China: Tibet: 6-year old boy missing and over 50 detained in Panchen Lama dispute

Index Number: ASA 17/007/1996
Date Published: 1 January 1996
Categories: Asia And The Pacific, China

AI is concerned that a six-year old Tibetan boy, announced by the exiled Dalai Lama to be the reincarnation of the 10th Panchen Lama, and his family have been missing from their home for eight months and may be under restriction by the authorities. It is also concerned that an abbot and over 50 other monks and laypeople, remain in detention in connection with the disputed choice of the reincarnation of the 10th Panchen Lama.