List of political self-immolations

This is a list of notable people who committed self-immolation, the act of setting themselves on fire for political reasons.

Non-political self-immolations are not included in the list.

Eşref Anyık Necmi Öner In a note sent to The New York Times and other news outlets, along with a copy attached to a shopping cart near his body he stated fossil fuel use and the environmental destruction it causes as the reason he decided to end his life by self-immolation with fossil fuels.

Buckel was a prominent lawyer for gay rights, and was involved in environmental causes.

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