Name: Lobsang Jamyang
Age: 21
Status: Died
Father’s Name: Gyatso
Mother’s Name: Lhachung
Affiliation: Ngaba County
Location of incident: Near a laboratory at the four-way crossroads, Ngaba town, Ngaba Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (Ch: Sichuan Province)
Date of Self-immolation: 2012-01-14

Losang Jamyang became a monk at the local Andu monastery (of the Gelugpa school of Tibetan Buddhism) as a child, but later joined a primary school (Bontse school) in Ngaba county and completed his education there. In 2011 he was a leading member of a popular association for the promotion of Tibetan language in his village, and as a result had faced pressure from the local authorities.

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