Immolations: Why Tibet and Tibetans are Burning
136 Tibetans have self-immolated in a desperate call for freedom and equality. An in-depth look into the origins, acts, and future of these protests.
One of the greatest tragedies is taking place right now in Tibet. A country, brutally occupied and colonized, with its people suffering in police state like conditions, where even escaping through the mountains to Nepal is no longer an option has, for the past five years, seen its citizens choose to burn themselves and die, in hopes that this will help bring about change.
Tibet burns, while the world watches silently. It does not have to be this way.
