The heartbreaking final protest of a Tibetan activist fighting for freedom

WorldPolitics
3 Jul 2026 • 4:45 PM MYT
The Independent
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The heartbreaking final protest of a Tibetan activist fighting for freedom

  • A man died from severe burns near the United Nations headquarters in New York City on Thursday.
  • Police responded to an emergency call around 6:30 PM ET, finding the man badly burned, and he was later pronounced dead at Bellevue Hospital.
  • Exiled Tibetan media identified the man as Logba Rangzen, a Tibetan activist and Uber driver, who reportedly went to the scene with a Tibetan flag.
  • Rangzen was known to be enraged by the Chinese government's restrictions on Tibetans, particularly in light of China's new ethnic unity law.
  • The US and EU have expressed concern over China's new law, which aims to create a 'shared' national identity among ethnic minority groups and gives Beijing legal grounds to act against people outside its borders.

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