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WASHINGTON – The U.S. State Department said on Wednesday it supports aspirations of Tibetans to preserve their culture and will continue to call on China to return to dialogue with the Dalai Lama, after a Tibetan man set himself on fire near the U.N. headquarters last week.
A Tibetan man died on Thursday from severe burns near the United Nations headquarters in New York.
Activists and a media outlet of exiled Tibetansidentified him as Lobga Rangzen. Voice of Tibet said he “self-immolated outside the U.N. headquarters in New York after a live appeal for Tibetan independence and unity.”
“The United States is committed to supporting the unalienable human rights and aspirations of Tibetans to celebrate and preserve their unique culture, language, and religion without fear of interference,” a State Department spokesperson said in a statement.
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