TOI correspondant from Washington: The death of a Tibetan activist who set himself on fire outside the United Nations headquarters on Thursday has thrust one of the world's longest-running, and increasingly neglected, human rights issues back into the international spotlight, confronting the global community with a tragedy that many Tibetan campaigners say was born not of madness but of desperation.

A man carrying a Tibetan flag set himself on fire outside the United Nations headquarters in Manhattan, New York City, on Thursday evening in an apparent act of protest, according…

Officials say a man holding a Tibetan flag in front of the United Nations headquarters in New York set himself on fire and died

A 52-year-old protester with a Tibetan flag found at the scene was reportedly protesting China's occupation of Tibet.

He was named by campaigners as Lobga Rangzen, a pro-Tibet activist.