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Pompeo Calls for Panchen Lama’s Release

May 20, 2020;

The United States’ (US) top diplomat, Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo has joined calls demanding China “immediately” reveal the whereabouts of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, Tibet’s 11th Panchen Lama. Pompeo called on China “to immediately make public the Panchen Lama’s whereabouts and to uphold its own constitution and international commitments to promote religious freedom for all persons”. Gedhun Choekyi Nyima was seized by Chinese authorities 25 years ago, aged just six.

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