Self-immolation

'Rulers have sold the people into slavery to pay for their lavish lifestyles leaving poor to face rising inflation'

Suicide bid was result of alleged pressure from moneylender

Woman says she has no money to fight a legal battle against her husband who raped their daughter

I ask you to blame the Russian Federation for my death, Irina Slavina wrote on her Facebook page

A judicial inquiry has been ordered into the case to ascertain the causes leading to the suicide

A street vendor in 2010 set off the Arab Spring after setting himself on fire

Rickshaw driver, who set himself alight over police extortion, refuses to accept govt money from Karachi police chief

He had claimed that police set the rapist free after taking money from him

Doctors say victim’s chances of survival are bleak

The student self-immolated at the Central University for Tibetan Studies in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh state

The woman is in critical condition and has received 80% burn injuries

The man poured petrol on himself and tried to set it alight

Body burnt beyond recognition; police unclear how victim got to car.

RA, second-year student at Government Fatima Jinnah Women College set herself on fire at the college on March 7

Police found the man, in his 40s, ablaze and was declared dead not long afterwards

Rescuers said the victim suffered serious burn injuries

Father alleges Taiba Bibi in Karachi burnt her

Separately, a man dies of burn injuries he received after attempting self-immolation

Says he was sacked because he raised voice against illegal practices