As Rubio Joins Chorus for His Release, Who Is 11th Panchen Lama in Chinese Detention for 30 Yrs Now

As Rubio joins chorus for his release, who is 11th Panchen Lama in Chinese detention for 30 yrs now

Selected by the Dalai Lama, the 11th Panchen Lama has been under Chinese custody since 1995. China, meanwhile, announced its own Panchen Lama.

MEPs demand answers from EU on 30th anniversary of Panchen Lama's disappearance

Seven Member of the European Parliament (MEPs) from four different political groups tabled urgent questions to the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Kaja Kallas, pressing for answers about the Panchen Lama’s fate and urging the European Union to take a firmer stance in its human rights dialogue with China, the Central Tibetan Administration reported. “The 11th Panchen Lama turns 36 on 25 April 2025. But where is he? China is answerable…

Top US diplomat, EU Spokesperson join calls for 30-year China-disappeared Tibetan lama’s release - Tibetan Review

(TibetanReview.net, May19’25) – US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has on May 18 demanded the immediate release of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama of Tibet, abducted by Chinese authorities 30 years ago at the age of six, while for the first time a spokesperson of the European Union has publicly expresses concern on […]

US Senators have demanded China to immediately release the 11th Panchen Lama - The Canadian Media

#Panchen Lama#China#US Senators IBNS-CMEDIA: U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Jeanne Shaheen, chairman and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, recently demanded that China immediately release Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama. They made the demand on the 30th anniversary of Lama's alleged kidnapping. The Panchen Lama is a key spiritual leader for

Global leaders demand answers on Panchen Lama's 30-Year disappearance

Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, May 19: On the 30th anniversary of the enforced disappearance of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima on May 17, the 11th Panchen Lama of Tibet, political leaders across the globe have renewed calls for transparency and justice, urging China to disclose his whereabouts and release him from custody. The Panchen Lama, who was six years old when Chinese authorities abducted him on May 17, 1995, has not been seen in public for three dec…

"Days after the Dalai Lama recognized this young man as an important Tibetan Buddhist leader, the Chinese authorities kidnapped him with his family," he has denounced through a statement issued by the State Department.