Tibetan Activist Dies After Self-Immolation Outside UN Headquarters in New York
A 52-year-old man holding a Tibetan flag self-immolated outside the United Nations headquarters in New York and died later at a hospital. Videos circulating online show him calling for Tibetan independence and criticizing Chinese policies. Tibetan exile leaders mourned him, while China reaffirmed its sovereignty over Tibet; the incident followed tensions over China’s recent ethnic-unity measures and prompted vigils near the UN.