Tell Congress: Call on China to Release the Panchen Lama!

For 28 years, we have been at vigil, mourning the disappearance of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama, hoping for his safety, and searching for answers.

Recognized by His Holiness the Dalai Lama in accordance with Tibetan Buddhist tradition, the Panchen Lama was swiftly kidnapped by the Chinese government in 1995 at the mere age of six. This child—now an adult—has never been seen since.

Please join us on this day of observance of the Panchen Lama’s 34th birthday by signing our petition to the Chairs of the Select Committee on the CCP and call for his immediate release.

Stand Up for the Panchen Lama

Chairman Mike Gallagher and Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi

The Select Committee on the CCP | US House of Representatives

Dear Chairman Gallagher and Ranking Member Krishnamoorthi of the Select Committee on the CCP,

I write to you as a concerned citizen of the United States who desperately wants answers about the status of the 11th Panchen Lama, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima. He is a prominent master in Tibetan Buddhism, which has many followers throughout the world, including in the United States.

Your committee has a mandate to build consensus on the threat posed by the Chinese Communist Party, and there are few examples of the CCP's methods more vivid than their willingness to disappear a child and his family and keep them in the darkness for almost three decades ... and counting. The CCP objective is to use a deep spiritual tradition of Tibetan Buddhists to serve its political agenda of controlling the Tibetan people.

We urge you to write a joint letter to the Chinese government to call for the Panchen Lama's release and restoration to his rightful place in Tashi Lhunpo Monastery. Please also take every opportunity to raise his case in hearings and reports. Support the Tibetan people and their efforts to secure a peaceful resolution to the Tibet issue, including cosponsorship of H.R.533. And do not accept the CCP's lies when they claim that the Panchen Lama, abducted in 1995, is living a normal life and does not wish to be disturbed.

He must be freed.

Sincerely,

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