http://www.newsvine.com/immolationNewsvine - immolationen-usCopyright 2013Thu, 11 Apr 2013 19:59:44 +0000Sat, 18 May 2013 11:05:39 +0000http://www.newsvine.comhttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/11/17708256-tunisian-sets-self-on-fire-to-protest-theft-claimhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/11/17708256-tunisian-sets-self-on-fire-to-protest-theft-claimtunisiaworld-newsmlimmolationself-immolationThu, 11 Apr 2013 19:59:23 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/15/17326758-3-students-set-fire-to-themselves-in-senegalhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/15/17326758-3-students-set-fire-to-themselves-in-senegalsenegalstudentworld-newsafimmolationFri, 15 Mar 2013 15:30:58 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>University student Mansour Niang, 27, center, who set himself on fire to protest grading changes that would keep him from continuing his studies, rests with fellow students on steps outside the entrance to the emergency ward, after being treated for burns on his arm and face at the main municipal hospital, in Dakar, Senegal Friday, March 15, 2013. Niang and two other students who tried to immolate themselves Friday are part of a group of 50 geography majors who say a new grading system has unfairly left them one credit short of receiving their diplomas, and will block them from continuing to their fourth-year masters degree at the public university. Student witnesses said students unconnected to the protest immediately threw sand on Niang to put out the fire and stopped the two other students from setting themselves alight. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)</p><p>University student Mansour Niang, 27, right, who set himself on fire to protest grading changes that would keep him from continuing his studies, rests alongside friend Leon Mame Birame Faye, outside the entrance to the emergency ward, after being treated for burns on his arm and face at the main municipal hospital, in Dakar, Senegal Friday, March 15, 2013. Niang and two other students who tried to immolate themselves Friday are part of a group of 50 geography majors who say a new grading system has unfairly left them one credit short of receiving their diplomas, and will block them from continuing to their fourth-year masters degree at the public university. Student witnesses said students unconnected to the protest immediately threw sand on Niang to put out the fire and stopped the two other students from setting themselves alight. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)</p><p>University student Mansour Niang, 27, who set himself on fire to protest grading changes that would keep him from continuing his studies, rests on steps outside the entrance to the emergency ward, after being treated for burns on his arm and face at the main municipal hospital, in Dakar, Senegal Friday, March 15, 2013. Niang and two other students who tried to immolate themselves Friday are part of a group of 50 geography majors who say a new grading system has unfairly left them one credit short of receiving their diplomas, and will block them from continuing to their fourth-year masters degree at the public university. Student witnesses said students unconnected to the protest immediately threw sand on Niang to put out the fire and stopped the two other students from setting themselves alight. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/14/17313231-bulgaria-experiencing-spate-of-self-immolationshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/14/17313231-bulgaria-experiencing-spate-of-self-immolationseuworld-newsbulgariaimmolationself-immolationThu, 14 Mar 2013 17:12:33 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - A Bulgarian woman shout slogans during a protest against higher electricity and heating bills, in Sofia, in this Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013 file photo. A quarter century after the fall of communism in Bulgaria, dreams of prosperity have turned awfully sour in the Balkan country, which is the poorest in the European Union. Four people in less than a month have set themselves on fire in protest. (AP Photo/Valentina Petrova, File)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/12/17281066-tunisian-vendor-dies-after-setting-himself-on-firehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/12/17281066-tunisian-vendor-dies-after-setting-himself-on-firetunisiaworld-newsmlimmolationself-immolationarab-springTue, 12 Mar 2013 10:40:34 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/18/17006813-spanish-woman-sets-herself-on-fire-in-bankhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/18/17006813-spanish-woman-sets-herself-on-fire-in-bankeuspainworld-newsimmolationMon, 18 Feb 2013 21:00:51 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/14/16957325-group-the-100th-tibetan-self-immolates-in-chinahttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/14/16957325-group-the-100th-tibetan-self-immolates-in-chinachinaworld-newsastibetselfimmolationThu, 14 Feb 2013 07:01:31 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/12/16478813-tibetan-sets-self-on-fire-dies-to-protest-chinahttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/12/16478813-tibetan-sets-self-on-fire-dies-to-protest-chinachinaworld-newsastibetimmolationself-immolationSat, 12 Jan 2013 13:37:33 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/12/16474619-chinese-painter-portrays-tibet-self-immolatorshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/12/16474619-chinese-painter-portrays-tibet-self-immolatorschinaartworld-newsastibetas-chinaimmolationliu-yiSat, 12 Jan 2013 07:12:10 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>In this photo taken on Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012, portraits of Tibetans who have self-immolated over the past three years painted by Beijing-based artist Liu Yi are displayed at his studio in Songzhuang art village in Tongzhou, on the outskirt of Beijing. Liu is working on a series of black-and-white portraits he knows will never be shown in a Chinese gallery. His varied subjects - men and women, young and old, smiling and pensive - have one thing in common: They are Tibetans who have set themselves on fire to protest repressive Chinese rule. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)</p><p>In this photo taken on Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012, Beijing-based artist Liu Yi casts his shadow on his painting of portraits of Tibetans who have self-immolated over the past three years as he works at his studio in Songzhuang art village in Tongzhou, on the outskirt of Beijing. Liu is working on a series of black-and-white portraits he knows will never be shown in a Chinese gallery. His varied subjects - men and women, young and old, smiling and pensive - have one thing in common: They are Tibetans who have set themselves on fire to protest repressive Chinese rule. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)</p><p>In this photo taken on Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012, Beijing-based artist Liu Yi pauses in front of his painting of Tibetans at his studio in Songzhuang art village in Tongzhou, on the outskirt of Beijing. Liu is working on a series of black-and-white portraits he knows will never be shown in a Chinese gallery. His varied subjects - men and women, young and old, smiling and pensive - have one thing in common: They are Tibetans who have set themselves on fire to protest repressive Chinese rule. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)</p><p>In this photo taken on Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012, Beijing-based artist Liu Yi paints a portrait of a Tibetan who have self-immolated over the past three years, at his studio in Songzhuang art village in Tongzhou, on the outskirt of Beijing. Liu is working on a series of black-and-white portraits he knows will never be shown in a Chinese gallery. His varied subjects - men and women, young and old, smiling and pensive - have one thing in common: They are Tibetans who have set themselves on fire to protest repressive Chinese rule. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)</p><p>In this photo taken on Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012, Beijing-based artist Liu Yi prepares to work near his paintings of portraits of Tibetans, who have self-immolated over the past three years, on display at his studio in Songzhuang art village in Tongzhou, on the outskirt of Beijing. Liu is working on a series of black-and-white portraits he knows will never be shown in a Chinese gallery. His varied subjects - men and women, young and old, smiling and pensive - have one thing in common: They are Tibetans who have set themselves on fire to protest repressive Chinese rule. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)</p><p>In this photo taken on Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012, Beijing-based artist Liu Yi paints a portrait of a Tibetan who have self-immolated over the past three years, at his studio in Songzhuang art village in Tongzhou, on the outskirt of Beijing. Liu is working on a series of black-and-white portraits he knows will never be shown in a Chinese gallery. His varied subjects - men and women, young and old, smiling and pensive - have one thing in common: They are Tibetans who have set themselves on fire to protest repressive Chinese rule. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)</p><p>In this photo taken on Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012, Beijing-based artist Liu Yi looks at his works of portraits of Tibetans who have self-immolated over the past three years, at his studio in Songzhuang art village in Tongzhou, on the outskirt of Beijing. Liu is working on a series of black-and-white portraits he knows will never be shown in a Chinese gallery. His varied subjects - men and women, young and old, smiling and pensive - have one thing in common: They are Tibetans who have set themselves on fire to protest repressive Chinese rule. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/08/16412178-senegalese-man-dies-after-setting-himself-on-firehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/08/16412178-senegalese-man-dies-after-setting-himself-on-firesenegalworld-newsselfafimmolationTue, 8 Jan 2013 13:19:41 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/07/14993540-report-turkish-man-tries-to-set-himself-alighthttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/07/14993540-report-turkish-man-tries-to-set-himself-alighteuturkeyworld-newsrecep-tayyip-erdoganselfimmolationWed, 7 Nov 2012 13:50:50 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/03/13633890-gaza-man-dies-after-setting-himself-on-firehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/03/13633890-gaza-man-dies-after-setting-himself-on-firepalestiniansworld-newsselfmlimmolationself-immolationMon, 3 Sep 2012 10:30:54 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/27/13513567-2-tibetan-teens-die-after-self-immolating-in-chinahttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/27/13513567-2-tibetan-teens-die-after-self-immolating-in-chinachinaworld-newsastibetimmolationtwo-tibetanTue, 28 Aug 2012 02:14:29 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/30/13040934-vietnam-probes-self-immolation-of-bloggers-motherhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/30/13040934-vietnam-probes-self-immolation-of-bloggers-motherunited-statesvietnamworld-newsasselfimmolationself-immolationTue, 31 Jul 2012 02:47:48 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/23/10223585-moroccan-retiree-dies-after-setting-self-on-firehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/23/10223585-moroccan-retiree-dies-after-setting-self-on-firemoroccoworld-newsmlimmolationself-immolationTue, 24 Jan 2012 00:37:13 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>In this image provided by a Moroccan media group called "the Unemployed Graduates" and dated Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012, a Moroccan protester sitting on the ground reacts to a fellow demonstrator who set himself on fire in a demonstration about unemployment in Rabat, Morocco. Five unemployed Moroccan men set themselves on fire in the capital Rabat as part of widespread demonstrations in the country over the lack of jobs, especially for university graduates, a rights activist said Thursday, and three of them were hospitalized because of their burns. The self immolation echoes the 2010 protest when a vegetable seller in Tunisia set himself on fire, an act which sparked the Arab spring. (AP Photo/Media Group Unemployed Graduates)</p><p>Relatives of Abdelwahab Zaydoun a 27-year-old Moroccan who set himself on fire to protest his unemployment and died from his burns react at the morgue of the hospital in Casablanca Tuesday, Jan. 22 2012. Zaydoun was part of a group of unemployed graduates who occupied an Education Ministry building in Rabat, the Moroccan capital, to protest their unemployment and threatened to set themselves fire when police didn't let supporters deliver them food. (AP Photo/Abdeljalil Bounhar)</p><p>Demonstrators carry posters of Abdelwahab Zaydoun a 27-year-old Moroccan who set himself on fire to protest his unemployment died from his burns Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2012 in a Casablanca hospital. Zaydoun was part of a group of unemployed graduates who occupied an Education Ministry building in Rabat, the Moroccan capital, to protest their unemployment and threatened to set themselves fire when police didn't let supporters deliver them food. (AP Photo/Abdeljalil Bounhar)</p><p>Ralative carries a poster of Abdelwahab Zaydoun, a 27-year-old Moroccan who set himself on fire to protest his unemployment , died from his burns Tuesday, Jan. 24 2012 in a Casablanca hospital. Zaydoun was part of a group of unemployed graduates who occupied an Education Ministry building in Rabat, the Moroccan capital, to protest their unemployment and threatened to set themselves fire when police didn't let supporters deliver them food. (AP Photo/Abdeljalil Bounhar)</p><p>Demonstrators pray near the ambulance where the remains of Abdelwahab Zaydoun a 27-year-old Moroccan who set himself on fire to protest his unemployment, died from his burns Tuesday, Jan. 24 2012 in a Casablanca hospital. Zaydoun was part of a group of unemployed graduates who occupied an Education Ministry building in Rabat, the Moroccan capital, to protest their unemployment and threatened to set themselves fire when police didn't let supporters deliver them food. (AP Photo/Abdeljalil Bounhar)</p><p>Demonstrators carry posters of Abdelwahab Zaydoun a 27-year-old Moroccan who set himself on fire to protest his unemployment , who died from his burns Tuesday, Jan. 24 2012 in a Casablanca hospital. Zaydoun was part of a group of unemployed graduates who occupied an Education Ministry building in Rabat, the Moroccan capital, to protest their unemployment and threatened to set themselves fire when police didn't let supporters deliver them food. (AP Photo/Abdeljalil Bounhar)</p><p>Relatives of Abdelwahab Zaydoun a 27-year-old Moroccan who set himself on fire to protest his unemployment and died from his burns, react at the morgue of the hospital in Casablanca Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. Zaydoun was part of a group of unemployed graduates who occupied an Education Ministry building in Rabat, the Moroccan capital, to protest their unemployment and threatened to set themselves fire when police didn't let supporters deliver them food. (AP Photo / Abdeljalil Bounhar)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/07/10031336-tunisia-sees-4-cases-of-self-immolation-in-a-weekhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/07/10031336-tunisia-sees-4-cases-of-self-immolation-in-a-weektunisianorth-africanworld-newsmlimmolationself-immolationSat, 7 Jan 2012 14:37:28 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/11/9360652-indonesian-activist-dies-after-set-himself-on-firehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/11/9360652-indonesian-activist-dies-after-set-himself-on-fireindonesiaworld-newsasimmolationself-immolationSun, 11 Dec 2011 06:17:31 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/17/8848428-police-say-man-set-himself-on-fire-in-tiananmenhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/17/8848428-police-say-man-set-himself-on-fire-in-tiananmenchinaworld-newsastiananmenimmolationself-immolationThu, 17 Nov 2011 04:05:21 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/16/8829743-81-year-old-chinese-sets-self-on-fire-in-protesthttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/16/8829743-81-year-old-chinese-sets-self-on-fire-in-protestchinaworld-newsasselfimmolationself-immolationWed, 16 Nov 2011 05:44:18 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/12/8301041-france-math-teacher-immolates-herself-at-schoolhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/12/8301041-france-math-teacher-immolates-herself-at-schooleufranceschoolworld-newsimmolationThu, 13 Oct 2011 00:03:52 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/03/8121300-2-tibetans-set-selves-on-fire-in-latest-protesthttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/03/8121300-2-tibetans-set-selves-on-fire-in-latest-protestchinaworld-newsastibetselfimmolationself-immolationtwo-tibetanstwo-tibetanMon, 3 Oct 2011 15:40:53 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/27/7982722-taiwan-man-sets-himself-alight-in-protesthttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/27/7982722-taiwan-man-sets-himself-alight-in-protesttaiwanworld-newsasselfimmolationTue, 27 Sep 2011 04:06:54 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/16/7796605-greece-man-hurt-after-setting-himself-on-firehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/16/7796605-greece-man-hurt-after-setting-himself-on-fireeugreeceworld-newsselfimmolationFri, 16 Sep 2011 16:23:06 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>A police officer uses a fire extinguisher as a man sets himself on fire outside a branch of Piraeus bank in the northern port city of Thessaloniki, Greece, Friday Sept. 16, 2011. It was a third attempted self-immolation by the former small business owner, who says he was ruined after taking a series of bank loans. The 56-year-old was hospitalized with non life-threatening chest burns. (AP Photo/Nontas Stlianidis)</p><p>A man sets himself on fire outside a branch of Piraeus bank in the northern port city of Thessaloniki, Greece, Friday Sept. 16, 2011. It was a third attempted self-immolation by the former small business owner, who says he was ruined after taking a series of bank loans. The 56-year-old was hospitalized with non life-threatening chest burns. (AP Photo/Nontas Stlianidis)</p><p>A man sets himself on fire outside a branch of Piraeus bank in the northern port city of Thessaloniki, Greece, Friday Sept. 16, 2011. It was a third attempted self-immolation by the former small business owner, who says he was ruined after taking a series of bank loans. The 56-year-old was hospitalized with non life-threatening chest burns. (AP Photo/Nontas Stlianidis)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/12/6628915-authorities-fla-man-killed-self-by-setting-firehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/12/6628915-authorities-fla-man-killed-self-by-setting-fireussouth-floridaus-newsflaselfimmolationThu, 12 May 2011 07:49:25 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/06/6417877-iranian-who-set-himself-on-fire-in-amsterdam-dieshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/06/6417877-iranian-who-set-himself-on-fire-in-amsterdam-dieseunetherlandsworld-newsselfimmolationWed, 6 Apr 2011 11:33:51 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/16/6285224-tibetan-monk-who-set-himself-on-fire-in-china-dieshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/16/6285224-tibetan-monk-who-set-himself-on-fire-in-china-dieschinaworld-newsastibetselfimmolationself-immolationThu, 17 Mar 2011 01:34:09 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post