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Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) [India] November 28 (ANI): The Prague Declaration on Freedom of Religion or Belief 2025 has firmly asserted the Tibetan Buddhist community’s right to choose the successor of the 14th Dalai Lama without any political interference, a move widely seen as a rebuke to China’s growing attempts to control the Tibetan spiritual lineage, as reported by Phayul.
According to Phayul, the declaration, issued during the fifth anniversary conference of the International Religious Freedom or Belief Alliance (IRFBA) at Prague Castle, reaffirmed that the freedom of religion or belief also encompasses the right of Tibetan Buddhists to determine their spiritual leaders independently.
It further noted that this right must be upheld as the Dalai Lama, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, turned 90 this year, a milestone observed globally under the Year of Compassion initiative.
Addressing the conference session titled “Tribute to the Dalai Lama as Religious Leade...
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