US, Swiss, Italian, German leaders urge China to account for 30-year disappearance of top Tibetan religious figure

11 months ago

(TibetanReview.net, May18’25) – Tibetans staged protests while political leaders, especially lawmakers, from several countries joined them in calling on China to free the 11th Panchen Lama Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, Tibet’s second most prominent religious figure, as it continues its silence and inaction on his abduction and disappearance by it 30 years ago to this day of May 17, 2025.

In the United Sates, Chairman Jim Risch (R-Idaho) of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and its ranking member Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) have issued a statement on May 17, saying the disappeared lama serves as an important spiritual figure for Tibetans and represents their fight for religious liberty.

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