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The 29th Tibetan self-immolation comes amid a 1,000-strong protest demanding the release of detained monks.

A 20-year-old monk becomes the 31st Tibetan in China to self-immolate in protest against Beijing's rule.

The Tibetan monks are taken away by Chinese security forces who prevent fellow monks from converging at the self-immolation site.

The fatal burnings come amid calls by the Dalai Lama to Beijing to take a serious approach to resolving the Tibet question.

The first self-immolations protesting Chinese rule are reported in Tibet's capital Lhasa.

In the 38th self-immolation, a Tibetan mother burns herself to death in protest against Chinese rule in Sichuan province.

Angry Tibetans throng a Chinese county center and police station to demand the body of the self-immolator.

They leave behind a suicide note, saying they cannot make a significant contribution to Tibetan society under Chinese rule.

The man in his 20's succumbs to burns over nearly all of his body.

The burning raises the possibility of a confrontation between Chinese police and local residents in a Sichuan county.

He is the third Tibetan to stage a burning protest in the Himalayan country.

The Tibetan mother-of-two's death comes a day after a monk burned himself in a protest against Chinese rule.

A Tibetan activist who set himself on fire a day earlier has died.

It is the first Tibetan burning protest in China in more than two months.

A Tibetan man self-immolates, defying fresh calls by exile groups to stop the burnings in protest against Chinese rule.

A new self-immolation in a Tibetan-populated Chinese province brings the total number of burning protests to 54.

Shops and restaurants shutter down in the Tibetan area of Ngaba after the death of a monk.

A 27-year-old father of two becomes the 56th Tibetan self-immolator.

The 57th Tibetan self-immolation protest occurs at the renowned Labrang monastery.

Two youngsters self-immolate in the deadliest week of burning protests against Chinese rule.

In the 11th self-immolation this year, a Tibetan woman succumbs to her burns.

A teenager is the latest to set himself ablaze in the eighth self-immolation protest this week.

He becomes the 123rd Tibetan to self-immolate in China.

The third self-immolation in two days raises the number of burning protests to 81 so far.

The number of Tibetans burning themselves in protest against Chinese rule has risen to 89.

A Tibetan monk self-immolates and dies in Qinghai province's Pema county.

Tibetan protester had called for Tibetan unity as he set himself on fire.

A young Tibetan dies in the second self-immolation protest of the new year.

A new Tibetan self-immolation raises the burning protest toll to 98.

Chinese authorities say the measures are aimed at cracking down on 'criminals.'