Contact is taking a holiday!

Contact is taking a break after 25 years of bringing you news of Tibet and Tibetan issues. We are celebrating our 25 years by bringing you the story of Contact and the people who have made it happen, and our archive is still there for you to access at any time, and below you can read the story of Contact, how it came into being and the wonderful reflections of the people who have made it happen over the years.

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Ney Kyab

April 16, 2015;

Ney Kyab, a 45-year old Tibetan man, burned himself to death in the courtyard of his home in Soruma village in Choejema town in Ngaba in protest against Beijing’s rule in Tibetan areas. Kyab had set out offerings on an altar nearby with photos of the Dalai Lama and the 10th Panchen Lama, and he had also sent a photo of himself holding a flower to a friend a few days before his protest. His body was taken away by police. Kyab, whose wife died last year, is survived by seven children. One of his brothers-in-law, Dargye, was one of two men who self-immolated in Lhasa in May 2012. Ngaba county was once part of the Tibetan province of Amdo, but is located today in the Chinese province of Sichuan. It is the epicenter of the Tibetan self-immolation protests which started there in 2009.

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