Tibetan activist self-immolates outside UN headquarters in New York

The New York Post, citing an acquaintance of the deceased, writes that we are talking about Tibetan activist Lobga Rangzen. According to the publication, he was dressed in monastic clothes, laid a Tibetan flag on the sidewalk and self-immolated on a busy street near the UN building. After the incident, police found a poster with the words “China out of Tibet.”

According to the New York Post, Rangzen was 42 years old, had lived in the United States for about 20 years and worked as an Uber driver. An acquaintance of his told the publication that the deceased supported the movement for the liberation of Tibet and opposed Chinese control over the region.

Self-immolations by Tibetans as a form of protest against Chinese rule in Tibet have been occurring since the late 2000s. According to human rights organizations, since 2009, more than 150 such cases have been recorded in different countries.