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Social Injustice Fuels Self-Immolation Protests
Self-immolation has a long history of being used as a political tool around the world. The act is one of desperation, with incidents in Asia, Eastern Europe, North Africa and the United States. Some of these images may be disturbing.
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A Tibetan activist burns after setting himself on fire to protest police action to halt a hunger strike April 27. Police threw water on Thupten Ngodup to douse the flames and rushed him to hospital where one doctor said his chance of survival was 'negligi
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Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian speaks during a trip to pay a tribute to Cheng Nan-jung (pictured top), a Taiwan independence activist, while visiting his tomb on the 15th anniversary of his death, at Chinshan outside Taipei. Cheng died in 1989 after he
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Maksim Lyashenko sets himself on fire in front of Ukraine's parliament in Kiev. The 50-year old businessman from Kherson region in southern Ukraine has been demonstrating in front of parliament for a week, demanding the resignation of the governor in his
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Delhi Policemen carry a man, who tried to self-immolate himself, for treatment during a protest rally in New Delhi, India. Thousands of Indian doctors and medical students protesting against a government affirmative action program for low-caste students c