self-immolations
A public suicide in Iran spotlights anguish over economy
Middle East
November 4, 2021
A public suicide in Iran spotlights anguish over economy
Ruhollah Parazideh, a wiry 38-year-old with a thick mustache and hair flecked with gray, was desperate for a job. The…
Second Israeli dies in self-immolation welfare protest
World
August 1, 2012
Second Israeli dies in self-immolation welfare protest
JERUSALEM — A second Israeli who set himself on fire in protest at economic difficulties has died of his injuries,…
China detains hundreds of Tibetans after self-immolations
World
May 31, 2012
China detains hundreds of Tibetans after self-immolations
BEIJING — Hundreds of Tibetans in Lhasa have been detained by Chinese security officers after two self-immolation protests against Chinese…