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 decades. As Tibet’s second-highest spiritual leader after the Dalai Lama, his continued disappearance has raised significant concerns about religious freedom in Tibet ...





