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Norman R. Morrison [1] (December 29, 1933 – November 2, 1965) was an American anti-war activist.On November 2, 1965, Morrison doused himself in kerosene and set himself on fire below the office of Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara at the Pentagon [2] to protest United States involvement in the Vietnam War, leading to his death.
Father of 7 from Ngaba. Set himself on fire at his home and died at the scene. His brother in law Dhargye set himself on fire on May 27, 2012. [315] May 20, 2015 Tenzin Gyatso 35 Father of 4 from Tawu. Self-immolated in front of a government building, died shortly after. [316] May 27, 2015 Sangye Tso 36 Business owner and mother of 2.
Video cameras stationed outside the Manhattan courthouse where former President Donald Trump is on trial caught the gruesome scene Friday of a man who lit himself on fire and the aftermath as ...
George Winne Jr. (April 2, 1947 – May 11, 1970) was an American student who, in protest of the United States' involvement in the Vietnam War, set himself on fire in an act of self-immolation at Revelle Plaza on the campus of the University of California, San Diego.
Inmates at Red Onion State Prison in Virginia say they are experiencing abuse, neglect and mistreatment.
The Vietnamese monk set himself on fire in Saigon in 1963 in protest of the persecution of Buddhists by the South Vietnamese government backed by the U.S. Several other monks followed his example.
Daniel Victor Jones (April 15, 1958 – April 30, 1998) was an American man who died by suicide on a Los Angeles freeway in 1998. The incident was broadcast on live television by news helicopters.
Sahar Khodayari (Persian: سحر خدایاری [sæhær xodɒjɒriː]; c. 1990 – 9 September 2019), [2] also known as the Blue Girl, [a] was an Iranian football fan who self-immolated in Tehran to protest the national laws banning females from attending sports events and entering stadiums since the Islamic Revolution.