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World - Region
Self-immolation persists as grim form of protest in Tunisia
12/17/2020 11:25:36 AM
'I would never describe the act of self-immolation as an act of courage because even the bravest person in the world couldn't do it,' Kalaia, 49, told The Associated Press in his family home
World - International
Fourth Bulgarian protester sets himself on fire
3/14/2013 3:34:03 PM
In expression of public anger in protest to poverty and corruption a day after interim government takes hold, Bulgarian man sets himself on fire
Egypt - Politics
Man sets himself on fire at electricity ministry in Cairo
2/5/2013 1:59:51 PM
Jobless man sets himself on fire at electricity ministry in Cairo, reportedly after being refused a job, in move with echoes of similar actions in Egypt and Tunisia before their revolutions
Egypt - Politics
UPDATED: Man self-immolated over job loss
8/25/2012 2:56:06 PM
With self-immolation becoming a way to show political, social and economic frustration in the Arab world, Arafa Kamel set himself on fire by the Egyptian presidential palace after not being rehired
World -
Tunisia Bouazizi's mother held after court fracas: AFP
7/13/2012 7:25:35 PM
The mother of Mohamed Bouazizi, the street vendor whose self-immolation unleashed the popular uprising that led to president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's ouster in 2011, was arrested on Friday, an AFP journalist said
World - Region
Jobless Tunisian dies days after self-immolation: hospital
1/10/2012 12:17:57 PM
Ammar Gharsalla dies in the hospital after burning himself due to unemployment
World - International
China says to get tough after Tibetan burnings
10/20/2011 12:01:03 PM
China pledges tough measures to maintain stability after a series of self-immolation protesting Chinese rule in Tibet
World - Region
Two monks try to self-immolate in China
9/26/2011 1:55:52 PM
Two young monks survived a self-immolation attempt Monday at a restive Tibetan Buddhist monastery in southwestern China
World - Region
Five attempt suicide in Tunisia after job refusal
9/17/2011 5:33:53 PM
World - International
Tibetan monk burns himself to death in China
8/15/2011 2:58:23 PM
Tibetan monk self-immolates in southwest China, dies of injuries
World - Region
Tunisia remains ripe for change six months after Bouazizi
6/20/2011 4:47:04 PM
Tunisia is preparing for elections half a year after the self-immolation of Mohammad Bouazizi sparked the 'Arab Spring'
World - International
Iranian asylum seeker dies after setting himself on fire in Amsterdam
4/7/2011 2:30:14 PM
An Iranian asylum seeker has died in Amsterdam; police are investigating why he set himself on fire
World - International
Man dies in Senegal torching protest
2/20/2011 4:30:38 PM
A man who torched himself in front of Senegal's presidential palace in a protest over his army pension died on Sunday
Egypt - Politics
Recent Egypt suicides not triggered by unemployment, PM insists
1/24/2011 2:06:47 PM
In response to the recent series of self-immolations, the PM Ahmed Nazif claims suicide cases are a result of individual personal problems
World - Region
First case of self-immolation in Saudi Arabia
1/22/2011 12:28:25 PM
A man in his sixties sets himself on fire in Saudi Arabia
Egypt - Politics
Why are Egyptians burning themselves alive?
1/20/2011 4:18:08 PM
Analysts try to understand and explain the reasons behind the recent recurring incidents of self-immolation in Egypt
Egypt - Politics
Another self immolation in front of Egypt's parliament
1/20/2011 2:22:58 PM
The "Sidi Bouzid syndrome" snowballs
World - Region
Seventh Algerian sets self on fire
1/19/2011 4:14:12 PM
Acts of self-immolation by Algerians protesting against their living conditions
Multimedia -
CARTOON: The Arab Summit
1/19/2011 12:23:12 PM
Arab leaders convene in Sharm El-Sheikh, amid concerns about the spread of the 'Sidi Bouzid syndrome' in the Arab World.
Egypt - Politics
Al-Azhar: Self-immolation is a 'sin'
1/19/2011 11:18:31 AM
Muslim Scholars join the government officials in denouncing unemployment protest acts
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