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Calls for Panchen Lama’s Release

May 13, 2020;

International calls for the release of the 11th Panchen Lama, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, have continued with lawmakers in Britain and Lithuania pressing China to ensure his safety. Timothy Loughton, of Britain’s All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tibet, has called on “China to release the 11th Panchen Lama”, whilst Lithuania’s Foreign Minister, Linas Linkevičius, criticised China’s failure to confirm “whether he is alive and what his current identity is”.

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