New York Mayor ‘heartbroken’, mourns for Tibetan protest self-immolator

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(TibetanReview.net, Jul05’26) –The mayor of New York City, Zohran Mamdani, has said he was ‘heartbroken’ and expressed regret over the protest self-immolation carried out by a 52-year-old Tibetan independence activist in front of the United Nations Headquarters on Jul 2 evening.

Lobsang Palden, known by his activist name of Lobga (or Loga) Rangzen, live-captured his protest, with the online footage showing him walking on the square somewhat briskly, dressed in the traditional Tibetan chuba, and carrying a Tibetan national flag which he planted on a crossroad before he torched himself in a burst of leaping flames. Taken to hospital, he succumbed to his injuries a...

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