(TibetanReview.net, Aug05’26) – Marking the completion of a month since independence activist Lobga Rangzen carried out his protest self-immolation in front of the UN Headquarters in New York City on Jul 2, around 2,000 Tibetans and supporters gathered to hold a vigil at New York’s Times Square in memory of him on Aug 1, addressed by longtime Tibet advocate and International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) Board Chair Richard Gere. Tibetan communities in towns and cities in numerous countries also held protest rallies and other events. Scores of Tibetans were held in India’s financial capital Mumbai from outside the Chinese Consulate General on Aug 3.
Gere urged the Tibetans to carry forward the legacy of Lo...





