Record
SI-134
Date
Place
Main road near Kirti Monastery, Ngaba (Ch: Aba) county town
Region
Amdo
Age
25
Affiliation
Former monk of Kirti Monastery
Outcome
Outcome unknown ICT: whereabouts unknown. CTA lists: Died on 16/02/2014. (unconfirmed)
Other spellings
Lobsang Dorjee

What happened

According to ICT, Lobsang Dorje, a 25-year-old former Kirti monk, set fire to himself on 13 February 2014 on the main road near Kirti Monastery in Ngaba county town, after attending a monastic mask dance that morning. It was the same street where Kirti monk Tapey carried out the first self-immolation protest inside Tibet in February 2009. He was still alive when Chinese security forces took him away.

Aftermath

Kirti monks in exile said it was not known whether he was alive or where he had been taken; ICT reported that security was intensified in Ngaba afterwards.

Labelled unconfirmed: outcome. The sources differ or do not confirm these details; both versions are kept in the record.

Sources & References

Primary records