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Tenzin Nyidon
DHARAMSHALA, Nov. 5: The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) presented its 2025 Democracy Service Medal to Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama, whose enforced disappearance by Chinese authorities in 1995 remains one of the most enduring symbols of religious repression in Tibet.
The medal was accepted on his behalf by Zeekyab Rinpoche, the Abbot of Tashi Lhunpo Monastery, the exile seat of the Panchen Lama in South India. In his acceptance remarks, Zeekyab Rinpoche reflected on the spiritual strength that sustains the Tibetan people despite decades of suppression.
“As peo...
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