Titled ‘Marking 29 Years Since the Panchen Lama’s Disappearance,’ the statement further said, “The PRC government is denying members of the Tibetan community access to this important ...

Gedhun Choekyi Nyima went missing at age 6, among with his family, shortly after being named the 11th Panchen Lama in 1995. In 1995, Chinese authorities took a 6-year-old Tibetan child ...

That boy is now 31, and 17 May marks exactly 25 years since he and his family were disappeared by China, three days after he was identified as the reincarnated Panchen Lama, the second most ...

The 11th Panchen Lama, Bainqen Erdini Qoigyijabu, will attend the Second World Buddhist Forum that is to open in the eastern Chinese city of Wuxi Saturday, a forum spokesman said Friday.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo demanded China on Monday to "immediately" reveal where it is holding Panchen Lama, a Tibetan Buddhist leader who was last seen 25 years ago at the age of six.

China has done as much before with the Panchen Lama, considered the second-highest reincarnate lama in the Dalai Lama’s ...