telangana-telangana-fire-2-333822.html |title=Telangana protestor succumbs to 80 pc burns |date=February 21, 2010 |publisher=News18 |access-date=December 20, 2014}}{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Student-who-set-himself-ablaze-for-Telangana-cause-dies/articleshow/5598698.cms |newspaper=The Times of India |title=Student who set himself ablaze for Telangana cause dies |agency=Press Trust of India |date=2010-02-21|access-date=2019-06-01}}
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|{{dts|2010-07-31}}

{{sn|Eshan|Reddy|nolink=1}}20sStudent. Self-immolated as an offering for a deity for the cause of statehood.{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_student-commits-suicide-for-telangana-osmania-univ-tense_1416864|title=Student commits suicide for Telangana, Osmania Univ tense|work=dna|access-date=December 20, 2014}}
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|{{dts|2010-09-10}}

{{snYe Zhongcheng|Yihuang self-immolation incident}}79{{flag| China}}Forced demolition of their homeZhongcheng self-immolated with two family members and died on September 18.{{cite web| url=http://www.china.org.cn/china/2010-10/11/content_21097539.htm |title=Party officials removed after self-immolation protest| access-date=2016-11-26 |date=October 11, 2010 |agency=Xinhua News Agency |publisher=China.org.cn}}
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|{{dts|2010-12-17}}

Tarek el-Tayeb Mohamed Bouazizi26{{flag| Tunisia}}Corruption in governmentInspired the Tunisian revolution leading to ouster of President Ben Ali and further revolutions of the Arab Spring. Died January 4, 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.thenational.ae/news/worldwide/bouazizi-has-become-a-tunisian-protest-symbol|title=Bouazizi has become a Tunisian protest 'symbol'|date=January 13, 2011 |publisher=The National |access-date=January 14, 2011}}
January 7, 2011

|Hosni Kalaya

|40

|{{flag| Tunisia}}

|Corruption in government

|Inspired by Bouazizi's self-immolation. Survived. {{Cite web |last=Ebel |first=Francesca |date=17 December 2020 |title=Self-immolation persists as grim form of protest in Tunisia |url=https://apnews.com/article/international-news-tunisia-coronavirus-pandemic-fires-tunis-a995219697e8085918bfa54a63880a3b |website=Associated Press}}

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|{{dts|2011-01-16}}

{{sn|Venugopala|Reddy|nolink=1}}20s{{flag| India }}For statehood of TelanganaMCA student immolated himself near his university auditorium,died on the spot.{{cite news|last=Janyala |first=Sreenivas |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/fresh-telangana-stir-over-students-death/569725/0|title=Fresh Telangana stir over student's death|work=The Indian Express|date=2010-01-21|access-date=2019-06-01}}
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|{{dts|2011-01-16}}

{{sn|Mohsen|Bouterfif|nolink=1}}{{flag| Algeria}}Unemployment and housingInspired by Bouazizi's self-immolation in Tunisia.{{cite web|url=http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/01/20111162363063915.html|title=Algerian dies from self-immolation|publisher=Al Jazeera English |access-date=January 17, 2011}}
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|{{dts|2011-01-16}}

{{snBhavani|nolink=1}}18{{flag| India }}For statehood of Telangana{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/report/student-commits-suicide-for-telangana/20111002.htm|title=Student commits suicide for Telangana|date=October 2, 2011|work=rediff.com|access-date=December 20, 2014}}
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|{{dts|2011-01-17}}

{{sn|Yacoub Ould|Dahoud|nolink=1}}43{{flag|Mauritania|1959}}Political situation in Mauritania[https://web.archive.org/web/20110118224046/http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iKXN1ZN3SS8LoK9Kz-0Eb_jPgk-Q?docId=bf0a61839db345c387e71f11b09f166c Mauritanian man sets himself ablaze in capital], google.com; accessed May 7, 2015.
{{dts|2011-01-23}}

|Unnamed man

|60s

|{{Flag|Saudi Arabia}}

|Political situation in Saudi Arabia

|{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-12260465|title=Man dies in Saudi self-immolation|date=2011|publisher=BBC News|access-date=2017-09-28|language=en-GB}}

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|{{dts|2011-02-21}}

{{sn|Mustafanolink=1}}40{{flag| India }}For statehood of Telangana{{cite news| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Lensman-attempts-suicide/articleshow/7536272.cms|work=The Times of India|title=Lensman attempts suicide|date=2011-02-20|access-date=2019-06-01}}
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|{{dts|2011-03-16}}

{{sn|Rigzin|Phuntsog|Phuntsog self-immolation incident#March incident}}21{{flag|Tibet}}Political situation in TibetMonk of Kirti Monastery. In Ngaba, Amdo. Beaten by police before they extinguished the flames. Died in hospital.{{in lang|es}} [http://www.abc.es/agencias/noticia.asp?noticia=968342 China endurecerá la seguridad en las regiones tibetanas tras las inmolaciones]- ABC{{cite web|url=http://www.savetibet.org/resource-center/maps-data-fact-sheets/self-immolation-fact-sheet#Phuntsog|title=Self-immolation Fact Sheet: Phuntsog|publisher=SaveTibet.org|access-date=November 16, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111110154735/http://www.savetibet.org/resource-center/maps-data-fact-sheets/self-immolation-fact-sheet#Phuntsog|archive-date=November 10, 2011|url-status=dead}}[http://www.savetibet.org/resource-center/maps-data-fact-sheets/self-immolation-fact-sheet Self-Immolation Fact Sheet]({{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111110154735/http://www.savetibet.org/resource-center/maps-data-fact-sheets/self-immolation-fact-sheet |date=November 10, 2011 }})
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|{{dts|2011-06-15}}

{{sn|Thomas James|Ball|Thomas_Ball_(activist)}}58{{flag| United States}}Father's rights and family court injusticeSelf immolated on the steps of a family courthouse in New Hampshire. Died on the spot.{{cn|date=April 2025}}
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|{{dts|2011-08-15}}

{{sn|Tsewang|Norbu|nolink=1}}29{{flag|Tibet}}Political situation in TibetMonk of Nyitso monastery in Kham Tawu. In Tawu. Died soon afterwards.{{cite web|url=http://www.savetibet.org/resource-center/maps-data-fact-sheets/self-immolation-fact-sheet#TsewangNorbu|title=Self-immolation Fact Sheet: Tsewang Norbu|publisher=SaveTibet.org|access-date=November 16, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111110154735/http://www.savetibet.org/resource-center/maps-data-fact-sheets/self-immolation-fact-sheet#TsewangNorbu|archive-date=November 10, 2011|url-status=dead}}
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|{{dts|2011-08-28}}

{{snSenkodi|nolink=1}}27{{flag| India }}Convictions 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.{{cite web| url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110829/jsp/nation/story_14438207.jsp| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150601000918/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110829/jsp/nation/story_14438207.jsp| url-status=dead| archive-date=June 1, 2015| title=Suicide to stop hanging – Protests against Rajiv Killers' execution grow in Tamil Nadu |first=G.C. |last=Shekhar |date=August 28, 2011 |work=The Telegraph}}
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|{{dts|2011-09-16}}

{{sn|Apostolos|Polyzonis|nolink=1}}55{{flag|Greece}}European sovereign-debt crisisSelf-immolated in front of a bank in Thessaloniki.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15357318 Why Apostolos Polyzonis set himself on fire in Greece], BBC, October 19, 2011.
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|{{dts|2011-09-23}}

|{{Sn|Andrzej|Żydek|nolink=yes}}

49

|{{Flag|Poland}}

|Opposition to the Civic Platform government

| 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.tvn24.pl/wiadomosci-z-kraju,3/podpalil-sie-przed-kancelaria-jest-sledztwo,213794.html|title=Podpalił się przed kancelarią. Jest śledztwo|date=September 23, 2011 |access-date=January 11, 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.se.pl/wiadomosci/polska/andrzej-z-z-biedy-podpali-sie-pod-kancelaria-premiera-zostawil-list-do-donalda-tuska-zyce-dobrego-sa_206812.html|title=Andrzej Ż. z BIEDY PODPALIŁ SIĘ przed Kancelarią Premiera. Zostawił LIST do Donalda Tuska: Życzę dobrego samopoczucia|access-date=January 11, 2018}}

September 26, 2011

|Lobsang Kelsang

|18

| rowspan="10" |{{flag|Tibet}}

| rowspan="29" |Political situation in Tibet

|Monk from Kirti Monastery in Ngaba. Self-immolated on the streets of Ngaba alongside Lobsang Kunchok. Survived but was imprisoned for 6 years{{Cite web |last=Buncombe |first=Andrew |date=2011-11-20 |title=Tibet rocked by wave of self-immolation |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/tibet-rocked-by-wave-of-selfimmolation-6265090.html |access-date= |website=The Independent |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Fact Sheet on Tibetan Self-Immolation Protests in Tibet Since February 2009 |url=https://tibet.net/important-issues/factsheet-immolation-2011-2012/ |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=Central Tibetan Administration |date=January 31, 2012 |language=en-US}}

September 26, 2011

|Lobsang Kunchok

|18

|Monk from Kirti Monastery in Ngaba. Self-immolated on the streets of Ngaba alongside Lobsang Kelsang. Survived with leg amputated and imprisoned for 6 years.

October 3, 2011

|Kelsang Wangchuk

|17

|Monk from Kirti Monastery in Ngaba. Self-immolated on the streets of Ngaba. Status unknown.

October 7, 2011

|Khaying

|18

|Former monk turned nomad. Self-immolated on the streets of Ngaba alongside Choephel. Died the next day.

October 7, 2011

|Choephel

|19

|Former monk turned nomad. Self-immolated on the streets of Ngaba alongside Khaying. Died 4 days later.

October 15, 2011

|Norbu Dramdul

|19

|Former monk turned Nomad. Self-immolated on the streets of Ngaba. Died on January 5, 2012.

October 17, 2011

|Tenzin Wangmo

|20

|Nun from Mame Dechen Chokorling Nunnery in Ngaba. Self-immolated at the intersection of Sancta bridge and the nunnery. Died 10 minutes after at the scene.

October 25, 2011

|Dawa Tsering

|38

|Monk from Kandze Monastery. Self-immolated at the monastery. Status unknown but presumed dead.{{Cite web |last=Owen |first=Emily-Anne |date=4 Nov 2011 |title=Self-immolations on the rise in Tibet |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2011/11/4/self-immolations-on-the-rise-in-tibet |access-date= |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}

November 3, 2011

|Palden Choetso

|35

|Nun from Geden Choeling Nunnery in Tawu. Self-immolated on the same exact spot Tsewang Norbu stood on 3 months prior. Whilst burning, she stood completely still whilst praying before she died.{{Cite news |last=Peralta |first=Eyder |date=November 3, 2011 |title=Another Tibetan Nun Sets Herself On Fire |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2011/11/03/141990889/another-tibetan-nun-sets-herself-on-fire |work=NPR}}

November 4, 2011

|Sherab Tsedor

|25

|Self-immolated in front of Chinese embassy in New Delhi, India. Survived{{Cite web |date=2011-11-03 |title=Tibetan Sets Himself on Fire in Indian Capital |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/tibetan-sets-himself-on-fire-in-indian-capital-133235538/168178.html |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Voice of America |language=en}}

November 10, 2011

|Bhutuk

|40

|{{flag|Nepal}}

|Survived.{{Cite web |date=2012-01-01 |title=Self-Immolation Survivor Bhutuk Tells His Story - Tibetan Magazine for Tibet News & Issues |url=https://www.contactmagazine.net/self-immolation-survivor-bhutuk-tells-his-story/ |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Tibetan Magazine for Tibet News & Issues - Daily Tibetan News and Issues}}

December 1, 2011

|Tenzin Phuntsok

|46

| rowspan="18" |{{flag|Tibet}}

|Former monk turned farmer from Chamdo. Self-immolated in Chamdo. Died 5 days later.{{Cite magazine |last=Woeser |first=Tsering |date=2016-02-05 |title=Tibet's Epidemic of Suicides by Fire |url=https://newrepublic.com/article/129300/tibets-epidemic-suicides-fire |access-date= |magazine=The New Republic |issn=0028-6583}}

January 6, 2012

|Tennyi

|20

|Former monk turned nomad from Ngaba. Self-immolated at a hotel courtyard in Ngaba alongside Tsultrim. Died at the scene{{Cite web |last=Press |first=Associated Foreign |date=2012-01-08 |title=Two former Tibetan monks set themselves on fire |url=https://www.thejournal.ie/two-former-tibetan-monks-set-themselves-on-fire-323284-Jan2012/ |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=TheJournal.ie |language=en}}

January 6, 2012

|Tsultrim

|20

|Former monk turned nomad from Ngaba. Self-immolated at a hotel courtyard in Ngaba alongside Tennyi. Died the day after

January 8, 2012

|Lama Sopa

|42

|Rinpoche from Darlag. Self-immolated at a hotel courtyard in Darlag. Died at the scene.{{Cite web |title=Dead Lama Urged Unity |url=https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/unity-01202012161051.html |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Radio Free Asia |date=January 20, 2012 |language=en}}

January 14, 2012

|Lobsang Jamyang

|21

|Former monk turned nomad from Ngaba. Self-immolated in the middle of Ngaba. Died shortly after.{{Cite web |date=2012-01-26 |title=China: Refrain From Using Excessive Force Against Protesters {{!}} Human Rights Watch |url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2012/01/26/china-refrain-using-excessive-force-against-protesters |access-date= |website=Human Rights Watch |language=en}}

February 8, 2012

|Rigzin Dorjee

|19

|Former monk turned nomad from Ngaba. Self-immolated near a school in Ngaba. Died at the scene.{{Cite web |author=Staff Reporter |date=2012-02-09 |title=Tibetan Self-Immolates in Ngaba |url=https://tibet.net/tibetan-self-immolates-in-ngaba/ |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Central Tibetan Administration |language=en-US}}

February 9, 2012

|Sonam Rabyang

|42

|Monk from Lab Monastery in Tridu. Self-immolated on the main road of Tridu. Survived but both legs amputated.{{Cite web |date=2013-02-22 |title=Monk Survives Tibet Self-immolation but Loses Legs |url=https://www.voatibetan.com/a/monk-survives-tibetan-self-immoloatin-but-loses-legs-/1608122.html |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=ཝི་ཨོ་ཨེ། |language=bo}}

February 10, 2012

|Tenzin Choedron

|18

|Nun from Mame Dechen Chokorling nunnery in Ngaba. Self-immolated near a temple. Died at the scene.{{Cite web |date=2012-02-12 |title=18-Year-Old Tibetan Nun Dies After Self-Immolation |url=https://www.voatibetan.com/a/article-18-year-old-tibetan-nun-dies-after-self-immolation--139182584/1267208.html |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=ཝི་ཨོ་ཨེ། |language=bo}}

February 13, 2012

|Lobsang Gyatso

|19

|Monk from Kirti Monastery in Ngaba. Self-immolated in Ngaba county. Survived but was imprisoned for 5 years.{{Cite news |date=2012-02-14 |title=Another Tibetan monk sets himself on fire |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-17024388 |access-date= |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}

February 17, 2012

|Damchoe Sangpo

|38

|Monk from Bongthak Monastery. Self-immolated at the monastery. Died at the scene.{{Cite web |author=Staff Reporter |date=2012-02-18 |title=A Monk Teacher Dies of Self Immolation |url=https://tibet.net/a-monk-teacher-died-of-self-immolation/ |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Central Tibetan Administration |language=en-US}}

February 19, 2012

|Nangdrol

|18

|Student from Dzamthang. Self-immolated in Dzamthang county. Died at the scene.{{Cite web |title=UNPO: Tibet: Teenage Monk Latest Victim Of Self-Immolation |url=https://unpo.org/article/13912 |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=unpo.org|date=November 2, 2009 }}

March 3, 2012

|Tsering Kyi

|20

|Student and nomad from Nyima. Self-immolated at a market in Nyima. Whilst Chinese merchants threw stones at her in disgust, she held her fist up representing unity and freedom. Died at the scene.{{Cite web |date=2012-03-04 |title=Tibetan School Girl Dies in Self-Immolation Protest |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/tibetan-school-girl-dies-in-self-immolation-protest--141460543/179166.html |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Voice of America |language=en}}

March 4, 2012

|Rinchen Kyi

|32

|Mother of 4 and herder from Ngaba. Self-immolated near the Kirti Monastery in Ngaba. Died at the scene.{{Cite news |last=Martina |first=Michael |date=March 28, 2012 |title=Factbox: Self-immolations by Tibetans |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/china-tibet-burnings/factbox-self-immolations-by-tibetans-idINDEE82S01420120329/ |work=Reuters}}

March 5, 2012

|Dorjee

|18

|Nomad from Chara. Self-immolated near a Chinese office in Chara. Died at the scene.{{Cite web |title=Third Self-Immolation in Three Days |url=https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/third-03052012140822.html |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Radio Free Asia |date=March 5, 2012 |language=en}}

March 10, 2012

|Gepey

|18

|Monk from Kirti Monastery in Ngaba. Self-immolated near a military camp in Ngaba. Died at the scene.{{Cite news |agency=Associated Press |date=2012-03-13 |title=Tibetan teenager self-immolates on anniversary of failed uprising |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/mar/13/tibetan-teenager-self-immolates-revolt-anniversary |access-date=2024-03-06 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}

March 14, 2012

|Jamyang Palden

|34

|Monk from Rongpo Monastery in Rebkong. Self-immolated outside the Rongpo Monastery and lit himself on fire. Died on September 29.{{Cite news |last=Wong |first=Edward |date=2012-03-14 |title=Another Tibetan Monk Sets Himself on Fire to Protest Chinese Rule |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/15/world/asia/another-tibetan-monk-sets-himself-on-fire-to-protest-chinese-rule.html |access-date= |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}

March 16, 2012

|Lobsang Tsultrum

|20

|Monk from Kirti Monastery in Ngaba. Self-immolated in Ngaba. Died 3 days after. Cousin of Norbu Damdrul who self-immolated on October 15, 2011.

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|{{dts|2012-03-17}}

{{sn|Sonam|Thargyal|nolink=1}} (Dargye, Dhargay)44

|Farmer in Rebkong, Amdo. Died on the spot.{{cite web |title=Tibet Immolation Factsheet – Sonam Thargyal |url=http://www.savetibet.org/resource-center/maps-data-fact-sheets/self-immolation-fact-sheet#SonamThargyal |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111110154735/http://www.savetibet.org/resource-center/maps-data-fact-sheets/self-immolation-fact-sheet#SonamThargyal |archive-date=November 10, 2011 |access-date=March 31, 2012 |publisher=International Campaign for Tibet}}{{cite web |title=Farmer Dies in New Burning Protest |date=March 17, 2012 |url=http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/blaze-03172012102709.html |access-date=March 31, 2012 |publisher=Radio Free Asia}}

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|{{dts|2012-03-24}}

{{sn|L Bhoja|Naik|nolink=1}}21rowspan="6" |{{flag|India}}For statehood of TelanganaMBA student self-immolated in front of his college. Died on the spot.{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/telangana-erupts-as-activists-take-their-own-lives/1/182956.html|title=Telangana erupts as activists take their own lives|date=April 4, 2012 |access-date=December 20, 2014}}
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|{{dts|2012-03-26}}

{{sn|Jamphel|Yeshi|2012 BRICS summit#Protests}}27Political situation in TibetLayperson in Delhi. Died 2 days later in hospital.{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-china-tibet-idUSBRE82R0E220120328|title=Tibetan dies from self-immolation in India before Hu visit|work=Reuters|access-date=March 31, 2012|date=March 28, 2012}}{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h-uMOeuO9tx-OzCCTFLI9KFXNG9A?docId=dce53ff0a6284410af6f021b156de152|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329020452/http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h-uMOeuO9tx-OzCCTFLI9KFXNG9A?docId=dce53ff0a6284410af6f021b156de152|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 29, 2012|title=Tibetan lights self on fire at anti-China protest|agency=Associated Press|access-date=March 31, 2012}}
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|{{dts|2012-03-26}}

Rajmouli40rowspan="4" | For statehood of Telangana{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/another-man-dies-for-telangana-trs-calls-for-shutdown/story-qqEMoilNGKICGaabtIvf8O.html|title=Another man dies for Telangana, TRS calls for shutdown|agency=Indo-Asian News Service|via=Hindustan Times|date=2012-03-26|access-date=2019-06-01}}{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/ap-suicide-politics-back-on-the-boil/243065-60-114.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120710193734/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/ap-suicide-politics-back-on-the-boil/243065-60-114.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 10, 2012|title=AP: Suicide politics back on the boil|work=IBNLive|access-date=December 20, 2014}}
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|{{dts|2012-03-26}}

{{sn|B.R.|Goud|nolink=1}}n/a
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|{{dts|2012-03-27}}

{{snPallavi|nolink=1}}17Died later in hospital.{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/one-more-suicide-attempt-for-telangana/243419-60-114.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120710120256/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/one-more-suicide-attempt-for-telangana/243419-60-114.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 10, 2012|title=One more suicide attempt for Telangana|work=IBNLive|access-date=December 20, 2014}}
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|{{dts|2012-03-27}}

{{sn|Kalakanchi|Ilaiah|nolink=1}}30Scrap dealer.{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Two-attempt-suicide-for-Telangana/articleshow/12436099.cms|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709185203/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-28/hyderabad/31249162_1_telangana-congress-leaders-telangana-issue-separate-telangana-state|url-status=live|archive-date=July 9, 2012|work=The Times of India|title=Two attempt suicide for Telangana|date=March 28, 2012}}
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|{{dts|2012-03-28}}

{{sn|Lobsang|Sherab|nolink=1}}20{{flag|Tibet}}Political situation in TibetMonk of Kirti Monastery.{{cite web|url=http://phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=31156&article=Fire+rages+on%3a+Tibetan+monk+dies+in+fiery+protest|title=Fire rages on: Tibetan monk dies in fiery protest|publisher=Phayul.com|access-date=April 3, 2012|archive-date=November 26, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141126035552/http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=31156&article=Fire+rages+on%3a+Tibetan+monk+dies+in+fiery+protest|url-status=dead}} In Ngaba, Amdo. Died on the spot.{{cite web|url=http://www.savetibet.org/resource-center/maps-data-fact-sheets/self-immolation-fact-sheet#LobsangSherab|title=Tibet Immolation Factsheet – Lobsang Sherab|publisher=International Campaign for Tibet|access-date=March 31, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111110154735/http://www.savetibet.org/resource-center/maps-data-fact-sheets/self-immolation-fact-sheet#LobsangSherab|archive-date=November 10, 2011|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/burn-03282012142200.html|title=Kirti Monk Self-Immolates, Dies|date=March 28, 2012 |publisher=Radio Free Asia|access-date=March 31, 2012}}
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|{{dts|2012-03-28}}

{{sn|K|Uppalaiah|nolink=1}}30rowspan="2" | {{Flag|India}}rowspan="2" | For statehood of Telangana{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/another-suicide-for-telangana/243731-60-114.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120710001832/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/another-suicide-for-telangana/243731-60-114.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 10, 2012|title=Another suicide for Telangana|work=IBNLive|access-date=December 20, 2014}}
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|{{dts|2012-03-28}}

{{sn|Sripuram|Srikanth|nolink=1}}23Died on March 30 at the Osmania General Hospital.{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/hyderabad/man-who-tried-immolation-wednesday-dies-268|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405153455/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/hyderabad/man-who-tried-immolation-wednesday-dies-268|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 5, 2012|title=Man who tried immolation on Wednesday dies|work=Deccan Chronicle|date=April 5, 2012|access-date=January 11, 2018}}
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|{{dts|2012-03-30}}

{{sn|Tenpa|Dhargyal|nolink=1}} (Darjey)22rowspan="2" |{{flag|Tibet}}rowspan="2" |Political situation in TibetMonk of Tsodun monastery, Barkham, Amdo. Forcibly removed to hospital by Chinese security forces. Current status unknown.{{cite web|url=http://www.savetibet.org/resource-center/maps-data-fact-sheets/self-immolation-fact-sheet#TenpaDarjey|title=Tibet Immolation Factsheet – Tenpa Darjey|publisher=International Campaign for Tibet|access-date=March 31, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111110154735/http://www.savetibet.org/resource-center/maps-data-fact-sheets/self-immolation-fact-sheet#TenpaDarjey|archive-date=November 10, 2011|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/burn-03302012093353.html|title=Two More Monks Burn Themselves|date=March 30, 2012 |publisher=Radio Free Asia|access-date=March 31, 2012}}
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|{{dts|2012-03-30}}

{{sn|Chimey|Palden|nolink=1}} (Chime)21Monk of Tsodun monastery, Barkham, Amdo. Forcibly removed to hospital by Chinese security forces.{{cite web|url=http://www.savetibet.org/resource-center/maps-data-fact-sheets/self-immolation-fact-sheet#ChimeyPalden|title=Tibet Immolation Factsheet – Chimey Palden|publisher=International Campaign for Tibet|access-date=March 31, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111110154735/http://www.savetibet.org/resource-center/maps-data-fact-sheets/self-immolation-fact-sheet#ChimeyPalden|archive-date=November 10, 2011|url-status=dead}} Died later that day around midnight.{{cite web|url=http://phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=31161&article=Self-immolation+death+toll+rises+to+24+in+Tibet%2c+Chimey+Palden+declared+dead|title=Self-immolation death toll rises to 24 in Tibet, Chimey Palden declared dead|publisher=Phayul.com|access-date=April 3, 2012|archive-date=January 30, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160130235330/http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=31161&article=Self-immolation+death+toll+rises+to+24+in+Tibet%2c+Chimey+Palden+declared+dead|url-status=dead}}
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|{{dts|2012-03-30}}

{{sn|Shyamapuri|Shankar|nolink=1}}24rowspan="2" |{{flag| India}}rowspan="2" | For statehood of Telangana{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Another-youth-attempts-suicide-for-Telangana/articleshow/12487113.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120517182017/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-01/hyderabad/31270124_1_youth-attempts-suicide-telangana-state-unemployed-youth |url-status=live |archive-date=May 17, 2012 |work=The Times of India |title=Another youth attempts suicide for Telangana|date=April 1, 2012}}
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|{{dts|2012-03-30}}

{{sn|Bandavath|Suresh|nolink=1}}25Suffered 50% burns.{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Another-suicide-attempt-by-Telangana-supporter/articleshow/12475004.cms|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120701165135/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-31/hyderabad/31266332_1_suicide-attempt-degree-student-tribal-youth|url-status=live|archive-date=July 1, 2012|work=The Times of India|title=Another suicide attempt by Telangana supporter|date=March 31, 2012}}
April 6, 2012

|Tulku Athup

|47

| rowspan="12" |{{flag|Tibet}}

| rowspan="12" |Political situation in Tibet

|Rinpoche at his monastery. Self-immolated with his niece Atse at his home. Died at the scene.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2013-03-27 |title=New report confirms self-immolation of Tulku Athup and his niece |url=https://tibet.net/new-report-confirms-self-immolation-of-tulku-athup-and-his-niece/ |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=Central Tibetan Administration |language=en-US}}

April 6, 2012

|Atse

|23

|Nun from Seda Larung Wuming Tibetan Buddhist Institute in Tawu. Self-immolated with her uncle in Tawu at his home. Died at the scene

April 19, 2012

|Sonam

|20's

|Student from Barma. Self-immolated in Barma with his cousin Choepak Kyab. Died at the scene.{{Cite web |title=Two Tibetan Cousins Self-Immolate |url=https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/burn-04192012082147.html |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Radio Free Asia |date=April 19, 2012 |language=en}}

April 19, 2012

|Choepak Kyab

|20's

|Student from Barma. Self-immolated in Barma with his cousin Sonam. Died at the scene.

May 27, 2012

|Dorjee Tseten

|19

|Originally from Bora but was a waiter in Lhasa. Self-immolated in front of the Potala Palace in Lhasa alongside Dhargye. Died at the scene.{{Cite web |title=Two Tibetans Burn Themselves in Lhasa |url=https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/burn-05272012123432.html |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Radio Free Asia |date=May 27, 2012 |language=en}}

May 27, 2012

|Dhargye

|25

|Originally from Ngaba but was a waiter in Lhasa. Self-immolated in front of the Potala palace in Lhasa alongside Dorjee Tseten. Died 41 days after the protest.

May 30, 2012

|Rikyo

|33

|Mother of 2 and nomad. Self-immolated near the Jonang Monastery in Dzamthang. Died at the scene.{{Cite web |last1=December 5 |first1=Clare |last2=Reply |first2=2012 at 10:50 am · |date=2012-12-03 |title="The Testimonies Left Behind By Tibetan Self-Immolators" By Woeser |url=https://highpeakspureearth.com/the-testimonies-left-behind-by-tibetan-self-immolators-by-woeser/ |access-date=2024-03-06 |language=en-US}}

June 15, 2012

|Tamding Thar

|50's

|Nomad from Chentsa. Self-immolated near a police station in Chentsa. Died at the scene.{{Cite web |author=Staff Reporter |date=2012-06-15 |title=Tamding Thar Self-immolates, CTA Urges China to Address Tibetan Grievances (Updated) |url=https://tibet.net/tamding-thar-self-immolates-cta-urges-china-to-address-tibetan-grievances/ |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Central Tibetan Administration |language=en-US}}

June 20, 2012

|Tenzin Khedup

|24

|Former monk turned nomad from Dzatoe. On a street in Dzatoe, Tenzin and Ngawang Norphel both waved the Tibetan flag and self-immolated. Died at the scene.{{Cite web |last=Garnaut |first=John |date=2012-06-21 |title=Tibetan protests spread in independence fight |url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/tibetan-protests-spread-in-independence-fight-20120621-20r09.html |access-date= |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2013-02-01 |title=China: Stop Sentencing Tibetans for "Inciting" Immolations {{!}} Human Rights Watch |url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2013/02/01/china-stop-sentencing-tibetans-inciting-immolations |access-date= |website=Human Rights Watch |language=en}}

June 20, 2012

|Ngawang Norphel

|22

|Nomad and carpenter from Dzatoe. On a street in Dzatoe, Ngawang and Tenzin Khedup both waved the Tibetan flag and self-immolated. Died 40 days after his protest.

June 27, 2012

|Dickyi Choezom

|40's

|Businesswoman and mother of 2 from Yulshul. Self-immolated at the Dhondupling monastery. Last reported to be hospitalized.{{Cite web |date=2012-07-04 |title=Land seizure protests in Keygudo prompts self-immolation |url=http://www.phayul.com/2012/07/04/31688/ |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Phayul |language=en-US}}

July 7, 2012

|Tsewang Dorjee

|22

|Nomad and vendor from Damshung. Self-immolated at a market in Damshung. Died later that night.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2012-07-10 |title=Self-immolating youth identified as Tsewang Dorjee, All witnesses arrested |url=https://tibet.net/self-immolating-youth-identified-as-tsewang-dorjee-all-witnesses-arrested/ |access-date= |website=Central Tibetan Administration |language=en-US}}

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|{{dts|2012-07-14}}

{{sn|Moshe|Silman}}57rowspan="2" |{{flag|Israel}}Social justice march in Tel AvivSocial justice activist, suffered 90% burns.{{cite news|url=https://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Social-justice-activist-sets-himself-on-fire-in-Tel-Aviv|work=The Jerusalem Post|title=Social justice activist sets himself on fire in Tel Aviv|last=Lappin|first=Yaakov|date=2012-07-14|access-date=2019-06-01}} Died July 20 in hospital.{{cite news|url=https://www.jpost.com/National-News/Activist-Silman-who-set-self-on-fire-dies-of-wounds-278294| work=The Jerusalem Post|title=Activist Silman who set self on fire dies of wounds|date=2012-07-20|access-date=2019-06-01}}
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|{{dts|2012-07-16}}

{{sn|Zion|Vaknin|nolink=1}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4260724,00.html|title=mynet באר שבע – ציון וקנין מב"ש מספר למה ניסה להצית את עצמו|work=ynet|access-date=December 20, 2014|language=he}}46Social injustice protestAt Beersheba's city hall, in protest of debts.{{cite news|url=http://www.mynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4256312,00.html|work=ynetews|script-title=he:דרמה בב"ש: ניסה להצית עצמו מול בניין העיריה|date=July 16, 2012|language=he}}
July 17, 2012

|Lobsang Lozin

|18

|{{flag|Tibet}}

|Political situation in Tibet

|Monk from Gedhun Tashi Choeling Monastery in Barkham. Self-immolated in front of a Chinese government building in front of the monastery. Reported to walk 100 steps before he died from his burns.{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=2012-07-18 |title=Teenage Tibetan monk dies after setting himself on fire in China |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/jul/18/teenage-tibetan-monk-dies-china |access-date= |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}

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|{{dts|2012-07-18}}

{{sn|Valentina|Gerasimovna|nolink=1}}57{{flagu|Russia}}A woman attempted to self-immolate at the public reception center of the ruling United Russia party in Novosibirsk. Earlier, she addressed the party's public reception center for legal advice as an apartment buyer.{{cite news|url=http://www.interfax.com/newsinf.asp?id=348153|title=Investigators probe incitement to suicide in self-immolation attempt at United Russia public center in Novosibirsk (Part 2)|agency=Interfax|date=2012-07-18|access-date=2019-06-01|archive-date=December 20, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220202504/http://www.interfax.com/newsinf.asp?id=348153|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.rferl.org/content/police-probe-self-immolation-in-siberia/24649072.html|title=Police Probe Self-Immolation Act In Ruling Party's Office In Siberia|publisher=RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty|date=2012-07-18|access-date=2019-06-01}} Died in a hospital.{{cite web|url=http://www.interfax.co.uk/russia-cis-general-news-bulletins-in-english/novosibirsk-self-immolation-woman-dies-in-hospital|title=Novosibirsk self-immolation woman dies in hospital|agency=Interfax|access-date=January 11, 2018}}{{dead link|date=June 2019}}
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|{{dts|2012-07-20}}

{{sn|Akiva|Mafi|nolink=1}}45{{flag|Israel}}Social injustice protestAkiva Mafi{{cite web|url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/disabled-idf-veteran-sets-himself-on-fire-in-yehud-1.452777|title=Disabled IDF veteran sets himself on fire in Yehud|date=July 22, 2012|work=Haaretz|access-date=December 20, 2014}} (45) Disabled IDF veteran sets himself on fire in Yehud, on behalf of wounded veterans.He made that [http://www.103.fm/programs/Media.aspx?ZrqvnVq=FIKDEM&c41t4nzVQ=EF because] of the social servicesBrother of the 45-year-old disabled veteran who self-immolated at Yehud bus stop tells Haaretz: [http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/brother-of-veteran-who-set-himself-alight-idf-doesn-t-love-you-when-you-re-wounded.premium-1.452804 "The army loves you three feet under, but doesn't love you when you're wounded."] Died August 1, 2012.[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4262456,00.html Disabled veteran who set himself on fire dies Akiva Mafi'i, 45, who self-immolated at a bus stop in Yahud some 10 days ago, succumbs to wounds], ynetnews New agency established to prevent more cases.
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|{{dts|2012-07-30}}

Đặng Thị Kim Liêng64{{flag|Vietnam}}Against 2011 crackdown on Vietnamese youth activists{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/jul/31/vietnamese-blogger-mother-fire-tan|title=Vietnamese blogger's mother sets herself on fire as daughter faces trial|agency=Associated Press|newspaper=The Guardian|date=2012-07-31|access-date=2019-06-01}}Tạ Phong Tần's mother. Self-immolated in the early morning. Died en route to the hospital.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/aug/05/vietnam-blog-shame |title=Vietnam's blog shame |author=Kamila Shamsie |date=5 August 2012 |work=The Guardian |archive-date=August 7, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120807055030/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/aug/05/vietnam-blog-shame |access-date=14 August 2012 }}
August 6, 2012

|Lobsang Tsultrim

|21

| rowspan="7" |{{flag|Tibet}}

| rowspan="60" |Political situation in Tibet

|Monk from Kirti Monastery. Self-immolated on a street in Ngaba that is known as "Hero Street". Died later that night.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2012-08-08 |title=Self-Immolator Lobsang Tsultrim Dies |url=https://tibet.net/self-immolator-lobsang-tsultrim-dies/ |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=Central Tibetan Administration |language=en-US}}

August 7, 2012

|Dolkar Kyi

|26

|Farmer and mother of 2. Self-immolated near the Tsoe Gaden Choeling Monastery in Kanlho. Died a few hours later.{{Cite news |last=Wong |first=Edward |date=2012-08-07 |title=Tibetan Woman Dies in Western China Blaze, Reports Say |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/08/world/asia/tibetan-monk-sets-himself-ablaze-in-western-china.html |access-date=2024-02-29 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}

August 10, 2012

|Choepa

|24

|Nomad from Meruma. Self-immolated on a road in Meruma. Died on the way to the hospital.{{Cite web |title=Third Burning Death in a Week |url=https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/burn-08112012144757.html |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Radio Free Asia |date=August 11, 2012 |language=en}}

August 13, 2012

|Tashi

|21

|Former monk turned nomad from Ngaba. Self-immolated in Ngaba with Lungtok. Died a few hours later.{{Cite web |date=2012-08-15 |title=2 Tibetans Die in Self-Immolation Protest in China's Sichuan |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/two-tibetans-die-in-self-immolation-protest-in-china/1488717.html |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Voice of America |language=en}}

August 13, 2012

|Lungtok

|20

|Monk from Kirti Monastery. Self-immolated in Ngaba on a road known as "Hero Street" with Tashi. Died a few hours later.

August 27, 2012

|Lobsang Kelsang

|18

|Monk from Kirti Monastery in Ngaba. Self-immoalted near Kirti Monastery in Ngaba with Damchoe. Died later that night.{{Cite web |date=2012-08-31 |title=CTA holds prayer service, Says Tibet effectively under undeclared martial law |url=https://www.phayul.com/2012/08/31/32027/ |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Phayul |language=en-US}}

August 27, 2012

|Dhamchoe

|17

|Former monk turned Nomad in Ngaba. Younger brother of Tenzin Choedron who self-immolated on February 10, 2012. Self-immoalted near Kirti Monastery in Ngaba with Lobsang Kelsang. Died later that night.

September 13, 2012

|Passang Lhamo

|62

|{{flag| China}}

|Retired government officer. Self-immolated in Beijing, China in front of the Ministry of housing and Urban-rural development. Status unknown.{{Cite web |date=2013-01-14 |title=Tibetan woman self-immolated in Beijing last year: Reports |url=http://www.phayul.com/2013/01/14/32838/ |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Phayul |language=en-US}}

September 29, 2012

|Yungdrung

|29

| rowspan="23" |{{flag|Tibet}}

|Farmer from Dzatoe. Self-immolated near a Chinese government building in Dzatoe. Died the next day.{{Cite web |title=Clampdown in Wake of Burning |url=https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/burning-10012012141037.html |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Radio Free Asia |date=October 2012 |language=en}}

October 4, 2012

|Gudrub

|43

|Writer from Nangchu. Gone to exile in 2005 where he studied in Dharmsala where he returned to Tibet soon after. Known as "Youth of the Snow Realm" for his safety as his writings were about Tibets freedom. Self-immolated at a market in Nangchu. Died at the scene.{{Cite web |date=2012-10-04 |title=Tibetan Blogger Self-Immolates, Leaves Posts Behind |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/tibetan_blogger_self_immolates_and_leaves_posts_behind/1520543.html |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Voice of America |language=en}}

October 6, 2012

|Sangay Gyatso

|26

|Nomad from Tsoe. Self-immolated near Dokar Monastery. Died at the scene.{{Cite web |date=2012-10-06 |title=Third Tibet Self-Immolation In One Week |url=https://www.voatibetan.com/a/1521716.html |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=ཝི་ཨོ་ཨེ། |language=bo}}

October 13, 2012

|Tamdrin Dorje

|50's

|Nomad and grandfather of a rinpoche. Self-immolated near the Tsoe Monastery. Died at the scene.{{Cite web |date=2012-10-13 |title=Tibetan Self-Immolates in Protest Against Chinese Rule |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/tibetan-self-immolates-in-protest-against-chinese-rule/1526087.html |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Voice of America |language=en}}

October 20, 2012

|Lhamo Kyab

|27

|Farmer and nomad from Bora. Self-immolated near Bora temple. Died at the scene. Short film "Sons of Tibet" is based upon his life and his protest.{{Cite web |date=2012-10-21 |title=Fifth Tibetan self-immolation since Ambassador Gary Locke's visit to the region in September |url=https://www.voatibetan.com/a/1530348.html |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=ཝི་ཨོ་ཨེ། |language=bo}}

October 23, 2012

|Dhondup

|60's

|Nomad from Labrang. Self-immolated at Labrang Monastery. Died at the scene.{{Cite web |title=One More Tibetan Self-immolates to Protest China's Repressive Rule |url=https://www.tibetswiss.ch/news-detail/one-more-tibetan-self-immolates-to-protest-chinas-repressive-rule.html |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=www.tibetswiss.ch |language=en}}

October 23, 2012

|Dorjee Rinchen

|58

|Farmer and bread vendor from Labrang. Self-immolated near a police station in Labrang. Died a few hours after.{{Cite web |last=Bodeen |first=Christopher |date=2012-11-28 |title=Tibetan protesters setting themselves on fire in greater numbers |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/world/tibetan-protesters-setting-themselves-on-fire-in-greater-numbers/article_5f0f7a9a-b03b-57c3-a60b-6a9a06700f8c.html |access-date= |website=Toronto Star |language=en}}

October 25, 2012

|Tsepo

|20

|Herder from Driru. Self-immolated near a Chinese government building with his cousin Tenzin. Status unknown.{{Cite web |title=China: 7th Tibetan self immolation in a week |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/china-tibet-self-immolation-119779-2012-10-26 |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=India Today |date=October 27, 2012 |language=en}}

October 25, 2012

|Tenzin

|25

|Herder from Driru. Self-immolated near a Chinese government building with his cousin Tsepo. Status unknown.

October 26, 2012

|Lhamo Tseten

|24

|Farmer and nomad from Sangchu. Self-immolated near a court in Sangchu. Died at the scene.{{Cite web |date=2012-10-26 |title=New Wave of Tibetan Self-Immolations Hits China |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/new_wave_of_tibetan_self_immolations_hits_china/1534300.html |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Voice of America |language=en}}

October 26, 2012

|Thubwang Gyab

|23

|Nomad and father of 2 from Sangchu. Self-immolated near a bus stop in Sangchu. Died at the scene.{{Cite web |author=Staff Reporter |date=2012-10-27 |title=Tibetan youth self-immolates in Tibet (warning: graphic image) |url=https://tibet.net/tibetan-youth-self-immolates-in-tibet/ |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Central Tibetan Administration |language=en-US}}

November 4, 2012

|Dorjee Lhundrup

|25

|Thangka artist and father of 2 from Rebkong. Self-immolated near Rongwo monastery. Died at the scene.{{Cite web |title=China detains uncle of Tibetan self-immolator in Rebkong |url=https://tchrd.org/china-detains-uncle-of-tibetan-self-immolator-in-rebkong/ |access-date=2024-03-06 |language=en-US}}

November 7, 2012

|Dorjee

|15

|Monk from Ngoshul Monastery. Self-immolated in Ngaba with Samdup and Dorjee Kyab. Died at the scene.{{Cite web |date=2012-11-07 |title=Five Tibetans Self-Immolate Today Across Tibetan Regions |url=https://www.voatibetan.com/a/1541162.html |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=ཝི་ཨོ་ཨེ། |language=bo}}

November 7, 2012

|Samdup

|16

|Monk from Ngoshul Monastery. Self-immolated in Ngaba with Dorjee and Dorjee Kyab. Status unknown.

November 7, 2012

|Dorjee Kyab

|16

|Monk from Ngoshul Monastery. Self-immolated in Ngaba with Dorjee and Samdup. Status unknown.

November 7, 2012

|Tamding Tso

|23

|Nomad and mother of 1 from Rebkong. Self-immolated in Rebkong. Died at the scene

November 7, 2012

|Tsegyal

|27

|Nomad and father of 2. Self-immolated near the Bankar village. Died 11 days after as Chinese authorities had arrested him for his protest and refused to give him medical treatment.

November 8, 2012

|Kalsang Jinpa

|18

|Former monk turned Nomad from Rebkong. Self-immolated near the Rongwo Monastery. Died at the scene.{{Cite web |title=Troop Buildup After New Burning |url=https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/buildup-11082012112619.html |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Radio Free Asia |date=November 8, 2012 |language=en}}

November 10, 2012

|Gonpo Tsering

|19

|Nomad from Tsoe. Self-immolated near the Lushoe Village in Tsoe. Died 2 hours after protest.{{Cite web |title=Tibetan Burnings Rise to 70 |url=https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/burn-11102012191123.html |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Radio Free Asia |date=November 11, 2012 |language=en}}

November 12, 2012

|Nyingkar Tashi

|24

|Nomad from Rebkong. Self-immolated in Rebkong. Died at the scene.{{Cite web |title=More Tibetan Burning Protests |url=https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/burning-11122012130538.html |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Radio Free Asia |date=November 12, 2012 |language=en}}

November 12, 2012

|Nyingchak Bum

|18

|Nomad from Rebkong. Self-immolated in the middle of Rebkong. Died at the scene.

November 15, 2012

|Khabum Gyal

|18

|Farmer and nomad from Rebkong. Self-immolated on a road known as Rongwo. Died at the scene.{{Cite web |title=Two More Burn in Rebgong |url=https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/rebgong-11152012130853.html |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Radio Free Asia |date=November 15, 2012 |language=en}}

November 15, 2012

|Tenzin Dolma

|23

|Farmer from Rebkong. Self-immolated at a temple in Rebkong. Died at the scene.

November 16, 2012

|David Alain

|38

|{{flagu|France}}

|Buddhist monk from England.

November 17, 2012

|Sangdhak Tsering

|24

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|Farmer and nomad from Tsekhog. Self-immolated in front of a Chinese government building. Died at the scene{{Cite web |title=Rebgong Burnings Raise Tensions |url=https://www.rfa.org/english/news/burn-11172012171044.html |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Radio Free Asia |language=en}}

November 17, 2012

|Chagmo Kyi

|27

|Mother of 2 and taxi driver. Self-immolated in front of an office building in Rebkong. Died at the scene.

November 19, 2012

|Wangchen Norbu

|25

|Farmer from Kangtsa. Self-immolated at the Kangtsa Gaden Choephelling Monastery. Died at the scene.{{Cite web |date=2024-03-04 |title=78th Tibetan Dies After Setting Himself Ablaze to Protest Chinese Rule |url=https://www.thetibetpost.com/en/zh/news/tibet/3033-78th-tibetan-dies-after-setting-himself-ablaze-to-protest-chinese-rule |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Tibet post International |language=en-gb }}{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

November 20, 2012

|Tsering Dhondup

|34

|Farmer, nomad, and father of 3 from Labrang. Self-immolated in front of a gold mine in Labrang. Died at the scene.{{Cite web |date=2012-11-20 |title=Tibetan Man Self-Immolates in Amchok, Amdo |url=https://www.voatibetan.com/a/1549512.html |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=ཝི་ཨོ་ཨེ། |language=bo}}

November 22, 2012

|Lubum Tsering

|18

|Nomad from Rebkong. Self-immolated at a popular street in Rebkong. Died at the scene.{{Cite web |author=Staff Reporter |date=2012-11-23 |title=18-year-old Tibetan Immolates in Rebgong |url=https://tibet.net/18-year-old-tibetan-immolates-in-rebkong/ |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Central Tibetan Administration |language=en-US}}

November 22, 2012

|Tamdrin Kyab

|23

|Former monk turned nomad from Kanlho. Self-immolated near the Luchu river. Died at the scene.{{Cite web |author=Staff Reporter |date=2012-11-24 |title=Tibetan nomad dies after setting self on fire, total self-immolation reaches 80 |url=https://tibet.net/tibetan-nomad-dies-after-setting-self-on-fire-total-self-immolation-reaches-80/ |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Central Tibetan Administration |language=en-US}}

November 23, 2012

|Tamdrin Dorjee

|29

|Herder from Tsekhog. Self-immolated near a Chinese government building in Tsekhog. Died at the scene.{{Cite web |title=Tibetan Burns, Hails Dalai Lama |url=https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/burn-11242012182156.html |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Radio Free Asia |date=November 24, 2012 |language=en}}

November 25, 2012

|Sangay Dolma

|17

|Nun from Gonshul Nunnery in Tsekhog. Self-immolated near a Chinese government building in Tsekhog. Died at the scene.

November 26, 2012

|Wangyal

|18

|Student from Sertha. Self-immolated near a golden horse statue in the center of Sertha.

November 26, 2012

|Kunchok Tsering

|18

|Nomad from Labrang. Self-immolated in front of a gold mine in Labrang. Died at the scene

November 26, 2012

|Gonpo Tsering

|24

|Nomad and father of 3 from Luchu. Self-immolated at the Ala Deu-go monastery in Luchu. Died at the scene.{{Cite web |date=2012-11-28 |title=Tibetan protest in China ends in violence, immolations - Taipei Times |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2012/11/28/2003548787 |access-date= |website=Taipei Times}}

November 27, 2012

|Kalsang Kyab

|24

|Nomad from Dzoge. Self-immolated in front of a Chinese government building. Died at the scene.{{Cite web |date=2024-03-04 |title=Prayers of Solidarity Held in Honour of Kalsang Kyab: Update |url=https://www.thetibetpost.com/en/zh/news/tibet/3055-prayers-of-solidarity-held-in-honour-of-kalsang-kyab-update |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022041509/http://www.thetibetpost.com/en/zh/news/tibet/3055-prayers-of-solidarity-held-in-honour-of-kalsang-kyab-update |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 22, 2020 |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Tibet post International |language=en-gb }}

November 27, 2012

|Sangay Tashi

|18

|Nomad from Sangkhog. Self-immolated in front of a Chinese government building in Sangkhog. Died at the scene.{{Cite web |title=Tibetan Teen Dies in Self-immolation Protest at Sangkhog, Labrang |url=https://www.tibetswiss.ch/news-detail/tibetan-teen-dies-in-self-immolation-protest-at-sangkhog-labrang.html |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=www.tibetswiss.ch |language=en}}

November 28, 2012

|Wande Khar

|21

|Nomad from Tsoe. Self-immolated in Tsoe county. Died at the scene.{{Cite web |date=2012-11-29 |title=Two Tibetans Self-Immolate, Total Reaches 89 |url=https://www.voatibetan.com/a/1555206.html |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=ཝི་ཨོ་ཨེ། |language=bo}}

November 29, 2012

|Tsering Namgyal

|31

|Nomad, farmer, and father of 2 from Luchu. Self-immolated in front of a Chinese government building in Luchu. Died at the scene.

November 30, 2012

|Kunchok Kyab

|29

|Nomad and father of 2 from Ngaba. Self-immolated at a gas station in Ngaba. Died at the scene.{{Cite web |date=2012-12-03 |title=Kunchok Kyab passes away, Self-immolation death toll reaches 76 |url=https://www.phayul.com/2012/12/03/32597/ |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Phayul |language=en-US}}

December 2, 2012

|Sangdag Kyab

|17

|Nomad and father of 1 from Bora. Self-immolated at Bora Temple. Survived with both legs amputated and imprisoned for 2 years.{{Cite web |title=Chinese Authorities Amputate Legs of Tibetan Self-Immolator |url=https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/legs-11252014135802.html |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Radio Free Asia |date=November 25, 2014 |language=en}}

December 3, 2012

|Lobsang Gedhun

|29

|Monk from Penag Monastery in Pema. Self-immolated on the streets of Pema and reported to have walked 300 steps before passing away from the burns.{{Cite web |title=Burning Monk Walks 300 Steps |url=https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/burn-12032012161600.html |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Radio Free Asia |date=December 3, 2012 |language=en}}

December 8, 2012

|Pema Dorjee

|23

|Nomad from Luchu. Self-immolated at Shitsang Monastery. Died at the scene.{{Cite web |date=2012-12-10 |title=Two Tibetans Die after Self-immolation Protest |url=https://www.voatibetan.com/a/1561618.html |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=ཝི་ཨོ་ཨེ། |language=bo}}

December 8, 2012

|Kunchok Phelgye

|24

|Monk from Sumdo Monastery in Dzoege. Self-immolated at the monastery. Died at the scene.

December 9, 2012

|Wangchen Kyi

|17

|Student from Tsekhong. Self-immolated at her village in Tsekhong. Died at the scene.{{Cite web |title=Tibetan Girl Self-Immolates |url=https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/girl-12102012151407.html |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Radio Free Asia |date=December 10, 2012 |language=en}}

January 12, 2013

|Tsering Tashi

|22

|Nomad from Amchok. Self-immolated in Amchok town. Died at the scene.{{Cite magazine |last=Bartholet |first=Jeffrey |date=2013-07-01 |title=Aflame |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/07/08/aflame |access-date= |magazine=The New Yorker |language=en-US |issn=0028-792X}}{{Cite news |last=Bartholet |first=Jeffrey |date=July 2, 2013 |title=Tibet Burning: Behind the Wave of Self-Immolations |url=https://pulitzercenter.org/projects/tibet-burning-behind-wave-self-immolations |work=Pulitzer Center}}

January 18, 2013

|Dupchok

|28

|Nomad from Ngaba. Self-immolated near a police station. Died at the scene.{{Cite web |date=2013-01-18 |title=Tibetan man burns to death in Tibet, 2nd self-immolation in 2013 |url=https://www.thetibetpost.com/en/news/tibet/3181-tibetan-man-burns-to-death-in-tibet-2nd-self-immolation-in-2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127025131/http://www.thetibetpost.com/en/news/tibet/3181-tibetan-man-burns-to-death-in-tibet-2nd-self-immolation-in-2013 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 27, 2013 |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Tibet post International |language=en-gb }}

January 22, 2013

|Kunchok Kyab

|26

|Farmer and nomad from Bora. Self-immolated near the Bora Monastery. Died at the scene.{{Cite web |date=2013-01-22 |title=Another Dies in Self Immolation Protest against China's rule |url=https://www.thetibetpost.com/en/news/tibet/3190-another-dies-in-self-immolation-protest-against-chinas-rule |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130126200211/http://www.thetibetpost.com/en/news/tibet/3190-another-dies-in-self-immolation-protest-against-chinas-rule |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 26, 2013 |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Tibet post International |language=en-gb }}

February 3, 2013

|Lobsang Namgyal

|37

|Monk from Kirti Monastery in Ngaba. Self-immolated in Dzoge. Died at the scene.{{Cite web |author=Staff Reporter |date=2013-02-14 |title=Tibetans continue to self-immolate in protest |url=https://tibet.net/tibetans-continue-to-self-immolate-in-protest/ |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Central Tibetan Administration |language=en-US}}

February 13, 2013

|Drukpa Khar

|26

|Nomad and father of 3 from Amchok. Self-immolated in Amchok. Died at the scene.{{Cite web |author=Staff Reporter |date=2013-02-15 |title=Self-immolation at Amchok, Toll Reaches 101 |url=https://tibet.net/self-immolation-at-amchok-toll-reaches-101/ |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Central Tibetan Administration |language=en-US}}

February 13, 2013

|Drupchen Tsering

|25

|{{flag|Nepal}}

|Rinpoche who arrived a month prior in Kathmandu. Self-immolated at the Boudhanath Stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal. Died later that day.{{Cite web |author=Staff Reporter |date=2013-03-23 |title=Druptse's body still in Nepal government's custody |url=https://tibet.net/druptses-body-still-in-nepal-governments-custody/ |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Central Tibetan Administration |language=en-US}}

February 17, 2013

|Namlha Tsering

|49

|{{flag|Tibet}}

|Farmer and nomad from Labrang. Sat on a busy street in Labrang where he lit himself on fire. Died at the scene of his protest.{{Cite news |last=Wong |first=Edward |date=2013-02-20 |title=Tibetan Teenagers Die in Double Self-Immolation |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/21/world/asia/tibetan-teens-die-in-double-self-immolation.html |access-date= |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}

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{{sn|Trayan|Marechkov|nolink=1}}26{{flag|Bulgaria}}Part 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.[http://www.borbabg.com/?action=news&news=24117 26-year-old Tarnovo resident sets himself on fire because of poverty], borbabg.com, February 20, 2013.{{in lang|bg}}{{cite web|last=Stoyanova|first=Marieta|title=Великотърновци почетоха паметта на самозапалилите се Пламен и Траян|date=March 6, 2013 |url=http://dariknews.bg/view_article.php?article_id=1051066|publisher=Darik News|access-date=1 April 2013|language=bg}}
February 19, 2012

|Rinchen

|17

| rowspan="2" |{{flag|Tibet}}

| rowspan="2" |Political situation in Tibet

|Student from Dzoge. Self-immolated at Dzoge with Sonam Dhargyal. Died at the scene.{{Cite web |author=Staff Reporter |date=2013-02-20 |title=Two teenagers die after setting themselves on fire; Toll reaches 104 |url=https://tibet.net/two-teenagers-die-after-setting-themselves-on-fire-toll-reaches-104/ |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Central Tibetan Administration |language=en-US}}

February 19, 2013

|Sonam Dhargyal

|18

|Student from Dzoge. Self-immolated at Dzoge with Rinchen. Died at the scene.

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{{sn|Plamen|Goranov}}36

|{{flag|Bulgaria}}

| Part of the 2013 Bulgarian protests against the Borisov cabinetProtested corruption and monopolies,[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhFqPIiihb0 Plamen Goranov protesting "Down with TIM" in the city of Varna note TIM being allegedly a major monopolist organisation], Bivol, February 24, 2013. and demanded the resignation of Varna's mayor Kiril Yordanov and the Municipal Council.{{cite news|last1=Tsolova|first1=Tsvetelia|last2=Krasimirov|first2=Angel|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bulgaria-mayor-idUSBRE9250RF20130306 |title=Bulgarian mayor resigns after man sets himself on fire|work=Reuters|date=2013-03-06|access-date=2019-06-01}} Mountain climber and photographer. Set himself alight in front of the Varna municipality. Died 11 days later in hospital.[http://www.trud.bg/Article.asp?ArticleId=1798013 Man who self-immolated in Varna being operated on today], Trud.bg, 25 February 2013.{{in lang|bg}}[http://www.trud.bg/Article.asp?ArticleId=1817491 Plamen Goranov dies, Varna in mourning] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102194001/http://www.trud.bg/Article.asp?ArticleId=1817491 |date=January 2, 2014 }}, trud.bg, March 4, 2013.{{in lang|bg}}
February 24, 2013

|Phagmo Dhondup

|24

| rowspan="3" |{{flag|Tibet}}

| rowspan="3" |Political situation in Tibet

|farmer from Tsapon. Self-immolated at the Chachung Monastery in Tsapon. Died a few hours later.{{Cite web |title=Young Tibetan Burns Himself in a Monastery |url=https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/burning-02242013160717.html |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Radio Free Asia |date=February 24, 2013 |language=en}}

February 24, 2013

|Tsesung Kyab

|20s

|Farmer and nomad from Luchu. Self-immolated at the Shistang Monastery. Died at the scene of his protest. His cousin Pema Dorjee self-immolated 2 months prior on December 8, 2012, at the same monastery.{{Cite web |date=2013-02-26 |title=Tibetan monks self-immolate in anti-China protest |url=https://apnews.com/general-news-12ccf18000484f7aa6b370d90bb490a0 |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=AP News |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Wong |first=Edward |date=2013-02-26 |title=China: 2 Tibetan Monks Carry Out Fatal Protests |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/26/world/asia/china-2-tibetan-monks-carry-out-fatal-protests.html |access-date=2024-02-29 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}

February 25, 2013

|Sangdag

|unknown

|Monk from Diphu Monastery in Ngaba. Self-immolated on a road in Ngaba. Status unknown.{{Cite web |title=Tibetan Self-immolates in Ngaba County |url=https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/county-02262013110730.html |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Radio Free Asia |date=February 26, 2013 |language=en}}

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|{{flag|Bulgaria}}

Part of the 2013 Bulgarian protestsFather of five.[http://www.24chasa.bg/Article.asp?ArticleId=1802093 Impoverished 53-year-old self-immolates in Radnevo municipality], 24chasa.bg, February 26, 2013.{{in lang|bg}} Set himself on fire in Radnevo. Died in hospital two weeks later.
March 13, 2013

|Kunchok Wangmo

|30's

|{{flag|Tibet}}

|Political situation in Tibet

|Housewife and mother of 1 from Dzoge. Self-immolated in Dzoge. Died at the scene.{{Cite web |title=Young woman immolation in Ngaba reported .:. Tibet Sun |url=https://www.tibetsun.com/news/2013/03/18/young-woman-immolation-in-ngaba-reported |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=www.tibetsun.com}}

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{{sn|Dimitar|Dimitrov|nolink=1}}51

|{{flag|Bulgaria}}

|Part of the 2013 Bulgarian protests

Set himself on fire in front of the Presidential Palace in Sofia. Hospitalized with life-threatening injuries.[http://www.monitor.bg/article?id=376825 51-year-old self-immolates in front of presidency] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518075347/http://www.monitor.bg/article?id=376825 |date=May 18, 2015 }}, Monitor.bg, March 14, 2013.{{in lang|bg}}[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22439961 Poverty in Bulgaria drives more to make ultimate sacrifice], BBC.co.uk, May 8, 2013; retrieved May 7, 2015.
March 16, 2013

|Lobsang Thogmey

|28

|{{flag|Tibet}}

|Political situation in Tibet

|Monk from Kirti Monastery. Self-immolated at the monastery. Died after being taken to hospital.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2013-03-17 |title=Tibetan monk dies after setting himself on fire in Ngaba |url=https://tibet.net/tibetan-monk-dies-after-setting-himself-on-fire-in-ngaba/ |access-date= |website=Central Tibetan Administration |language=en-US}}

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{{sn|Todor|Yovchev|nolink=1}}40

|{{flag|Bulgaria}}

|Part of the 2013 Bulgarian protests

Died on March 22{{cite news|url=http://rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/23/poverty-blamed-for-bulgarias-suicide-wave/?_r=0|title=Poverty Blamed for Bulgaria's Suicide Wave|first=Harvey|last=Morris|work=The New York Times|date=2013-03-23|access-date=2018-01-11}}
March 24, 2013

|Kalkyi

|30

| rowspan="7" |{{flag|Tibet}}

| rowspan="7" |Political situation in Tibet

|Nomad and mother of 4 from Dzamthang. Self-immolated at the Jonang Monastery. Died at the scene{{Cite web |title=Tibetan Mother of Four Dies in Burning Protest |url=https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/burning-03242013122241.html |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Radio Free Asia |date=March 24, 2013 |language=en}}

March 25, 2013

|Lhamo Kyab

|43

|Forest keeper from Sangchu. Gathered a pile of logs, poured kerosene on the pile and himself. Proceeded to light the pile alight and then placed himself on top. Died at the scene{{Cite web |title=Tibetan Forest Guard Who Self-immolated Dies |url=https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/dies-03262013153945.html |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Radio Free Asia |date=March 26, 2013 |language=en}}

March 26, 2013

|Kunchok Tenzin

|28

|Monk from Mokri Monastery in Luchu. Self-immolated at the monastery. Died at scene.{{Cite news |last=Wong |first=Edward |date=2013-03-29 |title=Tibetan Monk Dies in Self-Immolation in China |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/30/world/asia/tibetan-monk-dies-in-self-immolation-in-china.html |access-date=2024-02-29 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}

April 16, 2013

|Jugtso

|20

|Mother of 1 from Dzamthang. Self-immolated near the Jonang Monastery in Dzamthang. Died at the scene.{{Cite web |title=Thousands Gather After Young Tibetan Mother Self-Immolates |url=https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/gather-04162013140411.html |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Radio Free Asia |date=April 16, 2013 |language=en}}

April 24, 2013

|Lobsang Dawa

|20

|Monk from Taktsang Lhamo Kirti Monastery in Dzorge county. Self-immolated alongside Kunchok Woeser at the monastery. Died at the scene.{{Cite web |author=Staff Reporter |date=2013-04-25 |title=Twin Self-Immolation Protests Hit Tibet |url=https://tibet.net/twin-self-immolation-protests-hit-tibet/ |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Central Tibetan Administration |language=en-US}}

April 24, 2013

|Kunchok Woeser

|23

|Monk from Taktsang Lhamo Kirti Monastery in Dzorge county. Self-immolated alongside Lobsang Dawa at the monastery. Died at the scene.

May 27, 2013

|Tenzin Sherab

|30

|Nomad from Yushu. Self-immolated near the Gyaring area of Yushu. Died at the scene.{{Cite web |title=New Tibetan Self-Immolation After One-Month Hiatus |url=https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/burning-05292013114734.html |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Radio Free Asia |date=May 29, 2013 |language=en}}

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{{sn|Bowatte|Indarathana|nolink=1}}30{{flag|Sri Lanka}}| Against the slaughtering of cattle and alleged conversion of Buddhists to minority religions in Sri Lanka{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-22677058 | title=Sri Lanka Buddhist monk dies after self-immolation | work=BBC News | date=May 26, 2013 | access-date=September 25, 2016}}
June 11, 2013

|Wangchen Dolma

|31

|{{flag|Tibet}}

|Political situation in Tibet

|Nun from Yushu. Self-immolated outside Nyatso monastery in Yushu. Died on June 14, 2013.{{Cite web |author=Staff Reporter |date=2013-06-17 |title=Tibetan nun who self-immolates has died |url=https://tibet.net/tibetan-nun-who-self-immolates-has-died/ |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Central Tibetan Administration |language=en-US}}

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| Andrzej Filipiak

| 56

|{{flag|Poland}}

| Unemployed receiving no help from the state

| Occurred across the street from the Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Poland{{cite web|url=https://wpolityce.pl/polityka/159625-podpalil-sie-bo-byl-zalamany-i-zrozpaczony-sytuacja-nie-mam-pracy-a-mopr-nam-odmawia-pomocy-nie-mamy-z-czego-zyc|title=Podpalił się, bo "był załamany i zrozpaczony sytuacją". "Nie mam pracy a MOPR nam odmawia pomocy, nie mamy z czego żyć"|access-date=January 11, 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://wpolityce.pl/polityka/159660-ludzie-juz-tego-nie-wytrzymuja-piec-pytan-do-andrzeja-zydka-ktory-podpalil-sie-w-2011-r-przed-kancelaria-premiera|title="Ludzie już tego nie wytrzymują". PIĘĆ PYTAŃ DO Andrzeja Żydka, który podpalił się w 2011 r. przed kancelarią premiera|access-date=January 11, 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://wiadomosci.wp.pl/mezczyzna-podpalil-sie-przed-kancelaria-premiera-donalda-tuska-w-warszawie-6031283732890241a|title=Mężczyzna podpalił się przed kancelarią premiera Donalda Tuska w Warszawie|first=Wirtualna Polska Media|last=S.A.|date=June 12, 2013|access-date=January 11, 2018}}

July 20, 2013

|Kunchok Sonam

|18

|{{flag|Tibet}}

| rowspan="2" |Political situation in Tibet

|Monk from Thangkor Sogtsang Monastery in Dzoge. Self-immolated at his monastery. Died at the scene.{{Cite web |author=Staff Reporter |date=2013-07-20 |title=18-year-old monk dies after setting self on fire; Toll rises to 120 |url=https://tibet.net/18-year-old-monk-dies-after-setting-self-on-fire-toll-rises-to-120/ |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Central Tibetan Administration |language=en-US}}

August 6, 2013

|Karma Ngedon Gyatso

|38

|{{flag|Nepal}}

|Monk from Yangpachen Monastery in Damshung, Tibet until Chinese authorities expelled him due to him being disabled. Arrived in Nepal in 2011. Self-immolated in Kathmandu at the Boudhanath Stupa. Died an hour after.{{Cite web |date=2023-06-23 |title=Karma Ngedon Gyatso |url=https://en.tibettimes.net/2023/06/23/karma-ngedon-gyatso/ |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Tibet Times Eng |language=en-US}}

September 28, 2013

|Shichung

|41

| rowspan="10" |{{flag|Tibet}}

| rowspan="10" |Political situation in Tibet

|Farmer, tailor, and father of 2 from Ngaba. Self-immolated in Ngaba. Died at the scene{{Cite news |last=Jacobs |first=Andrew |date=2013-09-29 |title=Tibetan Dies After Setting Himself on Fire |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/30/world/asia/tibetan-dies-after-setting-himself-on-fire-to-protest-chinese-policies.html |access-date=2024-02-29 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}

November 11, 2013

|Tsering Gyal

|20

|Monk from Akyong Monastery in Pema. Self-immolated in Pema county where he ran 10-12 yards towards a government building. Died later that day.{{Cite web |last=Thomas |first=David |date=2013-12-02 |title=China detains seven people over self-immolation protest in Tibet |url=https://www.thetibetpost.com/en/news/132-tibet/3757-china-detains-seven-people-over-self-immolation-protest-in-tibet |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004125832/https://www.thetibetpost.com/en/news/132-tibet/3757-china-detains-seven-people-over-self-immolation-protest-in-tibet |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 4, 2022 |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Tibet post International |language=en-gb }}

December 3, 2013

|Kunchok Tseten

|30

|Nomad and father of 2 from Meruma in Ngaba. Self-immolated in Ngaba, died at the scene.{{Cite web |date=2013-12-04 |title=Tibetan Man Self-Immolates in China |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/tibetan-man-selfimmolates-in-china/1803765.html |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Voice of America |language=en}}

December 19, 2013

|Tsultrim Gyatso

|44

|Monk from Amchok Monastery. Set himself on fire in Amchok, died at the scene{{Cite web |last=Thomas |first=David |date=2013-12-19 |title=Monk sets himself on fire in Tibet to protest China's rule: Toll hits 124 |url=https://www.thetibetpost.com/en/news/132-tibet/3791-monk-sets-himself-on-fire-in-tibet-to-protest-chinas-rule-toll-hits-124 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211011052247/https://www.thetibetpost.com/en/news/132-tibet/3791-monk-sets-himself-on-fire-in-tibet-to-protest-chinas-rule-toll-hits-124 |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 11, 2021 |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Tibet post International |language=en-gb }}

February 5, 2014

|Phagmo Samdrup

|27

|Father of 2 and tantric practitioner from Tsekhog. Self-immolated near a school. Died a day after.{{Cite web |author=Staff Reporter |date=2014-02-07 |title=Self-immolation at Tsekhog county |url=https://tibet.net/tibetan-burns-self-triggering-security-clampdown-in-tsekhog/ |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Central Tibetan Administration |language=en-US}}

February 13, 2014

|Lobsang Dorjee

|25

|Car wash owner from Ngaba. Self-immolated in Ngaba. Died 2 days later.{{Cite web |title=Latest Tibetan Self-Immolation Protester Dies |url=https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/burning-02172014193057.html |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Radio Free Asia |date=February 18, 2014 |language=en}}

March 16, 2014

|Jigme Tenzin

|29

|Monk from Sonag Monastery in Rebkong. Self-immolated outside Sonag Monastery, died at the scene.{{Cite web |last=Donaldson |first=Day Blakely |date=2014-03-26 |title=Tibet Monks Die From Self Immolation on Protest Anniversary, Fourth Year in a Row |url=https://guardianlv.com/2014/03/tibet-monks-die-from-self-immolation-on-protest-anniversary-fourth-year-in-a-row/ |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Guardian Liberty Voice |language=en-US}}

March 16, 2014

|Lobsang Palden

|23

|Monk from Kirti Monastery in Ngaba. Self-immolated in Ngaba. Died 5 days after.

March 29, 2014

|Dolma

|29

|Nun from Kardze. Set herself on fire near Ba Choede Monastery in Kardze. Status unknown.{{Cite web |last=Donaldson |first=Day Blakely |date=2014-04-01 |title=Tibet Nun 133rd Self Immolation |url=https://guardianlv.com/2014/04/tibet-nun-133rd-self-immolation/ |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Guardian Liberty Voice |language=en-US}}

April 15, 2014

|Thinley Namgyal

|32

|Nomad and farmer. Set himself on fire in Kardze. Died at the scene.{{Cite web |title=Tibetan Man Dies in Self-Immolation Protest in Kardze |url=https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/burning-04152014113941.html |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Radio Free Asia |date=April 15, 2014 |language=en}}

May 23, 2014

|Le Thi Tuyet Mai

|67

|{{flag|Vietnam}}

|Chinese deployment of a giant oil rig in Vietnam.

|Deputy head of executive committee of the Buddhist Youth movement in Ho Chi Minh City. Self-immolated at 5:30 am, died at the scene. Left banners saying "The Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam will survive side by side with the Vietnamese people! All together against Chinese invasion! I offer my body as a torch to light the path of all patriots! Support the Declaration of UBCV Patriarch Thich Quang Do to oppose China's invasion of Vietnamese waters and lands."{{Cite web |last=goarin |date=2014-05-25 |title=Buddhist Youth Leader Lê Thi Tuyêt Mai dies after self-immolation in Sai Gon |url=https://vietnamtibetalliance.wordpress.com/2014/05/25/buddhist-youth-leader-le-thi-tuyet-mai-dies-after-self-immolation-in-sai-gon/ |access-date=2024-03-13 |website=VietNam-Tibet Alliance Fighting for Freedom |language=en}}

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{{sn|Thu|Hoang|nolink=1}}71rowspan="2" |{{flag| United States}}In apparent response to the Hai Yang Shi You 981 standoffApparent protest by a Vietnamese man of a Chinese state-owned oil rig being placed into waters contested by Vietnam in the South China Sea{{cite news|last=Young|first=Mark |url=https://www.bradenton.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/breaking-news-blog/article34720359.html|title=Bradenton Herald & Lakewood Ranch Herald|work=The Bradenton Herald|access-date=2019-06-01}}
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|{{dts|2014-06-23}}

{{sn|Charles R.|Moore|Charles R. Moore (minister)}}79Social injustice{{cite web|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/news/metro/20140711-in-dying-act-minister-hoped-to-inspire-social-justice.ece|title=In dying act, minister hoped to inspire social justice|publisher=dallasnews.com|access-date=December 20, 2014}}Set himself alight in a strip mall parking lot, died upon arrival at hospital.
September 16, 2014

|Kunchok

|42

| rowspan="6" |{{flag|Tibet}}

| rowspan="6" |Political situation in Tibet

|Set self on fire in front of a police station. Believed to have died shortly after protest.{{Cite web |title=Tibetan Man Self-Immolates In Front of Police Station in Qinghai |url=https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/burning-10042014192656.html |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Radio Free Asia |date=October 4, 2014 |language=en}}

September 17, 2014

|Lhamo Tashi

|22

|Student from Amchok. Previously involved in the 2008 Tibetan unrest. set himself on fire in Tsoe City. Died at the scene{{Cite web |title=Tibetan Student Perishes in First Self-Immolation in Five Months |url=https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/burning-09212014121057.html |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Radio Free Asia |date=September 21, 2014 |language=en}}

December 16, 2014

|Sangye Khar

|33

|Nomad and father of 2. Set himself on fire near a police station and died at the scene after walking a few steps while on fire.{{Cite web |title=Tibetan Man Dies in Self-Immolation Protest in Front of Police Station |url=https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/new-12162014125456.html |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Radio Free Asia |date=December 16, 2014 |language=en}}

December 22, 2014

|Tsepey

|19

|Nomad from Meruma. Set herself on fire near a market in Ngaba. Died at the scene.{{Cite web |author=Staff Reporter |date=2014-12-22 |title=Girl dies in self-immolation protest at Ngaba |url=https://tibet.net/girl-dies-after-self-immolation-protest-at-ngaba/ |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Central Tibetan Administration |language=en-US}}

December 23, 2014

|Kalsang Yeshi

|37

|Monk from Nyitso Monastery in Tawu. Set himself on fire near his monastery and a police station. Died at the scene. Left a picture of His Holiness the Dalai Lama with the caption "The Six Million Tibetans are waiting for you."{{Cite news |last=Jacobs |first=Andrew |date=2014-12-25 |title=China: Monk Burns Himself to Death in a Political Protest |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/25/world/asia/china-monk-burns-himself-to-death-in-a-political-protest.html |access-date=2024-02-29 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}

March 5, 2015

|Norchuk

|47

|Nomad and mother of 3. Set herself on fire at her village. Died at the scene{{Cite web |title=Tibetan Woman Burns Herself to Death in Protest Over Chinese Policies |url=https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/tibet-norchuk-03072015143653.html |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Radio Free Asia |date=March 7, 2015 |language=en}}

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|{{dts|2015-03-14}}

{{sn|Younes|Asakere|nolink=1}}34{{flag|Iran}}| Discrimination of Ahwazi ArabsSelf-immolated after local authorities confiscated his vendor stall in Khorramshahr. Died on March 22.{{cite web| url=http://ahwazhumanrights.org/en/stories/502|title=Funeral of the Ahwazi Arab who set himself on fire turned into demonstration |date=23 March 2015 |publisher=Ahwaz Human Rights Organization |access-date=2016-11-26}} Inspired a mass protest which resulted in arrests of some 1,000 people and further self-immolations.{{cite web |url=http://acfh.info/ahwaz/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=440:raise-of-self-immolation-among-ahwazi-arabs-due-to-discrimination-and-poverty&catid=44:2010-09-16-17-14-58 |title=Raise of self-immolation among Ahwazi Arabs due to discrimination and poverty |date=2 June 2016 |publisher=Ahwazi Centre for Human Rights |access-date=2016-11-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161127085119/http://acfh.info/ahwaz/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=440:raise-of-self-immolation-among-ahwazi-arabs-due-to-discrimination-and-poverty&catid=44:2010-09-16-17-14-58 |archive-date=November 27, 2016 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}
April 8, 2015

|Yeshi Khandro

|47

| rowspan="5" |{{flag|Tibet}}

| rowspan="5" |Political situation in Tibet

|Nun in Kardze. Set herself on fire near a police station calling for the freedom in Tibet and the long life and return of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Tibet. Died shortly afterwards.{{Cite web |last=Dolma |first=Rangzen |date=2015-04-20 |title=Tibetan Nun Yeshi Khando Died in Self-immolation (updated) |url=https://tibet.net/tibetan-nun-yeshi-khando-died-in-self-immolation-updated/ |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Central Tibetan Administration |language=en-US}}

April 15, 2015

|Neykyab

|45

|Father of 7 from Ngaba. Set himself on fire at his home and died at the scene. His brother in law Dhargye set himself on fire on May 27, 2012.{{Cite web |title=China detains family members after Tibetan non-violence activist dies of self-immolation |url=https://tchrd.org/china-detains-family-members-after-tibetan-non-violence-activist-dies-of-self-immolation/ |access-date=2024-03-06 |language=en-US}}

May 20, 2015

|Tenzin Gyatso

|35

|Father of 4 from Tawu. Self-immolated in front of a government building, died shortly after.{{Cite web |title=Tibetan man dies of self-immolation protest amid heightened repression |url=https://tchrd.org/self-immolation/ |access-date=2024-03-06 |language=en-US}}

May 27, 2015

|Sangye Tso

|36

|Business owner and mother of 2. Set herself on fire in front of a government office in Tsoe. died at the scene. left a note saying "Long Live His Holiness the Dalai Lama, where is the panchen lama, and freedom for Tibetans!{{Cite news |date=2015-05-28 |title=Tibetan mother burns herself to death in China: Reports |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/tibetan-mother-burns-herself-to-death-in-china-reports |access-date=2024-02-29 |work=The Straits Times |language=en |issn=0585-3923}}

July 9, 2015

|Sonam Topgyal

|26

|monk from Nangchen county. Came to Kyegydo and set himself on fire in Gesar square. Died the following day. Left behind a note calling for the freedom of Tibet{{Cite web |last=tibetanreview |date=2015-07-18 |title=Self-immolation monk's last note urges global witness to Tibet's tragedy |url=https://www.tibetanreview.net/self-immolation-monks-last-note-urges-global-witness-to-tibets-tragedy/ |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Tibetan Review |language=en-US}}

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|{{dts|2015-08-12}}

{{sn|Choi|Yeon-yeol|nolink=1}}80{{flag|South Korea}}|Japanese colonization of Korea and military conduct during World War II{{Cite news|title = South Korean Man, 80, Sets Self on Fire at Anti-Japan Rally|url = https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/08/12/world/asia/ap-as-skorea-anti-japan-rally-.html|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 2015-08-12|access-date = 2015-08-12|issn = 0362-4331}}Set himself on fire in a flower bed near the Japanese embassy in Seoul during an anti-Japan protest by "comfort women" (survivors of World War II Japanese military brothels). Injuries sustained were not life-threatening. Condition Pending.{{Cite news|title = South Korean man lights himself on fire during anti-Japan protest in Seoul|url = http://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg-man-sets-himself-on-fire-20150812-story.html|newspaper = Los Angeles Times|date=2015-08-12|access-date = 2019-06-01|issn = 0458-3035|first = Steven|last = Boroweic}}
August 27, 2015

|Tashi Kyi

|55

| rowspan="2" |{{flag|Tibet}}

| rowspan="2" |Political situation in Tibet

|Mother of 5. Self-immolated near her house in Sangchu and died at the scene. Her nephew Sangay Tashi self-immolated on November 27, 2012.{{Cite web |title=Tibetan Woman Self-Immolates in Protest Burning in China's Gansu |url=https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/tibetan-woman-self-immolates-in-protest-burning-in-chinas-gansu-08282015123238.html |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Radio Free Asia |date=August 28, 2015 |language=en}}

September 17, 2015

|Shurmo

|26

|Self-immolated at a bus stop. Protest was hidden for 5 years by the Chinese government.{{Cite web |last= |date=2021-01-19 |title=CTA mourns death of Tibetan self-immolator Shurmo. Total known self-immolations in Tibet reach 155 |url=https://tibet.net/cta-mourns-death-of-tibetan-self-immolator-shurmo-total-known-self-immolations-in-tibet-reaches-155/ |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=Central Tibetan Administration |language=en-US}}

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|{{sn|Khodayar|Amini|nolink=1}}

|30

|{{flagu|Australia}}

|Australian refugee policy

|Self-immolated in Melbourne during a video call to his advocates.{{cite web |last=Hasham |first=Nicole |date=October 20, 2015 |title=Asylum seeker self-immolated amid fears he would be sent back to detention, Senate hearing told |url=http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/asylum-seeker-selfimmolates-amid-fears-he-would-be-sent-back-to-detention-senate-hearing-told-20151019-gkd81v.html#ixzz47bc7tRH0 |access-date=January 11, 2018 |via=The Sydney Morning Herald}}

{{dts|2015-10-24}}

|{{sn|Erlan|Bektibaev|nolink=1}}

|20

|{{flag|Kazakhstan }}

|Social injustice

|Doused himself with gasoline and set himself on fire on October 24 in front of the Taraz headquarters of the ruling party Nur Otan (now since 2022 Amanat) in Taraz. Bektibayev was rushed to hospital, but later died of his burns.{{Cite web |date=2015-10-26 |title=Казахстан: юноша поджег себя возле здания партии президента |url=https://www.currenttime.tv/a/27327467.html |access-date=2024-10-26 |website=Настоящее Время |language=ru}}

November 13, 2015

|S. Erdene

|

|{{flag|Mongolia}}

|Protest of coal mine being sold to China as well as employees being laid off by the government

|Coal mine union leader. Called for a press conference where he doused himself with an accelerant and proceeded to set himself on fire. Suffered burns on 40% of his body.{{Cite web |last=Cheung |first=Karen |date=2015-11-18 |title=Mongolian trade union leader sets himself alight at press con. in protest of China coal mine deal |url=http://hongkongfp.com/2015/11/18/mongolian-trade-union-leader-sets-himself-alight-at-press-con-in-protest-of-china-coal-mine-deal/ |access-date=2024-03-13 |website=Hong Kong Free Press HKFP |language=en-GB}}

{{dts|2016-02-29}}

|Dorjee Tsering

|16

|{{Flag|India}}

|Political situation in Tibet

|Died 3 days later in a New Delhi hospital. American presidential candidate Hillary Clinton held up his photograph while speaking to a Tibetan advocacy group.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/04/world/asia/china-tibet-self-immolations.html|title=Tibetan Monk, 18, Dies After Self-Immolation to Protest Chinese Rule|last=Wong|first=Edward|date=2016-03-03|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-08-13|issn=0362-4331}}

February 29, 2016

|Kalsang Wangdu

|18

|{{flag|Tibet}}

|Political situation in Tibet

|monk in Kardze. Self-immolated calling for Tibet's independence. Died on the way to the hospital.{{Cite news |last=Wong |first=Edward |date=2016-03-03 |title=Tibetan Monk, 18, Dies After Self-Immolation to Protest Chinese Rule |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/04/world/asia/china-tibet-self-immolations.html |access-date=2024-02-29 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}

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|{{dts|2016-03-19}}

{{sn|Charles|Ingram|nolink=1}}51{{flag|United States}}| Corruption at the United States Department of Veterans AffairsMilitary veteran walked nine miles to a military veteran hospital before self-immolated in the hospital's parking lot.{{cite news|last=Lipp|first=Kenneth|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/veteran-burned-himself-alive-outside-va-clinic|title=Veteran Burned Himself Alive Outside VA Clinic|date=2016-03-27|work=The Daily Beast|access-date=2019-06-01}}
March 23, 2016

|Sonam Tso

|50s

|{{flag|Tibet}}

|Political situation in Tibet

|Mother of 5. Self-immolated at Sera Monastery. Died at the scene.{{Cite web |last= |date=2016-05-08 |title=Mother of five died in 145th known Tibet self-immolation protests |url=https://www.tibetanreview.net/mother-of-five-died-in-145th-known-tibet-self-immolation-protests/ |access-date= |website=Tibetan Review |language=en-US}}

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|{{dts|2016-04-27}}

{{sn|Omid|Masoumali|nolink=1}}23rowspan="2" |{{flag|Nauru}}rowspan="2"| Australian 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".{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2016/s4454004.htm|title=Claims Iranian man suicided after thinking he would have to stay on Nauru for another 10 years|website=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|date=May 2, 2016|access-date=January 11, 2018}} 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.{{Cite news|title = Iranian Asylum Seeker Severely Burnt After Setting Himself On Fire On Nauru |url = https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/apr/27/iranian-asylum-seeker-severely-burnt-after-setting-himself-on-fire-on-nauru}}
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|{{dts|2016-05-02}}

{{sn|Hodan|Yasi|nolink=1}}21In an Australian refugee detention camp. Woman from Somalia (variously referred to as Hadon/Hodan and Yasin/Yasi) was airlifted from Nauru to Brisbane{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-02/second-refugee-sets-themselves-alight-on-nauru/7377710|title=Nauru refugee suffers critical injuries after setting herself on fire|newspaper=ABC News|date=May 2, 2016|access-date=January 11, 2018}} 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.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}}
December 8, 2016

|Tashi Rabten

|33

|{{flag|Tibet}}

|Political situation in Tibet

|Nomad and father of 3. Self-immolated in Machu, died at the scene after taking a few steps while on fire. His younger cousin Tsering Kyi also self-immolated on March 3, 2012.{{Cite web |title=Tibetan man dies of self-immolation protest, family members detained for demanding return of body |url=https://tchrd.org/tibetan-man-dies-of-self-immolation-protest-family-demand-police-to-return-body/ |access-date=2024-03-06 |language=en-US}}

February 11, 2017

|Unknown man

|unknown

|{{flag|Sudan}}

|Protest against Omar Al-Bashir

|Shouted "I am Sudanese and Bashir is a dictator!" before setting himself on fire. Reported to survive {{Cite web |last=Arab |first=The New |date=2017-02-12 |title=Sudanese man 'burns himself alive' in protest against president |url=https://www.newarab.com/news/sudanese-man-burns-himself-alive-protest-against-president |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=www.newarab.com/ |language=en}}

March 18, 2017

|Pema Gyaltsen

|24

| rowspan="4" |{{flag|Tibet}}

| rowspan="4" |Political situation in Tibet

|Farmer from Nyarong. Shouted that Tibet had no freedom and for His Holiness the Dalai Lama return to Tibet while on fire. Status unknown{{Cite web |date=April 21, 2017 |title=China: Disclose the whereabouts of two Tibetans who attempted self-immolation |url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/asa17/6098/2017/en/ |access-date= |website=Amnesty International |language=en}}

April 15, 2017

|Wangchuk Tseten

|30

|Layman and father of 3. Self-immolated in Kardze. Status unknown but likely deceased

May 2, 2017

|Chakdor Kyab

|16

|Farmer and student from Bora. Self-immolated on Bora monastery shouting "Tibet wants freedom! Let His Holiness the Dalai Lama come back to Tibet! Victory to the Gods!" Status unknown{{Cite web |title=Tibetan Teenager Stages Self-Immolation Protest in Gansu |url=https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/amdo-protest-05072017091020.html |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Radio Free Asia |date=May 7, 2017 |language=en}}

May 18, 2017

|Jamyang Losal

|24

|Monk from Chentsa. Self-immolated near a concert. Died soon afterwards.{{Cite news |last=Lai |first=Catherine |date=May 22, 2017 |title=Young Tibetan monk dies in second self-immolation protest in May – report |url=https://hongkongfp.com/2017/05/22/young-tibetan-monk-dies-second-self-immolation-protest-may-report/ |work=Hong Kong Free Press}}

{{dts|2017-05-19}}

|Unknown

|54

|{{flagu|Germany}}

|Islamization of Germany

|Died in hospital. Police said the man had scrawled slogans on his car along the lines of "Never again war on German soil" and "Amri is only the tip of the iceberg" — a reference to Anis Amri, the Tunisian who attacked a Christmas market in Berlin and whom authorities had previously been unable to deport.{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/man-munich-set-on-fire-himself-germany-die-marienplatz-bavaria-a7744951.html|title=Man sets himself on fire in centre of Munich|date=2017-05-19|work=The Independent|access-date=2019-06-01}}

{{dts|2017-07-15}}

|{{Sortname|Tenzin|Choeying|nolink=yes}}

|20

| rowspan="2" |{{Flag|India}}

| rowspan="2" |Political situation in Tibet

|Suffered 50% burns. Died nine days later from his injuries.{{cite web|url=http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/hospital-07242017131257.html|title=Tibetan Self-Immolator Tenzin Choeying Dies in Indian Hospital|website=Radio Free Asia|date=July 24, 2017 |access-date=January 11, 2018}}

{{dts|2017-07-29}}

|{{Sn|Pasang|Dhondup|nolink=yes}}

|49

|Died in Dharamshala{{Cite news|url=http://www.thetibetpost.com/en/news/exile/5657-tibetan-man-dies-in-apparent-self-immolation-protest-in-dharamshala|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731171301/http://www.thetibetpost.com/en/news/exile/5657-tibetan-man-dies-in-apparent-self-immolation-protest-in-dharamshala|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 31, 2017|title=Tibetan man dies in apparent self-immolation protest in Dharamshala|work=The Tibet Post International|date=2017-07-31|access-date=2017-09-28}}

{{dts|2017-9-21}}

|{{Sn|Zdenek|Hanzlik}}

|60

|{{Flag|New Zealand}}

|Family Court Injustices

|Zdenek "Sid" Hanzlik self-immolated outside the New Zealand Parliament Buildings protesting injustices in the Family Court, where he was engaged in an ongoing legal battle relating to access to his children. He was taken to Wellington Hospital, where he later succumbed to his injuries.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/national/coroner-report-released-on-zdenek-hanzlik/|title=Man who lit himself on fire at Parliament was protesting 'injustices': Coroner|work=New Zealand Herald|date=2019-05-09|access-date=2019-05-09}}

{{dts|2017-10-19}}

|{{Sn|Piotr|Szczęsny}}

|54

|{{Flag|Poland}}

|Rule of Law and Justice political party

|Leaflets{{Cite web| title=Protestów pod adresem obecnych wtadz mógtbym sformutowaé duzo wiecej, ale skoncentrowatem sie na tych. które sa najbardziej istotne, godzace w istnienie i funkcjonowanie calego panstwa, i spoteczenstwa | language=pl | trans-title=I could formulate many more protests against the current authorities, but I focused on those that are most important, affecting the existence and functioning of the entire state and society | url=https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DMjhWhsUIAInS_Y.jpg | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181127193800/https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DMjhWhsUIAInS_Y.jpg | archive-date=2018-11-27}}{{Cite web| title=Protestuje przeciwko ograniczaniu przez wladze wolnosci obywatelskich | language=pl | trans-title=I protest against the authorities limiting civil liberties | url=https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DMjhWhtUEAAa5YK.jpg | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181127193801/https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DMjhWhtUEAAa5YK.jpg | archive-date=2018-11-27}} 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".{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYMiNuJJyYM|title=Chłopcy z Placu broni – Kocham wolność|last=NCKultury|date=January 17, 2013|access-date=January 11, 2018|via=YouTube}}{{cite news|url=http://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/pole-attempts-self-immolation-in-likely-anti-govt-protest|title=Pole attempts self-immolation in likely anti-govt protest|last=hermesauto|newspaper=The Straits Times |date=October 20, 2017|access-date=January 11, 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.rmf24.pl/goraca-linia/wasze-fakty/news-54-latek-podpalil-sie-na-placu-defilad-nieoficjalnie-zostawi,nId,2455165|title=54-latek podpalił się na Placu Defilad. Nieoficjalnie: Zostawił list, w którym krytykował rząd|first=RMF|last=FM.|access-date=January 11, 2018}}

November 26, 2017

|Tenga

|63

| rowspan="2" |{{flag|Tibet}}

| rowspan="2" |Political situation in Tibet

|Respected monk from Kardze. Shouted "We want freedom in Tibet!" before self-immolating. Died shortly after. His picture was shown by Hollywood actor Richard Gere during a conference{{Cite web |date=2017-11-30 |title=Report: Tibetan monk sets himself on fire in western China |url=https://apnews.com/general-news-ee109b745ace44318a39534d5edf5b2b |access-date= |website=AP News |language=en}}

December 23, 2017

|Konpe

|30

|Former monk turned nomad. Self-immolated in Ngaba and died the following day.{{Cite web |last=DeAeth |first=Duncan |date=2017-12-25 |title=Self-immolation in Tibet continues in protest of Chinese occupation |url=https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3327906 |access-date= |website=Taiwan News}}

{{dts|2018-1-15}}

|{{Sn|Dmitry|Rudov|nolink=yes}}

|39

|{{flagu|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.{{cite web|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-bashkortostan-rudov-immolation-ishimbai/28978824.html|title=Sacked Man Dies After Setting Fire To Himself In Bashkortostan|date=January 16, 2018 |publisher=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty|access-date=January 21, 2018}}

March 7, 2018

|Tsekho Tugchak

|44

|{{flag|Tibet}}

|Political situation in Tibet

|Nomad in Ngaba. 2 brothers were tortured and killed by the Chinese police for participating in the 2008 Tibetan unrest. Tsekho set himself on fire after shouting slogans and died at the scene.{{Cite web |last=Bodeeen |first=Christopher |date=2018-03-08 |title=Tibet groups report latest self-immolation of man in protest |url=https://apnews.com/general-news-832a367983b2420db27ab977a1119bdd |access-date= |website=AP News |language=en}}

{{dts|2018-4-14}}

|{{Sn|David|Buckel}}

|60

|{{flagu|United States}}

|Climate change and pollution{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/28/nyregion/david-buckel-fire-prospect-park-fossil-fuels.html |title=What Drove a Man to Set Himself on Fire in Brooklyn? |work=The New York Times |date=May 28, 2018 |quote="He was trying to call attention to pollution and global warming. "My early death by fossil fuel reflects what we are doing to ourselves," he wrote in his email." |last1=Correal |first1=Annie }}

|

In a note sent to The New York Times and other news outlets, along with a copy attached to a shopping cart near his body he stated fossil fuel use and the environmental destruction it causes as the reason he decided to end his life by self-immolation with fossil fuels. Buckel was a prominent lawyer for gay rights, and was involved in environmental causes.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/14/nyregion/david-buckel-dead-fire.html|title=Prominent Lawyer in Fight for Gay Rights Dies After Setting Himself on Fire in Prospect Park|last=Mays|first=Jeffery C.|date=2018-04-14|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-06-01}}{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/15/us/david-buckel-gay-rights-attorney-suicide/index.html|title=Prominent gay rights lawyer sets himself on fire in protest suicide|date=April 15, 2018 |publisher=CNN|access-date=April 15, 2018}}{{cite news |url=https://www.advocate.com/society/2018/4/14/former-lambda-legal-lawyer-david-buckel-dies-after-self-immolation |title=Former Lambda Legal Lawyer David Buckel Dies After Self-Immolation |first=Trudy |last=Ring |publisher=Advocate}}

{{dts|2018-05-20}}

|{{Sn|Fathi|Harb|nolink=yes}}

|20

|{{Flag|Palestine}}

|Economic situation in Gaza

|Died on May 23.{{cite news|last=Akram|first=Fares|url=https://www.apnews.com/b5c61e4845974840bbd50943ce46173d|title=Palestinian publicly sets himself on fire in Gaza|work=Associated Press|date=2018-05-20|access-date=2019-06-01}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/palestinian-on-fire-gaza-protests-street-israel-living-conditions-fathi-harb-sheikh-radwan-a8361221.html|title=Palestinian man publicly sets himself on fire over dire living conditions in Gaza|work=The Independent|access-date=2018-09-28}}

{{dts|2018-06-20}}

|{{Sn|Chloe|Sagal|nolink=yes}}

|31

| rowspan="2" |{{flagu|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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2018/06/woman_who_set_self_on_fire_in.html|title=Woman who set self on fire in Portland park remembered as 'brilliant and tortured' artist|work=OregonLive.com|access-date=2018-06-26}}

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|{{dts|2018-06-26}}

{{sn|John|Watts|nolink=1}}58| Corruption 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.{{cite news|last=Zraick|first=Karen|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/26/us/disgrunted-veteran-fire-atlanta.html|title=Veteran Sets Himself on Fire Outside State Capitol in Atlanta|date=2018-06-26|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-06-01}}
{{dts|2018-08-03}}

|{{Sn|Vatan|Karabash|nolink=yes}}

|47–48

|Crimea (disputed)

|Russian annexation 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-annexed Crimea, which had been deemed "illegal" since they were built before deported Crimean Tatars were permitted to return. Bystanders put out the flames and the injuries were reported to be non-fatal.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/crimean-tatar-activist-sets-himself-on-fire-to-protest-lawlessness-/29409927.html|title=Crimean Tatar Activist Sets Himself On Fire To Protest 'Lawlessness'|publisher=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty|date=2018-08-03|access-date=2018-08-05}}

{{dts|2018-08-15}}

|{{Sn|Unknown

nolink=yes}}

|50s

|{{flagu|United Kingdom}}

|Homelessness

|A woman in her fifties (later identified under the pseudonym "Melanie Smith"), under threat of eviction and suffering from mental health issues set herself on fire at the housing office of Barnet London Borough Council. She died in intensive care several months later, with council employees reportedly having been ordered not to discuss the incident with journalists.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/sep/08/unlearned-lessons-death-of-woman-housing-mental-health-crisis|title=Mother searches for answers a year after daughter set herself on fire in council housing office

|newspaper=The Guardian|date=2019-09-08|access-date=2019-10-11}}

{{dts|2018-9-19}}

|{{Sn|Nicholas|McCrary|nolink=yes}}

|29

|{{flagu|United States}}

|Involuntary celibacy and mental health

|McCrary was a prolific YouTuber who had autism and whose videos were popular with "blackcels" (black incels). He also used the pseudonym Baraka Mckray, and accused black women of being "prejudiced" against autistic men such as himself.{{Cite web|url=https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/inside-the-world-of-black-incels|title=Inside the World of Black Incels|date=December 9, 2019|website=MEL Magazine}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.occupy.com/article/black-manosphere-displays-black-men-s-sexual-rage-and-frustration|title=Black Manosphere Displays Black Men's Sexual Rage and Frustration|date=December 6, 2018|website=Occupy.com}}

{{dts|2018-09-27}}

|Umit Acar

|26

|{{flagu|Germany}}

|Against the imprisonment of Abdullah Öcalan

|Self-immolated in Ingolstadt, as Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was to visit Germany.{{Cite web|title=Selbstverbrennung in Ingolstadt: Kurden sprechen von Protest|url=https://www.t-online.de/-/84528958|access-date=2021-02-17|website=www.t-online.de|date=September 27, 2018 |language=de}}

November 4, 2018

|Dopo

|23

|{{flag|Tibet}}

|Political situation in Tibet

|Nomad in Ngaba. Shouted "May His Holiness the Dalai Lama live long! May we soon behold his golden countenance!" and set self ablaze after. Died at the scene{{Cite web |date=September 11, 2018 |title=Another Tibetan dead after staging self-immolation protest against Chinese government repression |url=https://tchrd.org/another-tibetan-dead-after-staging-self-immolation-protest-against-chinese-government-repression/ |access-date= |website=TCHRD |language=en-US}}

{{dts|2018-11-28}}

|Mahsun Özen

|21

|{{flagu|Turkey}}

|Treatment of Kurds in Turkey

|Self-immolated on the anniversary of the Roboski airstrike in which 34 Kurds died{{Cite news|last=Acarer|first=Erk|date=2018-09-30|title=Selbstverbrennung in Ingolstadt: Videobotschaft gegen Erdoğan|language=de|work=Die Tageszeitung: taz|url=https://taz.de/!5536657/|access-date=2021-03-23|issn=0931-9085}}

December 8, 2018

|Drugko

|22

| rowspan="2" |{{flag|Tibet}}

| rowspan="2" |Political situation in Tibet

|Former monk turned nomad. Self-immolated in Ngaba. Status unknown.{{Cite web |title=Tibetan Man in Ngaba Stages Self-Immolation Protest |url=https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/immolation-protest-12092018132333.html |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Radio Free Asia |date=December 9, 2018 |language=en}}

December 9, 2018

|Gedhun Gyatso

|16

|Monk in Ngaba. Self-immolated in Ngaba, died shortly afterwards{{Cite web |date=2018-12-09 |title=Gedun Gyatso - Tibetan Magazine for Tibet News & Issues |url=https://www.contactmagazine.net/immolator/unconfirmed-reports/ |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Tibetan Magazine for Tibet News & Issues - Daily Tibetan News and Issues}}

December 24, 2018

|Abdel Razaq Zorgi

|32

|{{flag| Tunisia}}

|Unemployment and economic situation in Tunisia

|Journalist based in Kasserine. Made a video minutes before protest where he urged called for the unemployed to revolt. Died the same day after taken to a hospital.{{cn|date=April 2025}}

{{dts|2019-1-18}}

|Unknown

|54

|{{Flag|Czech Republic}}

|In memory of Jan Palach who burned himself to death in 1969, protesting the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia

|Suffered 30% burns after setting himself on fire at the central Wenceslas Square of Prague on the 50th anniversary of Jan Palach's death from his self-immolation protest against the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia. According to Czech authorities, "he said it was only a remembrance to Jan Palach".{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-czech-fire/man-sets-himself-on-fire-in-pragues-wenceslas-square-idUSBRE90J0BJ20130120|title=Man sets himself on fire in Prague's Wenceslas Square |date=2018-01-20 |work=Reuters|access-date=2019-06-01}}

{{dts|2019-2-20}}

|Uğur Şakar

|43

|{{flagu|Germany}}

|Against the imprisonment of Abdullah Öcalan

|Self-immolated in front of the Court in Krefeld, Germany;{{Cite web|last=Stirken|first=Norbert|date=2020-02-20|title=Demo am Gericht in Krefeld: Sympathie für Kurden-Protest|url=https://rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/krefeld/demo-am-gericht-in-krefeld-sympathie-fuer-kurden-protest_aid-49079273|access-date=2021-02-17|website=RP ONLINE|language=de}} died in hospital a month later {{Cite web|date=2024-02-20|title=Uğur Şakar who set his body on fire to protest the isolation of Öcalan commemorated|url=https://anfenglishmobile.com/news/ugur-Sakar-who-set-his-body-on-fire-to-protest-the-isolation-of-Ocalan-commemorated-71867|access-date=2024-02-25|website=ANF English|language=en}}

{{dts|2019-05-29}}

|{{Sn|Arnav|Gupta|nolink=yes}}

|33

|{{flagu|United States}}

| rowspan="2" |Unknown

|An Indian-origin resident of Bethesda, Maryland died in hospital that day after setting himself on fire near the White House in Washington, D.C. while wearing a USA T-shirt. The Washington Post described his actions as "an unmistakable protest, the loudest, most spectacular cry that people in pain can come up with".{{cite news|last=Dvorak|first=Petula|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/self-immolation-can-be-a-form-of-protest-or-a-cry-for-help-are-we-listening/2019/05/30/49e145e8-82fc-11e9-933d-7501070ee669_story.html|title=Self-immolation can be a form of protest. Or a cry for help. Are we listening?|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=2019-05-30|access-date=2019-06-01}}

{{dts|2019-07-19}}

|Kim (surname)

|78

|{{Flag|South Korea}}

|A man used 20 liters of fuel to set himself on fire in his car in the early morning outside the Japanese embassy in Seoul. He died several hours later in the hospital.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/19/asia/south-korea-japan-embassy-fire-intl-hnk/index.html|title=South Korean man dies after setting himself on fire outside Japanese embassy in Seoul|last1=Jeong|first1=Sophie|last2=Mackintosh|first2=Eliza|date=19 July 2019|website=CNN|access-date=2019-07-19}}

{{dts|2019-09-09}}

|{{Sn|Sahar|Khodayari}}

|29

|{{Flag|Iran}}

|The right for women in Iran to attend a football match alongside men

|The Iranian female football fan died that day, one week after setting herself on fire outside an Iranian court, reportedly after learning she may have to serve a six-month sentence for trying to enter a football stadium (alongside men).{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/10/iranian-female-football-fan-who-self-immolated-outside-court-dies|title=Iranian female football fan who self-immolated outside court dies |website=The Guardian|date=10 September 2019|access-date=10 September 2019}}

{{dts|2019-09-10}}

|{{Sn|Albert|Razin}}

|79

|{{flagu|Russia}}

|The declining status and use of the Udmurt language in Russia.

|The scholar and activist set himself on fire outside the State Council building in Izhevsk, Udmurt Republic, as the regional government was considering passing a bill to reduce the status of the indigenous Udmurt language in the republic. Razin died the same day.{{Cite web|url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2019/09/10/russian-scholar-dies-from-self-immolation-during-protest-to-save-native-language-a67229|title=Russian Scholar Dies From Self-Immolation While Protesting to Save Native Language|date=2019-09-10|website=The Moscow Times|language=en|access-date=2019-09-11}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/man-sets-himself--fire-russia--udmurtia-language-protest-against-language-bill/30156654.html|title=Man Dies After Self-Immolation Protest Over Language Policies In Russia's Udmurtia|date=2019-09-10|website=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty|language=en|access-date=2019-09-11}}

{{dts|2019-10-23}}

|{{Sn|Ali Wazir

nolink=yes}}

|31

|{{flagu|Switzerland}}

|In protest of the Turkish invasion of Syria

|A Syrian Kurdish man set himself on fire in front of the seat of the UNHCR in Geneva.{{Cite web|title=Syrian Kurd sets himself on fire outside UN refugee agency|url=https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/man-sets-himself-on-fire-outside-un-refugee-agency-605520|website=The Jerusalem Post {{!}} JPost.com|date=October 23, 2019 |access-date=2020-05-17}}

{{dts|2019-11-10}}

|{{Sn|Anas K.

nolink=yes}}

|22

|{{flagu|France}}

|Student living costs, fascism, neoliberalism

|A 22-year-old man enrolled at Lyon 2 University set himself on fire in front of a university restaurant in response to being unable to sustain himself on €450 a month. In a post on Facebook, he blamed Emmanuel Macron, François Hollande, Nicolas Sarkozy and the EU for having "killed" him, and also attacked Marine Le Pen and media figures for creating fear, also urging readers to "Fight against the rise of fascism which divides us, and against liberalism which creates inequalities". He was admitted to hospital with 90% burns over his body.{{Cite web|url=https://www.euronews.com/2019/11/09/destitute-student-self-immolates-in-lyon-in-desperate-protest-at-inequality|title=Destitute student self-immolates in Lyon in 'desperate' protest at inequality|date=2019-09-11|website=Euronews|language=en|access-date=2019-10-11}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50361886|title=French student sets himself on fire over financial problems|date=2019-09-11|website=BBC News|language=en|access-date=2019-10-11}}

November 26, 2019

|Yonten

|24

|{{flag|Tibet}}

|Political situation in Tibet

|Tibetan nomad. Formerly monk at Kirti Monastery. Self-immolated in Ngaba. Died at the scene{{Cite web |last= |date=2019-11-28 |title=A Tibetan youth in Ngaba dies after setting himself on fire to protest against Chinese rule |url=https://tibet.net/a-tibetan-youth-in-ngaba-dies-after-setting-himself-on-fire-to-protest-against-chinese-rule/ |access-date= |website=Central Tibetan Administration |language=en-US}}

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! style="width:20%;" | Protesting || Notes and references

{{dts|2020-02-07}}

|Adem Yarıcı

|42

|{{Flag|Turkey}}

|Unemployment in Turkey

|42-year-old unemployed man, father of two, set himself on fire in front of Hatay governor's office. Witnesses said that he shouted "My kids are hungry!" before setting himself ablaze. He died on the same day. The governor claimed that Yarıcı divorced from his wife a while ago, had mental illness and attempt to self-immolate before.{{Cite web|url=https://ipa.news/amp/2020/02/08/jobless-father-of-two-hungry-kids-dies-after-setting-himself-alight//|title = Jobless father of two "hungry" kids dies after setting himself alight|date = February 8, 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.duvarenglish.com/human-rights/2020/02/13/man-attempts-self-immolation-in-front-of-parliament|title = Man attempts self-immolation in front of parliament| date=February 13, 2020 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.korfezgazete.com/hatay-valiligi-onunde-cocuklarim-ac-diyerek-kendini-yakti/|title=Hatay Valiliği Önünde İşsizlik İntiharı: "Çocuklarım Aç" Diyerek Kendini Yaktı | Körfez Gazetesi|date=February 7, 2020 }}

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|{{dts|2020-06-16}}

|Unknown

|48

|{{Flag|Poland}}

|Unknown; reportedly said there is "no justice" to police at the scene

|A 48-year-old man set himself on fire shortly after talking to journalists outside of the Sejm building in Warsaw, Poland.{{Cite web|title=Przed Sejmem podpalił się mężczyzna. Wcześniej rozmawiał z dziennikarzami|url=https://warszawa.wyborcza.pl/warszawa/7,54420,26036909,przed-sejmem-podpalil-sie-mezczyzna-trwa-akcja-ratunkowa.html|website=Gazeta Wyborcza{{!}} wyborcza.pl|access-date=2020-06-16}}

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|{{dts|2020-07-18}}

|Linda J. Zhang

|18

|{{flag| United States}}

|Protesting climate change inaction{{cite web | url=https://noharm.co/lindazhang/ | title=Linda Zhang Foundation – No Harm }}

|High school student from New York self-immolated and died from injuries. A climate activist who left an op-ed to the New York Times before she died.

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|{{dts|2020-07-27}}

|Arie den Dekker

|54

|{{flagu|Netherlands}}

|Murder witness, removed from family, turned homeless

|Den Dekker had witnessed a murder in 2018. Following this, his house was torched multiple times and he was put into a witness protection program. Unable to be with his family and having his pleas ignored by the municipality and the government, Den Dekker protested in front of Oss' city hall multiple times, throwing dead fish inside, dousing himself in cow feces and committing other acts of despair on multiple occasions. On July 27 he committed suicide by self-immolation in front of the city hall.{{Cite web|title=Arie den Dekker steekt zichzelf in brand; Tot wanhoop gedreven na getuigenverklaring|date= July 27, 2020 |url= https://www.omroepbrabant.nl/nieuws/3238181/arie-den-dekker-steekt-zichzelf-in-brand-tot-wanhoop-gedreven-na-getuigenverklaring |access-date=2020-07-27}}

August 3, 2020

|Yavuz Polat

|46

|{{Flag|Turkey}}

|Economical issues

|A 47-year-old street vendor from Erzincan set himself on fire after the police wanted him to remove his corn stall. He died on August 27.{{Cite web|url=https://www.duvarenglish.com/human-rights/2020/08/30/street-vendor-who-set-himself-on-fire-after-municipal-police-seized-his-stall-dies-in-turkey|title = Street vendor who set himself on fire after municipal police seized his stall dies in Turkey|date = August 30, 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bgazete.com.tr/haber/5071452/ekmek-teknesi-gidince-kendini-yakti|title = Ekmek Teknesi Gidince Kendini Yaktı -| date=August 3, 2020 }}

{{dts|2020-08-04}}

|Anastasia Niklas

|24

|{{Flag|Ukraine}}

|Unknown

|24-year-old Anastasia Niklas lit herself on fire in Zaporizhia, Ukraine, outside a Catholic church in the center of the city.{{Cite web|title=Woman commits act of self-immolation near Catholic Church in Zaporizhzhia|url=https://spzh.news/en/news/73662-v-zaporozhyje-zhenshhina-sovershila-akt-samosozhzhenija-vozle-katolicheskoj-cerkvi|website=Union of Orthodox Journalists {{!}} spzh.news/en|access-date=2020-08-04|archive-date=September 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200917142319/https://spzh.news/en/news/73662-v-zaporozhyje-zhenshhina-sovershila-akt-samosozhzhenija-vozle-katolicheskoj-cerkvi|url-status=dead}} According to a security guard who was on duty, the woman arrived around 4:00 am, doused herself with gasoline, and lit herself on fire. Her motives remain unknown, she died on the spot.{{Cite web|title=Самоспалення жінки у Запоріжжі: стали відомі подробиці|url=https://ua.korrespondent.net/city/zaporozhye/4260305-samospalennia-zhinky-u-zaporizhzhi-staly-vidomi-podrobytsi|work=Корреспондент.net|date=2020-08-05|access-date=2020-08-06|language=uk}}

August 14, 2020

|Fikret Güven

|

|{{Flag|Turkey}}

|Economical issues

|A tea maker set himself on fire in front of the Bursa governorship after the police closed the roads to his shop.

{{Cite web|url=https://halktv.com.tr/bursali-esnaf-kendini-atese-verdi-1-431767h|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923021916/https://halktv.com.tr/bursali-esnaf-kendini-atese-verdi-1-431767h|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 23, 2020|title=Erdoğan ne demişti?}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/haber/tezgahi-elinden-alinan-esnaf-kendini-valilik-onunde-yakti-1758282|title = Tezgahı elinden alınan esnaf kendini valilik önünde yaktı| date=August 14, 2020 }}

September 18, 2020

|Syarhei Radchenya

|36

|{{flagicon|Belarus}} Belarus

|Fraudulent election and follow-on police abuse and brutality against protests in Belarus.

|36-year-old Syarhei Radchenya set himself on fire in Smalavichy, Belarus, near the local police department. According to the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Syarhei poured gasoline over himself from a canister and set it on fire after which an employee ran out of the district department building and put out the fire. Syarhei was hospitalized in critical condition with burns on 84% of his body surface, including the respiratory tract. He died on September 25, 2020, as a result of his injuries.{{Cite web|title=Belarusian who committed self-immolation act passes away in Minsk|url=https://belsat.eu/en/news/belarusian-who-committed-self-immolation-act-passes-away-in-minsk/|access-date=2020-10-26|website=belsat.eu|language=en}}

October 2, 2020

|Irina Slavina

|47

|{{flagicon|Russia}} Russia

| Journalist; her apartment was searched the day before by the police alleging her ties to the Open Russia group

|Russian journalist Irina Slavina set herself on fire in front of the Interior Ministry office in Nizhniy Novgorod. She died there of the resulting burns.{{Cite web|title=Russian journalist dies after setting herself on fire outside government building |url=https://nypost.com/2020/10/02/russian-journalist-dies-after-setting-herself-on-fire-in-front-of-government-building/|access-date=2020-10-02|website=NY Post|date=October 2, 2020|language=en-US}}{{cite web |url=https://meduza.io/en/feature/2020/10/03/blame-the-russian-federation |title='Blame the Russian Federation' Journalist Irina Slavina's self-immolation came after years of constant pressure from the authorities |website=meduza.io |date=3 October 2020 }}

November 2, 2020

|Leroy Archie Ponpon

|

|{{flag|Liberia}}

|Chief Justice refusing months of salary for workers

|Led several protests prior to self-immolation date. Survived.{{Cite web |last=Clayeh |first=J. H. Webster |date=2021-01-28 |title=Liberia: Two Months in the Hospital after Self-Immolation, Archie Ponpon Craves for Advanced Treatment; Worries over Children's Future |url=https://frontpageafricaonline.com/front-slider/liberia-two-months-in-the-hospital-after-self-immolation-archie-ponpon-craves-for-advanced-treatment-worries-over-childrens-future/ |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=FrontPageAfrica |language=en-US}}

January 11, 2021

|Liu Jin

|48

|{{flag| China}}

|Employers refusing to make payment as well as fair treatment for delivery workers

|Delivery worker in Taizhou. Asked for payment from employers but was denied. Set fire shortly afterwards. Died soon after.{{Cite web |date=2021-01-18 |title=Food delivery drivers want more legal protections after Ele.me tragedies |url=https://www.scmp.com/tech/enterprises/article/3118150/food-delivery-workers-want-more-legal-protections-after-eleme |access-date=2024-03-13 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}

February 12, 2021

|Halil S.

|49

|{{flagu|Germany}}

|Against the detention conditions of Abdullah Öcalan

|He set himself on fire in front of the Landtag in Dresden. Died soon after.{{Cite web|title=Selbstanzündung in Dresden: Rund 150 bei Kundgebung|url=https://www.saechsische.de/dresden/lokales/mann-steht-am-elbufer-in-flammen-5378581-plus.html|access-date=2021-02-17|website=www.saechsische.de|date=February 16, 2021 |language=de}}{{Cite web|title=Mann zündete sich vor Landtag an: Bekennerschreiben von PKK-Anhänger aufgetaucht|url=https://www.tag24.de/dresden/mann-zuendete-sich-vor-saechsischem-landtag-an-fuehrt-die-spur-zur-pkk-1841924|access-date=2021-03-23|website=TAG24|date=February 16, 2021 |language=de}}

April 12, 2021

|{{ill|Itzik Saidyan|he|איציק סעידיאן}}

|26

|{{flagu|Israel}}

|Government treatment of disabled veterans

|He set himself on fire in front of the Defense Ministry's rehabilitation department offices in Petah Tikva that handles the rehabilitation of injured soldiers,{{cite news |last1=Winer |first1=Stuart |last2=Gross |first2=Judah Ari |title=PTSD-afflicted IDF veteran still critical after setting himself alight |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/ptsd-afflicted-idf-veteran-still-critical-after-setting-himself-alight/ |access-date=13 April 2021 |work=The Times of Israel}} two days before the annual Memorial Day. Saidyan fought in the 2014 war in Gaza, Operation Protective Edge, and suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder.{{cite news |title=Disabled Israeli army veteran sets himself on fire ahead of Memorial Day |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-disabled-israeli-army-veteran-sets-himself-on-fire-ahead-of-memorial-day-1.9706402 |work=Haaretz.com |language=en}}

May 18, 2021

|Behzad Mahmoudi

|25

|{{flag|Iraq}}

|Poor treatment and living conditions of refugees

|Asylum seeker from Iran. Self-immolated in front of journalists. Died on May 23, 2021.{{Cite web |url=https://www.rudaw.net/english/kurdistan/24052021 |access-date=2024-03-13 |website=www.rudaw.net}}

September 14, 2021

|Ella Nik Bayan

|40

|{{flagu|Germany}}

|Transphobia and treatment of immigrants

|40 year old trans woman who burned herself publicly in Alexanderplatz square, Berlin. Ella had immigrated from Iran years earlier.{{Cite news |title=La trágica historia de Ella, la mujer trans que se prendió fuego en público en el centro de Berlín |url=https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-internacional-60982528 |access-date=2024-02-27 |work=BBC News Mundo |language=es}}

January 1, 2022

|Unknown

|

|{{flagu|Australia}}

|Vaccine ID and mandates

|He set himself on fire on Church St. in Richmond, Victoria, sustaining life-threatening injuries. The man was stopped by paramedics and police.{{cite news |last1=Van Homrich |first1=Michael |title=Melbourne man set himself on fire after shouting about vaccine mandates |url=https://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/news/melbourne-man-set-himself-on-fire-after-shouting-about-vaccine-mandates/news-story/1fc6f8a95bc99359a2e527c28d333f51 |access-date=4 January 2022 |work=News.com.au |date=2 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220103015653/https://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/news/melbourne-man-set-himself-on-fire-after-shouting-about-vaccine-mandates/news-story/1fc6f8a95bc99359a2e527c28d333f51 |archive-date=3 January 2022|url-status=live}}{{cite news |last1=Sadler |first1=Rachel |title=Melbourne man suffers life-threatening injuries after setting himself on fire while yelling about COVID-19 vaccine mandates |url=https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/01/melbourne-man-suffers-life-threatening-injuries-after-setting-himself-on-fire-while-yelling-about-covid-19-vaccine-mandates.html |access-date=4 January 2022 |work=Newshub |date=2 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220102042028/https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/01/melbourne-man-suffers-life-threatening-injuries-after-setting-himself-on-fire-while-yelling-about-covid-19-vaccine-mandates.html |archive-date=2 January 2022|url-status=dead}}

January 31, 2022

|Unknown

|33

|{{flagu|Italy}}

|Unknown

|Man of unknown identity set himself on fire in front of a Carabinieri barrack Rende, Calabria, sustaining life-threatening injuries and burns to 70% of his body. Local police and man's family confirm man was twice vaccinated and self-immolation was not due to the vaccine mandate. He was a teacher.

{{cite news| url=https://apnews.com/article/fact-checking-142875864206 |title=Video of man on fire in Italy not related to vaccine mandates

|publisher=The Associated Press}}{{cite news| url=https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-italy-rende-idUSL1N2UF1RY |title=Fact Check-'Man on fire' video from Italy has nothing to do with COVID-19 vaccine mandates |publisher=Reuters News Agency}}{{cite news| url=https://www.rainews.it/tgr/calabria/video/2022/02/cal-uomosidafuoco-casermadeicarabinierirende-fakenews-8d87ed53-f636-432e-bd98-58e8bee8c3a4.html |title=Non era no vax, il giovane insegnante che si è dato fuoco a Rende |publisher= rainews}}

February 25, 2022

|Tsewang Norbu

|25

| rowspan="3" |{{flag|Tibet}}

| rowspan="3" |Political situation in Tibet

|Popular Tibetan singer from Nangchu. Self-immolated in front of the Potala Palace in Lhasa. Died in the hospital a few days later.

March 27, 2022

|Taphun

|81

|Nomad from Meruma nomadic village in Ngaba. Self-immolated in front of a police station near Kirti Monastery. Died a few hours after.{{Cite web |date=2022-04-04 |title=81-year-old self-immolates to protest against Chinese government in Ngaba |url=https://www.phayul.com/2022/04/04/46991/ |access-date= |website=Phayul |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Choetso |first=Tenzin |date=2022-04-02 |title=81 years old Taphun self immolated in Kirti, Ngaba |url=https://tibet.net/81-years-old-taphun-self-immolated-in-kirti-ngaba/ |access-date= |website=Central Tibetan Administration |language=en-US}}

March 30, 2022

|Tsering Samdup

|

|Self-immolated near a monastery in Kyegudo. Status unknown.{{Cite web |title=Tibet man attempts self-immolation near monastery in Qinghai |url=https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/yushul-immolation-03312022125553.html |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Radio Free Asia |date=March 31, 2022 |language=en}}

April 22, 2022

|Wynn Bruce

|54

|{{flag| United States}}

|Protesting climate change inaction{{Cite web|title=Man dies after setting himself on fire outside court on Earth Day|date=April 24, 2022|url=https://www.news.com.au/world/north-america/man-dies-after-setting-himself-on-fire-outside-court-on-earth-day/news-story/ba329855bdaa9a049bbb35654322ec4e|access-date=2022-04-24}}

|Man from Boulder, Colorado self-immolated in front of the Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C. Died from injuries.{{Cite web|title=Boulder man dies after setting himself on fire outside U.S. Supreme Court, police say|date= April 23, 2022 |access-date=April 24, 2022| url=https://www.denverpost.com/2022/04/23/wynn-bruce-boulder-supreme-court-fire-death/}} Described himself as a Buddhist and climate activist.

May 18, 2022

|Krishanpal

|52

|{{flag| India }}

|Police inaction

|He set himself ablaze outside an SSP office alleging police inaction over a complaint he filed against some people for destroying his crops.{{Cite web |title=Farmer Dies In Hospital Day After He Set Himself On Fire In UP |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/farmer-dies-in-hospital-day-after-he-set-himself-on-fire-in-up-2989991 |access-date=2022-05-20 |website=NDTV.com}}{{Cite web |title=Badaun farmer dies a day after self-immolation outside SSP officeNews JANI |url=https://newsjani.com/badaun-farmer-dies-a-day-after-self-immolation-outside-ssp-office-news-jani/ |access-date=2022-05-20 |language=en-US}}

June, 2022

|Unknown monk

|

|{{flag|Tibet}}

|Political situation in Tibet

|Monk from Kanhlo prefecture in Gansu. Self-immolated in front of a portrait of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Died at the scene.{{Cite web |date=2022-06-18 |title=Tibetan monk self immolates amid widespread religious crackdown |url=https://www.phayul.com/2022/06/18/47226/ |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Phayul |language=en-US}}

September 21, 2022

|Unknown

|70s

|{{flag|Japan}}

|Funeral of Shinzo Abe

|A man in his 70s set himself on fire near the Prime Minister's Official Residence in protest of the decision to hold an official state funeral for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.{{cite web | url=https://apnews.com/article/united-nations-general-assembly-shinzo-abe-tokyo-state-funerals-2bbff587527e3e21b02b602acd4d40db | title=Man sets himself on fire in apparent protest of Abe funeral | website=Associated Press | date=September 21, 2022 }}

January 24, 2023

|Prem Prasad Acharya

|37

|{{flag|Nepal}}

|Corruption in Nepal as well as his unsuccessful business career

|Died 3 days after.{{Cite web |title=Nepal: Businessman, who set himself on fire in front of Parliament succumbs to burns |url=https://www.wionews.com/world/nepal-businessman-who-set-himself-on-fire-in-front-of-parliament-succumbs-to-burn-injuries-555915 |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=WION |date=January 25, 2023 |language=en-us}}

January 31, 2023

| Unknown

| 58

| {{flag|Brazil}}

| Supreme Federal Court

| The 58-year-old native of Botucatu, São Paulo set fire to his own body in the central median of the Esplanade of the Ministries and shouted against Alexandre de Moraes, saying "{{lang|pt|morte ao Xandão|italic=no}}" ({{literal translation|death to Xandão}}). Alongside the man, papers with photos of Johann Georg Elser, Nelson Mandela, and Claus von Stauffenberg were found; all images were accompanied by the phrase "{{interlanguage link|perdeu, mané|pt}}" ({{literal translation|you lost, dude}}), previously used by Luís Roberto Barroso.{{cite news|title=Homem ateia fogo no próprio corpo em protesto contra o STF|url=https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/politica/homem-ateia-fogo-no-proprio-corpo-em-protesto-contra-o-stf-2/|access-date=19 April 2024|agency=CNN Brasil|date=2 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240107235332/https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/politica/homem-ateia-fogo-no-proprio-corpo-em-protesto-contra-o-stf-2/|archive-date=7 January 2024|language=Portuguese}} He remained hospitalized for two days and died on 2 February.{{cite news|title=Morre homem que ateou fogo ao próprio corpo em protesto contra Moraes|url=https://oantagonista.com.br/brasil/morre-homem-que-ateou-fogo-ao-proprio-corpo-em-protesto-contra-moraes/|access-date=19 April 2024|agency=O Antagonista|date=3 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420013712/https://oantagonista.com.br/brasil/morre-homem-que-ateou-fogo-ao-proprio-corpo-em-protesto-contra-moraes/|archive-date=20 April 2024|language=Portuguese}}

March 1, 2023

|Chet Bohrer

|42

|{{flag|United States}}

|Bullying and mental health

|42 year old resident of Salt Lake City, Utah set himself on fire at Bancroft Way and Telegraph Ave on the UC Berkeley campus. He had no known affiliation with the university. Bohrer died in the hospital from his injuries days later. He claimed to have been bullied and spied on by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.{{cite web | url=https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2023/03/06/uc-berkeley-crime/uc-berkeley-fire-update-man-has-died/ | title=Man, 42, dies after setting himself on fire at UC Berkeley | website=The Berkeley Scanner | date=March 6, 2023 }}

March 27, 2023

|Ahmed Jaouad

|61

|{{MAR}}

|Precarity, insufficient pension fund

|A Moroccan playwright died six days after setting himself on fire following a failed hunger strike in hopes of raising his pension fund from his thirty years of service at the Moroccan Ministry of Culture which was insufficient to provide for his family.{{Cite web |title=Le dramaturge Ahmed Jaouad décède, six jours après s'être immolé par le feu à Rabat |url=https://www.maroc-hebdo.press.ma/dramaturge-ahmed-jaouad-mort |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=www.maroc-hebdo.press.ma |date=April 2, 2023 |language=fr}}{{Cite web |date=2023-04-04 |title=Maroc: après le suicide d'un dramaturge, ses proches accusent le gouvernement |url=https://www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/20230404-maroc-apr%C3%A8s-la-mort-d-un-dramaturge-ses-proches-accusent-le-gouvernement |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=RFI |language=fr}} Jaouad's wife and children were awarded financial compensation by the ministry after his death.{{Cite web |title=Immolation par le feu du metteur en scène Ahmed Jaouad : un drame en trois actes |url=https://telquel.ma/2023/03/30/immolation-par-le-feu-du-metteur-en-scene-ahmed-jaouad-un-drame-en-trois-actes_1806753?fbrefresh=2 |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=Telquel.ma |language=fr}}

April 13, 2023

|Nizar Issaoui

|35

|{{flag|Tunisia}}

|Human rights in Tunisia, Anti-police sentiment

|A local Tunisian footballer died after setting himself on fire in what he said was a protest against Tunisia's "police state".{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/15/tunisian-footballer-dies-after-setting-himself-alight-in-protest|title=Tunisian footballer dies after setting himself on fire in 'police state' protest|newspaper=The Observer |date=April 15, 2023 |publisher=theguardian.com |agency=Agence France-Presse }} During his funeral, demonstrators started throwing stones at police, who retaliated with tear gas.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-65284093|title=Nizar Issaoui: Protests at funeral of Tunisian footballer who set himself on fire|work=BBC News |date=April 15, 2023 }}

May 1, 2023

|Yang Hoe-dong

|

|{{Flag|South Korea}}

|Union violations as well as charges he received as a Union activist

|Popular labour rights activist. Self immolated in front of a courthouse, deceased.{{Cite web |title=A South Korean Labor Leader Has Self-Immolated in Protest of Anti-Union Charges |url=https://jacobin.com/2023/05/yang-hoe-dong-self-immolation-protest-south-korea-labor-kcwu |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=jacobin.com |language=en-US}}

May 24, 2023

|DeAndre Gordon

|

|{{flagu|United States}}

|Protest of racism and corruption at Red Onion prison

|Prisoner at the Red Onion prison in Virginia. Set a fire in his cell due to mistreatment and beatings he received from prison guards. Survived.{{Cite web |last=Defender |first=The Virginia |date=2024-11-09 |title=Crisis & Cover-up at Red Onion Super-Max |url=https://virginiadefender.org/2024/11/09/crisis-cover-up-at-red-onion-super-max/ |access-date=2025-01-10 |website=The Virginia Defender |language=en}}

May 21, 2023

|Karl-Udson Azor

|30

|{{flag|Haiti}}

|Unknown

|Self-immolated in front of the Vertieres Monument. Died at the scene with Haitian flag next to him.{{Cite web |last=deyemoncom |date=2023-05-22 |title=#netwayeAyiti2024: On Fire for... |url=https://deyemoncom.blog/2023/05/22/netwayeayiti2024-on-fire-for/ |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=Dèyè Mon |language=en}}

August 1, 2023

|Bar Kalaf

|33

|{{flag|Israel}}

|The Defense Ministry denying him disability status

|Kalaf served in the Israeli Defense Force from 2008 to 2011 and saw combat in Operation Protective Edge as a reservist, where he claimed he developed post-traumatic stress disorder. The Defense Ministry rejected his application for disability status, stating he had a mental disorder unrelated to his military duties. Kalaf self-immolated in his home and afterwards was rushed to Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan where he died.{{Cite news|url=https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20230804-ex-israel-soldier-dies-after-setting-himself-on-fire/|title=Ex-Israel soldier dies after setting himself on fire |work=Middle East Monitor |date=August 4, 2023 }}{{Cite news|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanya-burial-society-refused-to-bury-idf-veteran-who-self-immolated/|title=Funeral held for IDF veteran who died after self-immolating |work=The Times of Israel |date=August 4, 2023 }}

August 17, 2023

|Robert Gituhu

|28

|{{flag|Kenya}}

|Unemployment and Poverty in Kenya and high cost in food

|Graduated with Engineer degree. Climbed statue in Mobasa and self-immolated. Died several hours after 80% burns on body.{{Cite web |last=Ouma |first=Charles |date=2023-08-19 |title=Family reveals Robert Gituhu's ambitions & final moments before setting himself on fire |url=https://www.pulselive.co.ke/news/local/robert-gituhu-the-final-minutes-and-words-of-graduate-who-set-himself-on-fire-in/xyg4x2q |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Pulselive Kenya |language=en}}

November 8, 2023

|Unknown male

|

|{{flag|DRC}}

|Protest of the genocide in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

|Congolese man set himself on fire to protest the ongoing genocide in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The video, which was posted on Twitter on November 8, 2023, shows the man, who has not been identified, standing in front of a crowd in Kinshasa, the capital of the DRC, holding a sign that reads "Stop the genocide in Congo".{{Cite news |title=Man Sets Himself on Fire While Holding Sign 'Stop the Genocide in Congo' |url=https://themessenger.com/news/man-sets-himself-on-fire-while-holding-sign-stop-the-genocide-in-congo|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231115211751/https://themessenger.com/news/man-sets-himself-on-fire-while-holding-sign-stop-the-genocide-in-congo|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 15, 2023}}

April 19, 2024

|{{Vanchor|Maxwell Azzarello}}

|37

|{{flagu|United States}}

| Protest against the US Government

| A 37-year-old man from St. Augustine, Florida self-immolated outside of the New York courthouse where jurors were being chosen for the New York State criminal trial of former U.S. President Donald Trump{{Cite news |last=Tawfik |first=Nada |date=2024-04-19 |title=Man sets himself on fire outside Trump trial court in New York |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-us-canada-68841535 |work=BBC}}{{Cite news |last1=Schweber |first1=Nate |last2=Haag |first2=Matthew |date=2024-04-19 |title=Man Sets Himself on Fire Near Courthouse Where Trump Is on Trial |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/19/nyregion/man-on-fire-trump.html |access-date=2024-04-20 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite news |date=2024-04-19 |title=Man sets himself on fire outside Trump's Manhattan hush money trial |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68858408 |access-date=2024-04-20 |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |date=2024-04-20 |title=Man dies after setting himself on fire outside courthouse where Trump is on trial |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/man-sets-fire-courthouse-trump-trial-held-rcna148604 |access-date=2024-04-20 |website=NBC News |language=en}} after posting an anti-government manifesto online.{{cite news |last1=Bedigan |first1=Mike |last2=Rissman |first2=Kelly |date=April 19, 2024 |title=Max Azzarello: What we know about man who set himself on fire outside Trump trial |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/man-fire-trump-max-azzarello-b2531705.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419202420/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/man-fire-trump-max-azzarello-b2531705.html |archive-date=April 19, 2024 |access-date=April 19, 2024 |work=The Independent}}

December 1, 2023

|Unknown female

|

| rowspan="4" |{{flagu|United States}}

| rowspan="4" |Protest against United States support for Israel in the Gaza war

|Protester self-immolated outside the Israeli Consulate in Atlanta, Georgia; following what officials described as "an act of extreme political protest", a Palestinian national flag was recovered at the scene.{{Cite web |last=Edmonds |first=Colbi |date=December 1, 2023 |title=A protester self-immolates outside the Israeli Consulate in Atlanta. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/30/world/middleeast/protester-fire-israeli-consulate-atlanta.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204083212/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/30/world/middleeast/protester-fire-israeli-consulate-atlanta.html |archive-date=December 4, 2023 |access-date=December 5, 2023 |website=The New York Times}}{{Cite web |date=2023-12-02 |title=Protester sets self on fire outside Israeli consulate in Atlanta, suffers critical burns |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/protester-sets-self-on-fire-outside-israeli-consulate-in-atlanta-suffers-critical-burns |access-date=2023-12-18 |website=PBS NewsHour |language=en-us}}{{Cite news |last= |date=2023-12-01 |title=Pro-Palestine protester self-immolates outside Atlanta's Israeli consulate |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/01/protester-palestine-self-immolate-atlanta-israel-consulate |access-date=2024-04-20 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}

February 25, 2024

|Aaron Bushnell

|25

|The active-duty US Airman self-immolated outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C. He was taken to a hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.{{Cite news |last=Kavi |first=Aishvara |date=2024-02-25 |title=A man set himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, the police said. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/25/world/middleeast/israel-embassy-man-on-fire.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240225215755/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/25/world/middleeast/israel-embassy-man-on-fire.html |archive-date=2024-02-25 |access-date=2024-02-25 |work=The New York Times}}{{Cite news |last=Gannon |first=Casey |date=February 25, 2024 |title=US airman sets himself on fire outside Israeli Embassy in Washington |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/25/politics/man-sets-himself-on-fire-israeli-embassy-washington-dc/index.html |access-date=February 25, 2024 |work=Cable News Network}}

September 11, 2024

|Matt Nelson

|45

|A protestor self-immolated outside the Boston, Massachusetts Israeli Consulate. He was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital afterwards. Died in hospital 4 days later.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_qxIhlfr10 |title=Man Self-Immolates In Front of Israeli Consulate in Boston |date=2024-09-13 |last=red. |access-date=2024-09-13 |via=YouTube}}{{Cite web |date=2024-09-12 |title=Man sets himself on fire in downtown Boston, police say |url=https://www.bostonherald.com/2024/09/12/man-sets-himself-on-fire-in-downtown-boston-police-say/ |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=Boston Herald |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Devaney |first=Rachael |title=Cape Cod man who set self on fire outside Boston Israeli consulate died four days later |url=https://www.capecodtimes.com/story/news/2024/09/25/matthew-nelson-cape-cod-self-immolated-palestine-israeli-consulate-boston/75369040007/ |access-date=2024-10-06 |website=Cape Cod Times |language=en-US}}

October 5, 2024

|Samuel Mena Jr

|29

|Photojournalist for KTVK from Phoenix, Arizona. Attempted self-immolating in Washington DC in front of the White House. Set arm on fire but flames quickly doused by protesters. Taken to hospital with burns on arms.{{Cite web |date=2024-10-05 |title=Arizona man sets himself on fire during pro-Palestinian protest |url=https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/valley/arizona-man-sets-himself-on-fire-washington-dc-pro-palestinian-protest-samuel-mena-jr/75-87df9da5-adf9-4739-920a-b88b756565b0?ref=exit-recirc |access-date=2024-10-06 |website=12news.com |language=en-US}}{{cite web |last1=Graziosi |first1=Graig |title=Pro-Gaza protester attempts self-immolation outside White House |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/pro-gaza-protester-self-immolation-white-house-b2624539.html |website=The Independent |date=October 6, 2024 |access-date=10 October 2024}}

April 9, 2024

|Yassine Selmi

|22

|{{flag|Tunisia}}

|Protest against police

|Construction worker. Resolved a fight between the police and 2 unidentified people where police threatened him with arrest. He set himself on fire over the police threats. Died 2 days later.

May 1, 2024

|Ruslan Palitsyn

|24

|{{flag|Russia}}

|Protest of army enlistment during the Russian invasion of Ukraine

|Ruslan was an actor. He lit himself on fire outside a Russian military registration in St Petersburg where he suffered 90% burns. He died the day after.{{Cite web |last=Fahey |first=Ryan |date=2024-05-02 |title=Actor, 24, dies after setting himself on fire outside Russian enlistment office |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/actor-24-dies-after-setting-32717914 |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=The Mirror |language=en}}

July 26, 2024

|Vladimir Arsenyev

|74

|{{flag|Russia}}

|Unknown

|President of Volna Central Research Institute for Russia's Defense Ministry. Walked to Lenin Mausoleum in the center of Red Square and set himself on fire. Suffered minor burns and survived.{{Cite web |title=Head of Russian defense research institute reportedly attempts self-immolation on Red Square |url=https://theins.ru/en/news/273402 |access-date=2025-01-10 |website=The Insider |language=ru}}

August 23, 2024

|Demetrius Wallace

|27

|{{flagu|United States}}

|Protest against corruption and illegal retaliation from prison staff

|Prisoner at Red Onion prison. Filed a lawsuit on the prison after he was attacked by prison officials where they retaliated. He soon set himself on fire in his cell receiving burns on his foot. Survived.

August 28, 2024

|Mano Yogalingam

|23

|{{flagu|Australia}}

|Protest on asylum seeker bridging visas.

|Yogalingam was a Tamil asylum seeker who self-immolated in Melbourne's south-east after attending a majority of the protests being held outside the Department of Home Affairs.{{Cite news |date=2024-08-28 |title=Grief and shock in Melbourne after Tamil asylum seeker dies by self-immolation |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-28/tamil-asylum-seeker-self-immolates-melbourne-protest/104281638 |access-date=2024-08-29 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}}

September 15, 2024

|Ekong Eshiet

|28

|{{flagu|United States}}

|Protest against religious violations isolation, racism, and brutality against prison inmates

|Ekong and Trayvon were both inmates at Red Onion State Prison in Virginia. On September 15, both men set themselves on fire in solitary confinement making these demands and suffered third degree burns and were transferred to University of Virginia. Ekong appeared on a PrisonRadio show where he revealed his reasons why he self-immolated and that he had begun a hunger strike but other prison inmates also began a hunger strike.{{Cite web |last=Vogel |first=Sara |date=2024-11-13 |title=Two Men Attempt Self-Immolation at Virginia State Prison...and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week |url=https://solitarywatch.org/2024/11/13/two-men-attempt-self-immolation-at-virginia-state-prisonand-other-news-on-solitary-confinement-this-week/ |access-date=2024-11-14 |website=Solitary Watch |language=en-US}}

September 15, 2024

|Trayvon Brown

|

|{{flagu|United States}}

|Protest against isolation, racism, and brutality against prison inmates

|Ekong and Trayvon were both inmates at Red Onion State Prison in Virginia. On September 15, both men set themselves on fire in solitary confinement making these demands and suffered third degree burns and were transferred to University of Virginia.

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|{{dts|2024-10-18}}

|Unknown

|56

|{{Flag|Chile}}

|Protest against the government for a case of unlawful coercion against him

|A 56-year-old man attempted self-immolation outside of the Palacio de los Tribunales de Justicia de Santiago, Chile. Flames where quickly doused by Carabineros, and the man was taken to hospital with burns on his neck.{{Cite web|title=Hombre se quema a lo bonzo afuera del Palacio de Tribunales: carabinero lo salva lanzándolo a pileta|url=https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/nacional/region-metropolitana/2024/10/18/hombre-intenta-quemarse-a-lo-bonzo-en-el-exterior-del-palacio-de-tribunales.shtml|website=Bío-Bío Chile|last1=Delgado|first1=Felipe|last2=Borcoski|first2=Christian|date=2024-10-18|access-date=2024-10-18}}

December 31, 2024

|Sunil

|35

|{{flag| India }}

|Police harassment

|Rickshaw driver who was harassed by police officers. Burned himself at his home. Died 7 days later.{{Cite web |date=2025-01-09 |title=Auto driver dies after self-immolation bid, family alleges police harassment - Public TV English |url=https://english.publictv.in/auto-driver-dies-after-self-immolation-bid-family-alleges-police-harassment/ |access-date=2025-01-10 |language=en-US}}

rowspan="2" |January 3, 2025

|Raju Patel

|25

| rowspan="2" |{{flag| India }}

| rowspan="2" |Protest of hazardous waste to Pithampur for incineration

| rowspan="2" |Both men were present at a protest with dozens of other people. They were seen dousing themselves with an accelerant and lighting themselves on fire. Both are in the hospitals with burn injuries.{{Cite web |last=indiatomorrow |first=admin |date=2025-01-04 |title=Two youths attempt self-immolation as Pithampur protest gains momentum on Carbide factory's waste issue |url=https://indiatomorrow.net/2025/01/04/two-youths-attempt-self-immolation-as-pithampur-protest-gains-momentum-on-carbide-factorys-waste-issue/ |access-date=2025-01-10 |website=IndiaTomorrow}}

Rajkumar Raghuvanshi

|27

January 15, 2025

|Unknown man

|60s

|{{Flag|South Korea}}

|Impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol

|Set himself on fire near South Korea's corruption investigation office. {{Cite web |title=Man sets self on fire near South Korean anti-graft office |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/man-sets-self-on-fire-near-south-korean-anti-graft-office-101736946530528.html}}

January 20, 2025

|Thairie Ritchie

|28

|{{flagu|United States}}

|Political protest

|Civil rights activist from Santa Cruz. Set himself on fire near the Black Lives Matter mural at Santa Cruz City Hall. Current condition unconfirmed.{{Cite web |last=Ojeda |first=Hillary |date=2025-02-01 |title='This was a message': Friends say activist's self-immolation was an act of protest; plan Sunday vigil at city hall |url=https://lookout.co/this-was-a-message-friends-say-activists-self-immolation-was-an-act-of-protest-plan-sunday-vigil-at-city-hall/ |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Lookout Santa Cruz |language=en-US}}

February 15, 2025

|Sunil Kumar Mishra

|

|{{flag| India }}

|Firing from bank and abuse

|Former bank employee for IDFC in Varanasi. Fired from the bank where he soon doused himself and recorded a video revealing the extreme stress, mental breakdown, and suicides. Soon set himself ablaze with flames extinguished quickly by bystanders. Survived. {{Cite web |last=Latestly |first=Team |date=2025-02-07 |title=Varanasi: Fired From Job Over Negligence, IDFC Bank Employee Sets Himself on Fire in UP; Video Surfaces {{!}} 📰 LatestLY |url=https://www.latestly.com/socially/india/news/varanasi-fired-from-job-over-negligence-idfc-bank-employee-sets-himself-on-fire-in-up-video-surfaces-6625765.html |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=LatestLY |language=en}}

February 25, 2025

|Mohammad Asif Javed Jutt

|48

|{{flag|Pakistan}}

|Illegal practices from his former employer, attempt to dismantle workers union, workers rights

|Worked at Nestle's Kabirwala plant for 16 years. Attempted to unionize for better labor conditions but was fired. Fought for 9 years in court, self immolated inside the premises of Pakistan's Lahore High Court. Died days later. Left behind a wife and 4 children. {{Cite web |last=Nafisa |date=2025-03-24 |title=Former Nestlé Worker's Desperate Protest: The Tragic Death of Pakistan's Asif Jutt and the Fight for Labor Rights |url=https://wakeup.sg/asif-javed-jutt-self-immolation-pakistan/ |access-date=2025-04-07 |website=Wake Up Singapore |language=en-US}}

March 7, 2025

|Unknown man

|79

|{{Flag|South Korea}}

|Impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol

|Supporter of Yoon Suk Yeol. Carried pamphlets denouncing opposition bloc and supporting Yoon. Self immolated near Seoul City Hall around noon. Status unknown {{Cite web |date=2025-03-07 |title=South Korea: Yoon supporter in critical condition after self-immolation |url=https://www.sakshipost.com/news/south-korea-yoon-supporter-critical-condition-after-self-immolation-384867 |access-date=2025-03-10 |website=Sakshi Post |language=en}}

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