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Rajasthan: Congress MLA urges CM Gehlot to sack mining Minister Bhaya
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kota (Rajasthan) [India], July 23 (ANI): Following the demise of the seer who self-immolated to mark the protest over illegal stone mining in Rajasthan, Congress MLA Bharat Singh Kundanpur has urged Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot "to sack the state's Mining Minister Pramod Bhaya if the mining m
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Sadhu who attempted self-immolation in Rajasthan's Bharatpur dies in Delhi
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 23 (ANI): The seer, who attempted self-immolation at Deeg in Bharatpur to protest against illegal mining, was declared dead in a Delhi Hospital, said the officials on Saturday.
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Condition of Sadhu who attempted self-immolation in Rajasthan's Deeg stabl
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Bharatpur (Rajasthan) [India], July 21 (ANI): The condition of a sadhu in Rajasthan's Bharatpur district who had set himself on fire to protest against illegal mining is now stable, officials said on Thursday.
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Unidentified Tibetan monk self-immolates in protest against religious crac
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], June 20 (ANI): As Tibetans continue to face human rights violations under Chinese President Xi Jinping's policies, an unidentified Tibetan monk self-immolated in front of a portrait of the exiled leader Dalai Lama here.
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Andhra Pradesh: 4 of family set themselves on fire; Woman, daughter dead
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Srikakulam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 6 (ANI): Four of a family in Elamanchili village in Andhra Pradesh's Srikakulam district attempted self-immolation in which a woman and her daughter succumbed while her other daughter and son sustained severe burns on Thursday morning, police said.
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China-fueled self-immolations continue in Tibet
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Lhasa [Tibet], April 18 (ANI): As many as 159 Tibetans have set themselves on fire within the borders of China since 2009, according to a tally maintained by Radio Free Asia.
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China's human rights violations force Tibetans to attempt self-immolations
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Lhasa [Tibet], April 12 (ANI): As Tibetans continue to face the human rights violations under Chinese President Xi Jinping's policies, they feel that there is no other option left to deal with the situation but resort to self-immolation, according to a report.
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Protest held outside Chinese embassy in Paris to demand Tibet's freedom
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Paris [France], April 10 (ANI): Students belonging to the 'Students for a Free Tibet- France' (SFT-France) group along with five other Tibetan associations organised a protest outside the Chinese embassy in Paris on Saturday against three self-immolations that took place in their country in
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Human rights 'guardians' look away Tibetans' self-immolations
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Lhasa [Tibet], April 10 (ANI): While there is a spate of incidents of self-immolations by Tibetans in protest against the Chinese colonial rule, a complete silence among world governments puts a question mark on the global community's commitment to human rights and the 'rule of law'.
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Tibetans take to self immolation to protest against China
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Lhasa [Tibet], April 9 (ANI): Cases of self-immolations have gone up in Tibet in recent times. Since 2009, a total of 159 Tibetans have self-immolated to protest China's takeover of their homeland.
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Tibetans hold candlelight vigil over self-immolation of 81-year-old man
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], April 5 (ANI): Hundreds of Tibetans gathered in Dharamshala on Monday to participate in a candlelight vigil over the recent self-immolation that happened in Tibet on March 27.
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Tibetan man in Kyegudo sets himself on fire
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Lhasa [Tibet], April 3 (ANI): A Tibetan man set himself on fire in front of a police station in the Kham region in Tibet's Kyegudo, said a media report citing a website run by the Tibetan government in exile.
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