Portrait of Yonten
Photo: International Campaign for Tibet · Used with permission arranged by V-TAG, 2026-10-15
Record
SI-167
Date
Place
Town centre near Meuruma (CTA), Ngaba (Ch: Aba) County
Region
Amdo
Age
24
Affiliation
Former monk of Kirti Monastery; pastoralist
Outcome
Died

What happened

According to ICT, citing Kirti monks in exile Kanyag Tsering and Lobsang Yeshe, Yonten, a 24-year-old former monk of Kirti Monastery who had returned to lay life as a pastoralist, set fire to himself on 26 November 2019 in Ngaba (Ch: Aba) and died. It was the first known self-immolation protest by a Tibetan in 2019.

Sources & References

Primary records