The continuing disappearance of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima has scarred the hearts of pious Tibetans. The failure of the Chinese-appointed Panchen Lama, Gyaltsen Norbu, to command genuine devotion and loyalty from the Tibetan people attests to this fact. The Chinese government can never hope to win the hearts and minds of the Tibetan people by using religion for political ends. Despite this fact, the Chinese government controls manipulate, and interferes with Tibetan religious traditions, to further its own political agenda of systematically destroying Tibetan religious and cultural identity.
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The Chinese government does not believe in rebirth or the law of karma and considers religion poison. Instead, the Chinese government claims that it has the “recognised rights” over Tibetan reincarnates and calls the Dalai Lama’s recognition “illegal” and “invalid”. Therefore, it is only logical that the Chinese government respect and upholds the recognition of the 11 th Panchen Lama by the Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama. The system of reincarnation is a unique Tibetan tradition based on the belief in rebirth and karma – two core Buddhist principles. During an enforced disappearance, the disappeared persons are potentially subjected to arbitrary arrest, extrajudicial detention, torture, inhumane treatment, and illegal executions. The failure to provide any credible evidence on the condition and whereabouts of the 11 th Panchen Lama makes the Chinese government guilty of the crime of enforced disappearance.Įnforced disappearance is a serious international crime that violates multiple human rights and fundamental freedoms enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other major international human rights instruments.
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On 6 September 2015, responding to media queries, Norbu Dhondup, a senior official with the United Front Work Department of Tibet Autonomous Region reiterated these claims but failed to provide any evidence. On, three days after His Holiness the Dalai Lama recognized him as the 11 th Panchen Lama, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima and his parents disappeared from their home never to be heard or seen again.ĭespite various appeals and campaigns from governmental and non-governmental organizations over the years, the Chinese government has not provided any concrete or verifiable evidence to support its claims that the Panchen Lama is living “a normal, happy life and receiving a good cultural education” and that he “does not want to be disturbed”.
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Today is the 27 th birthday of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the reincarnate of the previous 10 th Panchen Lama, one of the most important spiritual leaders of Tibet. Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama of Tibet