Panchen Lama ‘a college graduate with job’, says China
By Tenzin Dharpo DHARAMSHALA, May 19: Days after the 25th anniversary of Tibet’s revered religious leader 11th Panchen Lama’s disappearance, Beijing has made a revelation regarding Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the boy chosen by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said Tuesday that Gedhun Choekyi Nyima “received free compulsory education when […]
Rights group urges China to release two Tibetans who opposed political indoctrination campaigns
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, May 19: Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) urged Chinese authorities to release and reveal information on two Tibetan men who went missing last year after they were detained for refusing to partake in “coercive political re-education campaigns” in Tachen Township in Nagchu County, Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), and […]