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'{{Infobox Royalty |name=Gedhun Choekyi Nyima |title=11th [[Panchen Lama]] |image=PanchenLama.jpg |caption=10th and 11th Panchen Lama by [[Claude-Max Lochu]] |date of birth={{birth date and age|1989|4|25|df=y}} |succession=[[Panchen Lama]] |reign=14 May 1995 - present ({{age in years and days|1995|5|14}}) |predecessor=[[Choekyi Gyaltsen]] }} {{Tibetan-Chinese-box|t=དགེ་འདུན་ཆོས་ཀྱི་ཉི་མ|w=dge 'dun chos kyi nyi ma|ipa={{IPA-bo|ɡendỹ tɕʰøci ɲima|}}|z=Gêdün Qoigyi Nyima|ts=Gendün Chökyi Nyima|e=Gedhun Choekyi Nyima|tc=更登確吉尼瑪|s=更登确吉尼玛|p=Gèngdēng Quèjí Nímǎ}} {{Tibetan Buddhism}} '''Gedhun Choekyi Nyima''' (born April 25, 1989) is, according to the [[14th Dalai Lama]] the eleventh [[Panchen Lama]] of [[Tibetan Buddhism]]. He was born in [[Lhari County]], [[Tibet Autonomous Region|Tibet]]. On May 14, 1995, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima was named the 11th [[Panchen Lama]] by the 14th Dalai Lama. After his selection, [[People's Republic of China|Chinese authorities]] detained Gedhun Choekyi Nyima.<ref name="buddhistchannel.tv">http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=70,4013,0,0,1,0</ref><ref name="news.bbc.co.uk">{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4551425.stm | work=BBC News | title=Tibet's missing spiritual guide | date=May 16, 2005 | accessdate=May 3, 2010}}</ref> He has not been seen in public since May 17, 1995<ref name="buddhistchannel.tv"/><ref name="news.bbc.co.uk"/>. [[Gyancain Norbu]] was later named as [[Panchen Lama]] by the [[People's Republic of China]]. ==Selection of the 11th Panchen Lama== Following the death of the [[10th Panchen Lama]] in 1989, the search for an individual to be recognised as his reincarnation, by Tibetan Buddhists, quickly became mired in bureaucracy and controversy.<ref>[http://www.tchrd.org/publications/brochures/panchen_lama_XI-2005.html Gedhun Choekyi Nyima: the XIth Panchen Lama of Tibet]</ref> Armed with Beijing's approval, the head of the Panchen Lama search committee, [[Chadrel Rinpoche]], maintained private communication with the Dalai Lama in order to arrive at a mutually acceptable candidate for both the Dalai Lama and Beijing authorities concerning the Panchen Lama's reincarnation issue.<ref>[http://www.tchrd.org/press/2001/pr20010824.html TCHRD: Chadrel Rinpoche's fate unknown]</ref> After the [[Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama|Dalai Lama]] named Gedhun Choekyi Nyima as the 11th incarnation of the Panchen Lama, Chinese authorities had Chadrel Rinpoche arrested and charged with [[treason]]. According to Tibet government in exile, he was replaced by Sengchen Lobsang Gyaltsen, so chosen because he was more likely to agree with the [[Communist Party of China|party line]].<ref>[http://www.tibet.com/pl/nov11.html Update-Communist China set to decide on a rival Panchen Lama]</ref> Sengchen had been a political opponent of both the [[Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama|Dalai Lama]] and the [[10th Panchen Lama]].<ref>[http://www.tibet.com/pl/nov10b.html Communist China set to decide on a rival Panchen Lama]</ref> The new search committee ignored the Dalai Lama's May 14 announcement and instead chose from a list of finalists; the list excluded Gedhun Choekyi Nyima. In selecting a name, lots were drawn from a [[Golden Urn]], a procedure introduced to Tibet by the Chinese emperor in 1793.<ref>Alex McKay, ''The History of Tibet : The Modern Period'', Routledge 2003, ISBN 0415308445, p. 32.</ref> The older method involves using possessions of the former Lama to identify his reincarnation. Chinese authorities announced [[Gyancain Norbu]] as the search committee's choice on November 11, 1995. <ref>Isabel Hilton, A Reporter at Large, “Spies in the House of Faith,” The New Yorker, August 23, 1999, p. 170</ref> ==Whereabouts== The whereabouts of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima are unknown. [[Human Rights]] organizations have termed him the "youngest [[political prisoner]] in the world".<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/23/AR2006042301349.html World's youngest political prisoner turns 17]</ref><ref>Laird, Thomas (2006). ''The Story of Tibet: Conversations with the Dalai Lama'', p 374. Grove Press, N.Y. ISBN 978-0-8021-827-1.</ref> According to Chinese government claims, he is attending school and leading a normal life somewhere in China.<ref name="KumarTestimony">[http://foreign.senate.gov/testimony/2003/KumarTestimony030911.pdf Congressional-Executive Commission on China]</ref> No foreign party has been allowed to visit him.<ref name="KumarTestimony" /> Officials state that his whereabouts are kept undisclosed to protect him<ref>[http://www.xizang-zhiye.org/gb/xzxinwen/0504/index.html Xizang-zhiye April 27, 2005]</ref> Those who claim Nyima as the 11th Panchen Lama call upon China to prove that he is safe and happy.<ref name="UNPO">[http://www.unpo.org/content/view/3948/84/ UNPO - WS on Panchen Lamas Case]</ref> The [[Committee on the Rights of the Child]] requested to be told of Nyima's whereabouts on May 28, 1996. ''[[Xinhua]]'' declined, responding that Nyima was at risk of being "kidnapped by separatists" and that "his security had been threatened".<ref>[http://www.tchrd.org/publications/brochures/panchen_lama_XI-2005.html Site of the TCHRD]</ref> The Committee requested a visit with Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, supported by a campaign of more than 400 celebrities and associations petitioning for the visit, including eleven [[Nobel Prize]] winners.<ref>[http://www.tibet.fr/old/panchen_appel.htm APPEL POUR LE PLUS JEUNE PRISONNIER POLITIQUE DU MONDE]</ref> In May 2007, [[Asma Jahangir]], Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief of the [[UN Human Rights Council]], asked the Chinese authorities what measures they had taken to implement the recommendation of the Committee on the Rights of the Child, that the government should allow an independent expert to visit and confirm the well-being of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima while respecting his right to privacy, and that of his parents. In a response dated 17 July 2007, the Chinese authorities said: "Gedhun Choekyi Nyima is a perfectly ordinary Tibetan boy, in an excellent state of health, leading a normal, happy life and receiving a good education and cultural upbringing. He is currently in upper secondary school, he measures 165&nbsp;cm in height and is easy-going by nature. He studies hard and his school results are very good. He likes Chinese traditional culture and has recently taken up calligraphy. His parents are both State employees, and his brothers and sisters are either already working or at university. The allegation that he disappeared together with his parents and that his whereabouts remain unknown is simply not true." This response did not answer the question about a visit or confirmation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=20897&article=China+Fails+to+Respond+to+UN+Rights+Expert's+Question+on+Panchen+Lama&t=1&c=1|title=China Fails to Respond to UN Rights Expert's Question on Panchen Lama|date=2008-04-25|accessdate=2008-05-28}} {{Dead link|date=November 2010}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist|2}} ==External links == * [http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article2486615.ece The World's Youngest Political Prisoner] * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4551425.stm BBC News article - "Tibet's missing spiritual guide"] {{start box}} {{s-hou|[[Panchen Lama]]|1989|April 25}} {{s-rel|bu}} {{s-bef|before=[[Choekyi Gyaltsen]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Panchen Lama|Reincarnation of the Panchen Lama]]<br /><small>([[Government of Tibet in Exile]] interpretation)|years=1995-present}} {{s-inc}} {{end box}} {{Panchen Lamas}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Nyima, Gedhun Choekyi}} [[Category:1989 births]] [[Category:Panchen Lamas|Panchen Lama XI]] [[Category:Missing people]] [[Category:Tibetan Buddhists from Tibet]] [[Category:Living people]] [[cs:Gendün Čhökji Ňima]] [[da:Gedhun Choekyi Nyima]] [[de:Gendün Chökyi Nyima]] [[es:Gendun Chökyi Nyima]] [[eo:Gedhun Choekyi Nyima]] [[fr:Gedhun Choekyi Nyima]] [[it:Gedhun Choekyi]] [[he:גנדן צ'ואקי ניאמה]] [[nl:Gendün Chökyi Nyima]] [[ja:ゲンドゥン・チューキ・ニマ]] [[no:Gedhun Choekyi Nyima]] [[pl:Gendun Czokji Nima]] [[pt:Gedhun Choekyi Nyima]] [[sv:Gedhun Chökyi Nyima]] [[zh:更登确吉尼玛]]'