However, the Tibetan language has been the lifeline in sustaining the essence of Tibetan culture and tradition over the years,” he added.Ĭalling for the fusion of both traditional and modern education, the Dalai Lama said modern education alone was incompetent in creating a blissful society. “Tibet in the past has gone through a massive political tragedy. The spiritual leader also underlined the importance of preserving the unique Tibetan script and language. On May 14, 1995, the Dalai Lama identified a six-year-old boy named Gedhun Choekyi Nyima as the 11th reincarnation of the Panchen Lama. “Today, even religion, which is supposed to spread love and compassion, is becoming the cause of conflict and bloodshed,” said the 80-year-old Nobel Peace laureate. The Panchen Lama is the second-highest spiritual leader of Tibet. Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has expressed concern over religion becoming a cause of conflict and bloodshed.Īddressing the students and staff on the 10th founding anniversary of Mewoen Tsuglag Petoen, a model Tibetan school in Dharamsala, the Dalai Lama called for religious harmony and said the basic precept of all religions was love and compassion. To interview a commissioner, please contact USCIRF at. USCIRF makes foreign policy recommendations to the President, the Secretary of State, and Congress intended to deter religious persecution and promote freedom of religion and belief. Congress to monitor, analyze, and report on religious freedom abroad. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) is an independent, bipartisan federal government entity established by the U.S. Representative James McGovern also advocates on behalf of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima through the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission’s Defending Freedoms Project. Monks of the Sakya lineage of the Tibetan Buddhism prayed for the long life. State Department has designated China as a CPC since 1999. Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama gestures during a prayer session in Dharmsala, India, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. Department of State designate China as a “Country of Particular Concern” (CPC) for engaging in systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of international religious freedom. Since 1999, USCIRF has recommend that the U.S. In an effort to sinicize religion in Tibet, local authorities organized seminars to indoctrinate monks and nuns at Tibetan Buddhist monasteries, restricted Tibetans’ access to temples with heavy security presence, and destroyed sites and symbols of religious significance. In its 2022 Annual Report, USCIRF documented the Chinese government’s continued suppression of Tibetan Buddhism. government to ensure that the Tibetan Policy and Support Act is fully enforced and work with like-minded countries to hold accountable the Chinese government for its severe violations of religious freedom.” Dalai Lama, head of the dominant Dge-lugs-pa (Yellow Hat) order of Tibetan Buddhists and, until 1959, both spiritual and temporal ruler of Tibet. government must continue to identify and sanction Chinese Communist Party officials responsible for severe religious freedom violations, as it did when it sanctioned Chen Quanguo, who developed the genocide playbook being used against Uyghurs in Xinjiang when he was the Communist Party Secretary of Tibet,” added USCIRF Vice Chair Nury Turkel. In 2021, monk Sherab Gyatso, a well-known religious philosopher and religious education advocate, was sentenced to 10 years in prison allegedly for “inciting separatism.” Reportedly, he is not receiving necessary medical care while in prison, following a pattern of state mistreatment of Tibetan prisoners that have resulted in many deaths.
“ We call on the Chinese government to show proof of Gedhun’s wellbeing and allow independent experts to visit him.”Ĭhinese authorities continue to target high-profile Tibetan Buddhist religious figures and supporters of the Dalai Lama. We will continue to bring attention to his case until he is free, no matter how long it takes,” said USCIRF Chair Nadine Maenza who advocates for Gedhun as part of USCIRF’s Religious Prisoners of Conscience (RPOC) Project. “ The international community will never forget Gedhum Choekyi Nyima, now one of the world’s longest-held prisoners of conscience. Three days later, the Chinese government abducted him, only to announce its own selection of the Panchen Lama months later. On May 14, 1995, His Holiness the Dalai Lama chose the then six-year-old Gedhun to be the 11th Panchen Lama, the second highest position in Tibetan Buddhism. Commission on International Religious Freedom ( USCIRF) is once again calling for the release of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, whom the Chinese government forcibly disappeared 27 years ago.
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