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The sister of an unjustly imprisoned Tibetan businessman was briefly detained by China’s authorities this week after she protested for justice for her ailing brother outside a court in Tibet’s capital city.
The sister of a Tibetan businessman who is serving a life sentence as a political prisoner staged a courageous protest outside a courthouse in Tibet’s capital this week before being taken away by security guards.
After exhausting all official mechanisms to find justice for the famous Tibetan businessman Dorjee Tashi, his family members have now resorted to open advocacy for his release.
On May 17, 1995, Chinese authorities kidnapped a 6-year-old Tibetan boy, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, just days after the Dalai Lama recognized him as the reincarnated Panchen Lama, one of Tibetan Buddhism’s most important leaders.
The 11th Panchen Lama, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, turns 33 on 25 April 25 2022, but he has not been seen in public since his abduction by Chinese authorities 27 years ago at age 6.
On Sunday 25 April, thousands of Tibetans and Tibet supporters worldwide lit candles for the 32nd birthday of the missing Panchen Lama, who was kidnapped by China in 1995 when he was only six years old.
Ahead of the birthday of the Panchen Lama of Tibet on 25 April, the International Campaign for Tibet joins governments and concerned individuals across the world in urging the Chinese authorities to declare the whereabouts and welfare.
On 25 April, the 32nd birthday of the 11th Panchen Lama of Tibet – who was abducted by China in 1995 at the age of 6 and who has been missing since – ICT is calling on all Tibet supporters in Europe to take action to shed light on his disappearance.
After a lifetime in captivity, the Panchen Lama, Tibet’s second most prominent religious figure, turns 30 on April 25, 2019.