30 Senators demand from China news about the whereabouts of the Panchen Lama, disappeared in Tibet ago 28 years
The second most important figure in Buddhism turns today 34 years, But he was captured with his entire family when he was six and no one has seen him since.
The tenth Panchen Lama, the second most important figure in Buddhism, died in 1989 con 50 years. Many Tibetans they believe he died of poisoning by the chinese, due to his speech against the Chinese presence in his country.
when he died, your spiritual brother, he Dalai Lama, recognized in a Tibetan child the reincarnation of the Panchen Lama, to the eleventh of the saga. It was already 1995. It was called Gedhun Choekyi Nyima. Three days after being recognized, that boy and his entire family disappeared. Until today.
Taking advantage of your birthday, he Senate Interparliamentary Group on Tibet, recently created by thirty senators, “calls on the Chinese government to immediately provide proof of life and justification regarding the whereabouts of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima and his well-being”.
The Chinese Army kidnapped them in May 1995 and nothing has been heard from them again., despite the fact that every year various organizations insist that it be demonstrated that they are still alive. The Panchen Lama thus became “the youngest political prisoner in the world”, as they denounce from the House of Tibet in Barcelona. While, The disappearance of the little lama was recorded in the Forced and Involuntary Disappearances Working Group of the United Nations.
Shortly after the kidnapping, China introduced another child as “the authentic Panchen Lama”, although for most Tibetans it is actually about the “fake Panchen Lama”. The Senate group also adds that “condemns in the strongest possible terms the Chinese government's interference in the selection and recognition of reincarnation” made in his day by the Dalai Lama.
This Tuesday the exiled Tibetans they celebrate that child's birthday kidnapped, that meets (or would comply, because it is not known if he lives or not) 34 years.
The senators explain that “Tibet is still the third least free country in the world, tying with Syria and South Sudan. Tibet has been under the strict control of China for more than six decades. The type of repressive regime is best exemplified by the case of the Panchen Lama”.
That's why, continue, “We call on the Chinese authorities to allow him to fully exercise his fundamental freedoms, as established by the international commitments of the Chinese Communist Party. And we call on the prompt release of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima and his parents, immediately and without conditions, along with all Tibetan political prisoners”.
The Senate's interparliamentary group for Tibet was created last February at the initiative of the senator Robert Still (ERC) and this is one of its first activities. All parliamentary groups participate in it except for PP and PSOE. Last week, The group appointed its coordination board and elected Laura Castelfort (ERC) as president.
