{"id":11487,"date":"2026-04-25T11:28:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T09:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/?post_type=nieuws&#038;p=11487"},"modified":"2026-04-25T11:28:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T09:28:21","slug":"ict-statement-on-the-panchen-lamas-37th-birthday","status":"publish","type":"nieuws","link":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/news\/ict-statement-on-the-panchen-lamas-37th-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"ICT Statement on the Panchen Lama\u2019s 37th Birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\">The International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) and the global Tibetan community mark the 37th birthday of the Panchen Lama on 25 April 2026, 31 years after he was recognized by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and subsequently kidnapped by Chinese authorities. The Panchen Lama\u2019s enforced disappearance and wrongful detention are continuing symbols of the Chinese Communist Party\u2019s (CCP) religious persecution and its <a href=\"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/news\/chinas-15th-five-year-plan-drives-enforced-assimilation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">persistent campaign<\/a> to erase Tibet\u2019s unique cultural, linguistic and religious heritage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\">The 11th Panchen Lama, named Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, was born in Chinese-occupied Tibet on 25 April 1989, and was recognized by the Dalai Lama as the Panchen Lama on 14 May 1995. Three days after his recognition, Chinese authorities kidnapped the Panchen Lama and his parents. He and his family have not been seen or directly heard from since their apprehension.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\">China\u2019s unlawful detention of the Panchen Lama is a clear violation of Chinese and international law. Article 37 of the Chinese Constitution prohibits \u201c[u]nlawful detention or the unlawful deprivation or restriction of a citizen\u2019s personal freedom by other means;\u201d international laws, including the UN Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, require states to provide information about the fate and location of a disappeared person as soon as possible. Further, China\u2019s abduction and continued enforced disappearance of the Panchen Lama violate its obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, to which China has been a State Party since 1992.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\">As China has continued to <a href=\"https:\/\/savetibet.org\/rand-report-indicates-expansion-of-prisons-and-detention-centers-in-tibet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ramp up disappearances and unlawful detentions<\/a> of Tibetans, ICT, alongside the <a href=\"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/news\/un-special-rapporteurs-communication-on-dalai-lama-succession-and-abducted-panchen-lama\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">international community<\/a>, calls on the CCP to immediately release the Panchen Lama and restore to him the human rights to which he is entitled under international law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\">China\u2019s recent passage of the \u201cEthnic Unity Law\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/news\/new-prc-ethnic-unity-and-progress-law-enforces-assimilation-of-tibetans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">codifies the forced assimilation<\/a> policies that underpinned the kidnapping and detention of the Panchen Lama and increasing numbers of Tibetan Buddhist leaders. China\u2019s repression of religious leaders and severe restrictions on expressions of Tibetan Buddhist faith, including restrictions on children\u2019s access to monasteries, reflects a broader plan to erase Tibetans\u2019 identity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\">Tibetans, meanwhile, continue to resist this campaign, reject the atheist CCP-appointed Panchen Lama and strongly support a Tibetan-led succession process for the Dalai Lama and other Tibetan Buddhist lamas that is free from Beijing\u2019s interference. Thirty-one years after the Panchen Lama\u2019s abduction and enforced disappearance, ICT reiterates our call for the United Nations and the international community to redouble its efforts to secure his release and finally put an end to this injustice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\">Support Tibetans in their struggle for freedom by donating <a href=\"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/donate\/\">here<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) and the global Tibetan community mark the 37th birthday of the Panchen Lama on 25 April 2026, 31 years after he was recognized by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and subsequently kidnapped by Chinese authorities. 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