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WASHINGTON \u2014 Police in New York City said Thursday that a man died from severe burns near the United Nations headquarters, and activists and a media outlet of exiled Tibetans identified him as a Tibetan who set himself on fire in an appeal for independence.<\/p>\n

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A New York City Police Department spokesman said police responding to an emergency call made around 6:30 p.m. ET on Thursday found the man badly burned.<\/p>\n

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He was taken to Bellevue Hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said, adding that an investigation was ongoing. Police did not name the man.<\/p>\n

Voice of Tibet, a media outlet of exiled Tibetans, said Tibetan activist Logba Rangzen \u201cself-immolated outside the U.N. headquarters in New York after a live appeal for Tibetan independence and unity.\u201d<\/p>\n

He was an Uber driver and went to the scene with a Tibetan flag, local news site amNewYork reported. The website quoted fellow Uber driver Lobsang Paljor as saying he knew Rangzen from gatherings in the Tibetan community. Paljor told the news website that Rangzen \u201cwas enraged by the restrictions the Chinese government had placed on his countrymen.\u201d<\/p>\n

The United States and the European Union have expressed concern about China\u2019s new ethnic unity law, which went into effect this week and gives Beijing the legal basis to take action against people outside its borders.<\/p>\n

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The law creates a \u201cshared\u201d national identity among the country\u2019s 55 ethnic minority groups, including Tibetans and Uyghurs, some of whom chafe under Chinese governance. Tibetans around the world have opposed the law.<\/p>\n

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Tibetans have also previously committed acts of self-immolation in protest against Beijing\u2019s policies in Tibet and nearby regions with large Tibetan populations.<\/p>\n

China seized control of Tibet in 1950 in what it describes as a \u201cpeaceful liberation\u201d from feudalistic serfdom.<\/p>\n

International human rights groups and exiles, however, have routinely condemned what they call China\u2019s oppressive rule in Tibetan areas. China rejects such assessments.<\/p>\n

Ethnic minority issues are highly sensitive in China, with Tibetans and other minorities put under heavy surveillance for any sign of alleged \u201cseparatism.\u201d Beijing has exerted greater institutional control in Tibet since Xi Jinping became the country\u2019s president in 2012.<\/p>\n

Tencho Gyatso, president of the International Campaign for Tibet, described Rangzen as \u201ca tireless advocate for Tibet\u201d and said he was \u201cdeeply saddened\u201d by his death.<\/p>\n

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