A Tibetan man identified by community sources as Lobga Rangzen self-immolated outside the United Nations headquarters in New York City on Thursday evening, July 2, in what Tibetan sources described as an act of protest for Tibet.
The incident took place at around 7 p.m. near East 43rd Street and First Avenue, outside the UN headquarters in Manhattan. According to the New York Post, the man was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where police later said he was pronounced dead.
Tibetan sources and community members have identified the man as Lobga Rangzen, also spelled Loga Rangzen, a Tibetan based in New York. Radio Free Asia Tibetan reported that a source familiar with the incident identified the man as Lobga Rangzen, while noting ...





