A Tibetan man named Tenzin Sherab, age 31, self-immolated in Qumalai county of Qinghai province’s Yulshul (Yushu) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture on Monday, May 27. His self-immolation brings to end a month long hiatus of self-immolations in the region. According to witnesses, he died instantly, protesting the Chinese occupation of Tibet and the discriminatory, restrictive policy the Chinese government has imposed on Tibetans since 1949.