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A Tibetan nun who died of protest self-immolation on 25 November had left a note, carefully put in an envelope, along with a photograph on which was scribbled this line: “For the benefit of the people of the land of snow, beloved sons and daughters of the land of snow, do not forget you are brave Tibetans of the land of snow.”

Sangay Dolma was a nun from Gonshul Nunnery in Bharkor Village in Dokarmo Township. She died after setting herself on fire in Tsekhog County, the seat of the County government office near Rebkong (Ch: Tongren) in Malho (Ch: Huangnan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province.

New information reaching TCHRD confirms the 7 November protest self-immolation by a Tibetan father of two in Diru (Ch: Biru) County in Nagchu (Ch: Naqu) Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region.

It has now emerged that Tsegyal, 27, was taken into police custody after he set himself on fire at about 7.30 pm (local time) at Tingser Village of Bekar Township in Diru County.

Two more Tibetans died of burning protests in separate incidents, taking the total number of self-immolations in Tibet to 86 since 2009, according to confirmed information received by TCHRD.

Kalsang Kyap, 24, set himself on fire in front of the county government office in Kyangtsa Township in Zoege (Ch: Ruo’ergai) County in Ngaba (Ch: Aba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous, Sichuan Province.

Six Tibetans have died of protest self-immolation in Tibet since local Chinese authorities in Malho (Ch: Huangnan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province, began implementing a new campaign, inaugurated through a publicly issued notification on 14 November to ban and punish self-immolations.

Among them, Wangyal, in his 20s, died after setting himself on fire at Serta (Ch: Seda) County in Kardze (Ch: Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province. On 26 November, Wangyal died of protest self-immolation and government officials took away his body, sources told TCHRD.

TCHRD has translated the contents of a questionnaire that was distributed among students at Sorig Lobling School in Chabcha (Ch: Gonghe) town in Serchen County in Tsolho (Ch: Hainan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province.

Relevant government officials, after distributing the questionnaires, spoke on interpreting the document’s content stressing the need to protect and maintain stability in Tsolho region. The speech by the relevant authorities also included allegations and abusive remarks against His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the so-called “Dalai splittist clique”, holding them responsible for the continued unrest in the region.

Thousands of Tibetan students at Sorig Lobling medical school in Chabcha (Ch: Gonghe) protested against the distribution of a ten-point political questionnaire and accompanying “patriotic education” sessions that contained disparaging remarks against the Tibetan spiritual leader, His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

On 26 November, at around 9 am (local time), the protest erupted after ten-point questionnaire was distributed among the students at the medical school in Chabcha town of Serchen County in Tsolho (Ch: Hainan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province.

The following is a complete translation of public notification issued by Chinese authorities in Malho (Ch: Huangnan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province. Issued on 14 November, the notification was issued by through Malho Prefectural TV channal to four majir counties in Malho, including Rebkong (Ch: Tongren) County which has witnessed continued protest sel-immolations this month.

The Chinese authorities in Malho (Chinese: Huangnan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai Province have announced the cancellation of government aid to families of self-immolators as well as development projects in villages where Tibetans had carried out protest self-immolations.

In the past three weeks, nine Tibetans have died of protest self-immolations in Rebkong County. On 9 November, about 5000 Tibetan schoolchildren held a peaceful protest march against the alarming official apathy towards rising numbers of protest self-immolation in Rongwo town before gathering at Rongwo Monastery.On 8 November, Tibetan schoolchildren in Dowa Township (Rebkong County) took down Chinese flags from their school building and the Township government office building.

A father of three has died after burning his body in protest at a gold mining site yesterday in Sangchu (Ch: Xiahe) County of Kanlho (Ch: Gannan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province. Tsering…

A Tibetan woman has died after staging a burning protest in Rebkong (Ch: Tongren) County taking the total self-immolation toll in the County to eight Tibetans in this month alone, according to information received by TCHRD.

Chakmo Kyi, whose age is not clear at the time of reporting, died after she set herself on fire at Dolma Square in front of Rongwo Monastery in Rebkong County, Malho (Ch: Huangnan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province.

The Chinese authorities have banned monks from Ngoshul Monastery to offer condolences and join prayer rituals to observe the death of a teen monk who died after setting himself on fire in protest against the Chinese government in Ngoshul Village in Gomang Township of Ngaba (Ch: Aba) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province.

Dorjee, 15, a monk from Ngoshul Monastery staged a joint self-immolation protest on 7 November with two fellow monks, Samdup and Dorjee Kyap, both 16. The three monks burned themselves alive as they shouted slogans for the ‘return of the Dalai Lama’ and freedom for Tibet’ in front of the Public Security Bureau office of Gomang Township.