more about Panchen Lama's kidnapping
this text is from www.savetibet.org...
On 17 May 1995, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the six year-old boy identified by His Holiness the Dalai Lama as the 11th Panchen Lama, disappeared. Suspicions that he had been kidnapped were confirmed in 1996, when the Chinese government admitted to holding the boy and his family in "protective custody." He has now been missing for 10 years.
Despite repeated appeals to gain access to the boy, no international agency or human rights organization has been granted contact with the young Panchen Lama or his family. To date, their well-being and whereabouts remain unconfirmed.
Furthermore, in an attempt to establish their pre-eminence in all "internal affairs" of China, political or otherwise, in November 1995 the atheistic Chinese government nominated and selected a different boy and proclaimed him to be the 11th Panchen Lama. China’s chosen boy is overwhelmingly rejected by the Tibetan people and is commonly referred to as the “Panchen Zuma” (literally "fake Panchen Lama"). China increasingly uses this boy as a mouthpiece for its calculated policies in Tibet. Both boys are victims in China’s plan to undermine and control the Tibetan people, religion and culture.
Show the world that China's actions and silence is not acceptable! Take part in the Global Vigil for Tibet’s Panchen Lama on May 17, 2005 at locations world-wide.
(see www.savetibet.org for locations of vigils. The one in London is opposite the Chinese embassy from 6pm to 8pm. Closest tube stations Oxford Circus and Great Portland St)
On 17 May 1995, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the six year-old boy identified by His Holiness the Dalai Lama as the 11th Panchen Lama, disappeared. Suspicions that he had been kidnapped were confirmed in 1996, when the Chinese government admitted to holding the boy and his family in "protective custody." He has now been missing for 10 years.
Despite repeated appeals to gain access to the boy, no international agency or human rights organization has been granted contact with the young Panchen Lama or his family. To date, their well-being and whereabouts remain unconfirmed.
Furthermore, in an attempt to establish their pre-eminence in all "internal affairs" of China, political or otherwise, in November 1995 the atheistic Chinese government nominated and selected a different boy and proclaimed him to be the 11th Panchen Lama. China’s chosen boy is overwhelmingly rejected by the Tibetan people and is commonly referred to as the “Panchen Zuma” (literally "fake Panchen Lama"). China increasingly uses this boy as a mouthpiece for its calculated policies in Tibet. Both boys are victims in China’s plan to undermine and control the Tibetan people, religion and culture.
Show the world that China's actions and silence is not acceptable! Take part in the Global Vigil for Tibet’s Panchen Lama on May 17, 2005 at locations world-wide.
(see www.savetibet.org for locations of vigils. The one in London is opposite the Chinese embassy from 6pm to 8pm. Closest tube stations Oxford Circus and Great Portland St)
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