社会不公给自焚抗议火上加油

1963年6月11号在越南西贡市主要高速公路的路口，73岁的广德僧侣全身浸透汽油，在成千上万旁观者面前点火自焚。他事先宣布，政府迫害佛教徒，他要用自杀来抗议。(AP)

1969年1月24号，在简•帕拉奇葬礼的前一天，前捷克斯洛伐克人在布拉格市中心的瓦茨拉夫广场向他致敬。简•帕拉奇是一名捷克学生，1969年1月19号自焚，抗议苏联占领捷。(AFP)

1996年9月9号，巴基斯坦一名男子(左)试图为26岁的Aaibunissa灭火，Aaibunissa和她的一名女家属在卡拉奇海得拉巴审判恐怖分子的特别法庭前自焚，抗议法庭推迟对巴基斯坦一名陆军上尉执行死刑，这名陆军上尉被判4年前杀害了他们兄弟。(AFP)

1997年1月10号，韩国现代汽车公司雇员34岁的钟宰松在南部港口城市蔚山自焚，抗议新劳工法。(AFP)

1月13号(没有说明年代)，39岁的Alfredo Ormando在圣彼得堡广场自焚，抗议对同性恋者的歧视。 (Reuters)

1998年1月13号，39岁的西西里男子Alfredo Ormando在圣彼得广场自焚，抗议梵帝冈禁止同性恋。Alfredo Ormando全身浇上汽油点燃后，冲向大殿，在到达前倒地失去知觉。照片上，警察走过Alfredo Ormando自焚的地方。(Reuters)

1998年4月29号，西藏活动人士Thupten Ngodup的遗体离开哈丁夫人医院之前，一名西藏僧侣在调整汽车上Thupten Ngodup画像上的西藏旗帜。4月29号，Thupten Ngodup为了抗议印度政府禁止藏人绝食抗议而自焚，随后死于心脏衰竭。 (AFP)

这是西藏尼姑Palden Choetso1998年在家中的留影。2011年11月3号，这位35岁的尼姑在大街上自焚身亡，抗议中国政府对西藏宗教的控制。2011年3月以来，中国有11名僧侣和尼姑采取这种极端抗议手段，至少6人死亡。(Reuters)

1998年4月27号，流亡印度的西藏活动人士Thupten Ngodup点火自焚，抗议警察禁止绝食抗议活动。警察向他身上泼水灭火，并把他送进医院急救，医生说他生存希望渺茫。(Reuters)

2004年4月7号，台湾总统陈水扁访到北郊外的郑南榕墓地之后发表讲话，纪念这位台湾独立活动人士去世15周年。1989年，郑南榕为了抗议当时的执政党国民党控制言论自由而自焚身亡。陈水扁身后的照片为郑南榕。 (KMT), April 07, 2004. (AFP)

2005年7月8号，马克西姆•利雅申科在基辅乌克兰议会前自焚。50岁的商人马克西姆•利雅申科自焚前，在议会门口抗议一星期，要求撤销他所在省的省长职务，他说这位省长夺走了他的超市。(AFP)

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

Pravin Joshi, 30, who tried to self-immolate in protest against the Hindi film "Fanaa," receives treatment at a hospital in Jamnagar, in the western Indian state of Gujarat. Joshi set himself on fire on in the bathroom of a movie theater screening the fil

A police officer tries to douse the flames off Rajneesh Kumar, who tried to immolate himself in an act of protest in New Delhi, India. Kumar has been sitting in protest since May 25, 2006, to appeal for help in the release of his wife and three children w

Local villagers show the place where Janak Rani immolated herself on the funeral pyre of her husband Prem Narayan on Aug. 21, at Tulasipar, in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The age old traditional practice, called Sati, has long been banned

People march through the street during a funeral ceremony for Heo Se-uk, 56, the man who set himself ablaze in front of the venue for the South Korea-U.S. free trade agreement (FTA) talks. The banner reads: "South Korea-U.S. FTA talks are invalid! Raise H

In this photo released by International Campaign for Tibet, armed police surround a Tibetan Buddhist monk named Tapey after he set himself ablaze in Aba, in China's southwest Sichuan province. Chinese state media confirmed that a Tibetan Buddhist monk had

A Chinese police officer (L) talks to a man who tried to self-imolate himself after putting out the fire with a fire extinguisher, along a shopping street in Chongqing. The 41-year-old man is believed to have lost all his money in the ongoing financial cr

Afghan woman Ghodsi, (20), who committed self-immolation and has been hospitalized since last week with 85 percent of her body covered in burns, at Herat hospital. Ghodsi was forced to marry an elder man two years ago and attempted suicide after acknowle

Bulgarian Rosen Markov sets himself on fire in front of the Bulgarian National Television building, to protest against the broadcast of news bulletins in the Turkish language, in central Sofia, November 10, 2009. (Reuters)

Indian student Yadaiah reacts as he immolates himself during a protest in Hyderabad. A student tried to set himself ablaze as fresh demonstrations erupted in southern India calling for the creation of a new state. The 19-year-old student was in critical c

Tunisia's President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, left, visits Mohamed Bouazizi, a young man who set himself on fire acting out of desperation after police confiscated the fruits and vegetables he sold without a permit, at Ben Arous Burn and Trauma Centre, in

A picture of Mohamed Bouazizi, the local fruit vendor who set himself on fire Dec. 17, is seen on the top of a monument along with pictures of other victims killed in the clashes following his act, in the center of the town of Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia, March

A combination photograph shows a man setting himself on fire outside a bank branch in Thessaloniki in northern Greece. The 55-year old man had entered the bank and asked for a renegotiation of his overdue loan payments on his home and business, according

Afghan patient Parwin, 23, a mother of three children and pregnant for three months receives medical treatment at the burn unit of Isteqlal hospital, after she committed self immolation, in Kabul. Parwin covered herself in kerosene before setting fire to

An exile Tibetan holds a portrait of Tsewang Norbu, 29, a Buddhist monk who died Monday after setting himself on fire in China's Sichuan province's Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture during a candle light vigil in Dharmsala, India, August 15, 2011. (AP)

Tibetans display portraits of people who killed themselves in self-immolation, during a protest in front of the Liberty Square in Taipei on October 19, 2011. (AFP)

A woman throws a white scarf over Tibetan Buddhist nun Palden Choetso as she burns on the street in Daofu, or Tawu in Tibetan, in this still image taken from video. The 35-year-old Tibetan Buddhist nun burned herself to death on the public street in the

Police try to douse flames on a Tibetan demonstrator after he tried to self immolate himself during a protest in front of the Chinese embassy in New Delhi. Tibetan exiles on protested the deaths of several ethnic Tibetans by self immolation in Tibetan are

This still image allegedly shows the self-immolation of an individual along a street in Dawu, Ganzi prefecture in Sichuan province. The dramatic video footage, could not be independently verified, purportedly captures the moment a Tibetan Buddhist nun bur