{"id":12555,"date":"2021-01-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/nieuws\/tibetan-self-immolation-reportedly-uncovered-after-five-years\/"},"modified":"2021-01-14T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T23:00:00","slug":"tibetan-self-immolation-reportedly-uncovered-after-five-years","status":"publish","type":"nieuws","link":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/news\/tibetan-self-immolation-reportedly-uncovered-after-five-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Tibetan self-immolation reportedly uncovered after five years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The self-immolation of a young man in Tibet in 2015 has reportedly come to light after the Chinese government successfully kept it hidden for more than five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tibet.net\/2015-tibetan-self-immolation-protest-news-surfaces-more-than-5-years-later\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">According to the Central Tibetan Administration<\/a>, 26-year-old Shurmo died after lighting his body on fire around 1 pm on Sept. 17, 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His self-immolation occurred near a bus station in his native Shagchukha village in Nagchu county in Nagchu prefecture of the Tibet Autonomous Region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The region spans about half of Tibet, a historically independent country that China annexed more than 60 years ago and continues to rule with an iron fist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Protesting China\u2019s repression<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the CTA\u2014which provides democratic representation for Tibetans in exile\u2014Shurmo was protesting China\u2019s repression in his homeland, which a US watchdog group describes as the <a href=\"https:\/\/savetibet.org\/tibet-rated-worlds-second-least-free-country\/\">second-least-free place on Earth<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Authorities in the region arrested Shurmo and took him to a hospital, where he died later that day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police also arrested three of Shurmo\u2019s relatives. It is unknown whether the three are still in detention or have been sentenced or released, the CTA said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More than 155 self-immolations<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since 2009, <a href=\"https:\/\/savetibet.org\/why-tibet\/self-immolations-by-tibetans\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">more than 155 Tibetans have self-immolated in Tibet<\/a> and China in a desperate attempt to draw attention to their people\u2019s suffering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But rather than respond to these Tibetans\u2019 concerns, China has cracked down on self-immolators, in part by arresting their friends and families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China has also tried to avoid criticism by preventing news about self-immolations from reaching the outside world or spreading inside Tibet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tibet.net\/2015-tibetan-self-immolation-protest-news-surfaces-more-than-5-years-later\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read the CTA report on Shurmo\u2019s self-immolation<\/a>.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The self-immolation of a young man in Tibet in 2015 has reportedly come to light after the Chinese government successfully kept it hidden for more than five years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":12556,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categorie":[691],"news_tag":[677],"class_list":["post-12555","nieuws","type-nieuws","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categorie-news","news_tag-self-immolations"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tibetan self-immolation reportedly uncovered after five years - Campaign for Tibet<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/news\/tibetan-self-immolation-reportedly-uncovered-after-five-years\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tibetan self-immolation reportedly uncovered after five years - Campaign for Tibet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The self-immolation of a young man in Tibet in 2015 has reportedly come to light after the Chinese government successfully kept it hidden for more than five years.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/news\/tibetan-self-immolation-reportedly-uncovered-after-five-years\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Campaign for Tibet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/internationalcampaignfortibetnederland\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_0952.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@savetibetorg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/savetibet.nl\\\/en\\\/news\\\/tibetan-self-immolation-reportedly-uncovered-after-five-years\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/savetibet.nl\\\/en\\\/news\\\/tibetan-self-immolation-reportedly-uncovered-after-five-years\\\/\",\"name\":\"Tibetan self-immolation reportedly uncovered after five years - Campaign for Tibet\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/savetibet.nl\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/savetibet.nl\\\/en\\\/news\\\/tibetan-self-immolation-reportedly-uncovered-after-five-years\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/savetibet.nl\\\/en\\\/news\\\/tibetan-self-immolation-reportedly-uncovered-after-five-years\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/savetibet.nl\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/IMG_0952.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-01-13T23:00:00+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/savetibet.nl\\\/en\\\/news\\\/tibetan-self-immolation-reportedly-uncovered-after-five-years\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/savetibet.nl\\\/en\\\/news\\\/tibetan-self-immolation-reportedly-uncovered-after-five-years\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/savetibet.nl\\\/en\\\/news\\\/tibetan-self-immolation-reportedly-uncovered-after-five-years\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/savetibet.nl\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/IMG_0952.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/savetibet.nl\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/IMG_0952.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":630},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/savetibet.nl\\\/en\\\/news\\\/tibetan-self-immolation-reportedly-uncovered-after-five-years\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/savetibet.nl\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Tibetan self-immolation reportedly uncovered after five years\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/savetibet.nl\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/savetibet.nl\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Campaign for Tibet\",\"description\":\"LET OP: Plaats je bestelling v\u00f3\u00f3r 16 december om zeker te zijn dat je cadeau op tijd voor Kerst aankomt.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/savetibet.nl\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/savetibet.nl\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/savetibet.nl\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Campaign for Tibet\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/savetibet.nl\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/savetibet.nl\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/savetibet.nl\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/logo-round.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/savetibet.nl\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/logo-round.png\",\"width\":150,\"height\":150,\"caption\":\"Campaign for Tibet\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/savetibet.nl\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/internationalcampaignfortibetnederland\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/savetibetorg\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/savetibeteurope\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/user\\\/ICTEurope\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Tibetan self-immolation reportedly uncovered after five years - Campaign for Tibet","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/news\/tibetan-self-immolation-reportedly-uncovered-after-five-years\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Tibetan self-immolation reportedly uncovered after five years - Campaign for Tibet","og_description":"The self-immolation of a young man in Tibet in 2015 has reportedly come to light after the Chinese government successfully kept it hidden for more than five years.","og_url":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/news\/tibetan-self-immolation-reportedly-uncovered-after-five-years\/","og_site_name":"Campaign for Tibet","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/internationalcampaignfortibetnederland\/","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":630,"url":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_0952.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@savetibetorg","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/news\/tibetan-self-immolation-reportedly-uncovered-after-five-years\/","url":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/news\/tibetan-self-immolation-reportedly-uncovered-after-five-years\/","name":"Tibetan self-immolation reportedly uncovered after five years - Campaign for Tibet","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/news\/tibetan-self-immolation-reportedly-uncovered-after-five-years\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/news\/tibetan-self-immolation-reportedly-uncovered-after-five-years\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_0952.jpg","datePublished":"2021-01-13T23:00:00+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/news\/tibetan-self-immolation-reportedly-uncovered-after-five-years\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/news\/tibetan-self-immolation-reportedly-uncovered-after-five-years\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/news\/tibetan-self-immolation-reportedly-uncovered-after-five-years\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_0952.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_0952.jpg","width":1200,"height":630},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/news\/tibetan-self-immolation-reportedly-uncovered-after-five-years\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Tibetan self-immolation reportedly uncovered after five years"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/","name":"Campaign for Tibet","description":"LET OP: Plaats je bestelling v\u00f3\u00f3r 16 december om zeker te zijn dat je cadeau op tijd voor Kerst aankomt.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/#organization","name":"Campaign for Tibet","url":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/logo-round.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/logo-round.png","width":150,"height":150,"caption":"Campaign for Tibet"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/internationalcampaignfortibetnederland\/","https:\/\/x.com\/savetibetorg","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/savetibeteurope\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/ICTEurope"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/nieuws\/12555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/nieuws"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/nieuws"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categorie","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categorie?post=12555"},{"taxonomy":"news_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_tag?post=12555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}