Prayers, protests mark 49th day of Lobga Rangzen’s self-immolation death, and to protest China’s forced assimilation move in Tibet

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(TibetanReview.net, Aug21’26) – Prayer services as well as peace and protest marches have been held by Tibetan communities and supporters across the free world Over Aug 19-20, marking the end of the seven weeks since Lobsang Palden, better known by his independence-activist name Lobga Rangzen, carried out his protest self-immolation in front of the UN Headquarters in New York city and succumbed to his injuries on Jul 2. The events highlighted China’s current move to forcibly assimilate the Tibetan and other “ethnic minority” peoples through its recently implemented Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress, which Lobga Rangzen had highlighted in his last message, with a call for Tibetan unity to fight...

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