Where is the 11th Pachen Lama: Tibetan NGOs ask China
Source: Tibet Post
Dharamshala: - A procession took place in McLeod Ganj Main Square on 17 May in order to recognise the 19 years since the Panchen Lama, Gendun Choekyi Nyima was kidnapped at the tender age of 6 along with his family and caretaker.
It has been 19 years since the abduction of the 11th Panchen Lama. On 17th May, 1995, at just 6 years old Tibetan boy was imprisoned for no crime but purely for political reasons; that made him the world's youngest political prisoner.
Students for a Free Tibet-India and the Dharamshala chapters of Tibetan Youth Congress, and Tibetan Women's Association, were the organisations leading the campaign and have demanded the Chinese government to declare the 11th Panchen Lama's status by 25th April, 2015.
The 10th Panchen Lama Choekyi Gyaltsen died on 28th January, 1989, his sudden death is also suspected to be a planned murder by the Chinese government. The 11th Panchen Lama was born on April 25, 1989 at Lhari Zong of Nagchu District in Tibet.
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Tenzin Dolker of the Regional Tibetan Women's Association said: "The importance of the 25 year old Panchen Lama is that both the Panchen Lama and Dalai Lama play significant roles in giving recognition to each other's reincarnation and also imparting important religious teachings. Therefore the Chinese government has been keeping absolute silence on the whereabouts of the present Panchen Lama in order to satisfy their vicious plans to manufacture their own Dalai Lama in the future."
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The TWA expressed their demand for news of the Panchen Lama's wellbeing, 'We the Tibetan Women's Association encompassed of 17,000 members across the globe call on the Chinese leadership and the secretary of Tibet Autonomous Region, Chen Quanguo to disclose the whereabouts of the 25-year old Panchen Lama of Tibet. We demand you to declare Gendun Choekyi Nyima's status by 25th April, 2015.'
Read more: http://www.thetibetpost.com/en/news/exile/4045-where-is-the-11th-pachen-lama-tibetan-ngos-ask-china
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