Name: Tenzin Choedron
Age: 18
Status: Died
Father’s Name: Lopay
Mother’s Name: Tsepo
Affiliation: Mamae Dechen Choekhorling nunnery, Ngaba
Location of incident: Near the Nunnery, Ngaba County, Ngaba Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (Ch: Sichuan Province)
Date of Self-immolation: 2012-02-11

Info: Tenzin Choedron set herself on fire early in the evening on February 11, shouting slogans against the Chinese government, according to monks from Kirti monastery in exile (sister monastery to Kirti in Ngaba). She chose the same place as nun Tenzin Wangmo, the Sumdo bridge area below the nunnery, which is around three kilometers from Ngaba county town. Tenzin Choedron did not die immediately, but was taken away by soldiers and police and died later.

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