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New Delhi:
A Tibetan in exile who spent nearly two decades building a life in the United States chose the steps outside the United Nations headquarters in New York to make his final statement. On the evening of July 2, Lobsang Palden, known widely by his adopted name Lobga Rangzen, 52, set himself on fire in protest against Beijing's tightening grip on Tibet. He did not survive.
His death has become the latest flashpoint in a decades-long wave of self-immolation protests by Tibetans demanding an end to Chinese rule, and it landed just a day after China's new "Ethnic Unity and Progress" law took effect - legislation that Tibetan leaders say deepens the erasure of Tibetan identity and culture.
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