Dossier
Voice of Tibet
Coverage of Voice of Tibet in the Nexus archive.
- Tibetan activist dies after self-immolation near UN HQ in New York
A Tibetan activist, Lobga Rangzen, died after self-immolating near the United Nations headquarters in New York while appealing for Tibetan independence. Voice of Tibet, a media outlet of exiled Tibetans, identified him as the individual, and the UN expressed condolences. The International Campaign for Tibet noted over 150 self-immolations by Tibetans between 2009 and 2022.