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Self-immolation is the act of setting oneself on fire. It is mostly done for political or religious reasons, often as a form of protest or in acts of martyrdom . Due to its disturbing and violent nature, it is considered one of the most extreme methods of protest.
The self-immolation of Thích Quảng Đức, done in protest against Buddhist persecution by Christians. This is a list of notable people who committed self-immolation, the act of setting themselves on fire for political reasons. Non-political self-immolations are not included in the list.
One of the first and most well known acts of self-immolation in modern history was conducted by Thich Quang Duc during the Vietnam War. The Vietnamese monk set himself on fire in Saigon in 1963 in ...
Ascetic self-mummification practices are also recorded in China and associated with the Chan tradition there. [6] Alternate ascetic practices similar to sokushinbutsu are also known, such as public self-immolation practice in China. This was considered as evidence of a renunciant bodhisattva. [7]
According to the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT), [6] "Chinese police have beaten, shot, isolated, and disappeared self-immolators who survived." [7] In 2011, a wave of self-immolations by Tibetans in Tibet, as well as in India and Nepal, occurred after the self-immolation of Phuntsog of 16 March 2011 in Ngawa County, Sichuan. Protests ...
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.
Anumarana or Anugamana [1] refers to the ancient Indian practice of self-immolation by which anyone with personal loyalty to the deceased could commit suicide at a loved one's funeral. [2] [3] Anumarana was practiced usually by the widowed wives, when learnt of husband's death at battlefield or elsewhere and he had been already cremated.
Photographs of his self-immolation circulated around the world, drawing attention to the policies of the Diệm government. John F. Kennedy said of one photograph, "No news picture in history has generated so much emotion around the world as that one". [3] Malcolm Browne won the World Press Photo of the Year for his photograph of the monk's death.