Tibetan Buddhism: Tibetans call on India, other democratic nations to press Beijing on whereabouts of Panchen Lama

The Tibetan government-in-exile on Thursday called on India and other democratic nations to press Beijing to divulge the whereabouts of Panchen Lama Gedhun Choekyi Nyima and allow an independent fact-finding commission to examine his disappearance in China nearly 29 years ago. The demand was made at a grand event held in this Himachal Pradesh town … Read more

China Under Scrutiny On Human Rights Record During United Nations’ Universal Periodic Review

This is the fourth time that China appeared before this mechanism the last one being in November 2018. Countries called out the existence of mass detention camps for Uyghurs a few months after they were revealed by a UN committee. (Image: Reuters/File) China Universal Periodic Review: China is under the testing lens of the United … Read more