European Parliament Calls for Unconditional Release of Panchen Lama at 42nd EU-China Inter-Parliamentary Meeting

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Brussels, 15 October 2025: During the 42nd EU-China Inter-parliamentary Meeting (IPM), the European Parliament raised several critical human rights concerns in its exchanges with representatives from the National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China. Among these, the situation in Tibet featured prominently as part of a broader critique of China’s worsening human rights record.

The European Parliament reiterated its long-standing concern regarding the fate of the 11th Panchen Lama, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima who was abducted by Chinese authorities in 1995 at the age of six. The MEPs reiterated their call for his unconditional release, alongside other individual cases including those of Ilam ...

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