[Mb-civic] Birthday of Imprisoned Panchen Lama: The World's Youngest Political Prisoner Turns 16

[hecate at diamonddragon.com]

Hecate  ( hecate at diamonddragon.com )
sent you this story from democracynow.org




+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
|  Birthday of Imprisoned Panchen Lama: The World's Youngest Political Prisoner Turns 16
|  http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/04/25/1342210
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+


On May 17th, 1995 the Chinese government abducted Gendun Choekyi Nyima who was then six years old and had just been recognized by the Dali Lama as the 11th Panchen Lama - which is the second most prominent holy man in Tibetan Buddhism. He turns 16 today. We speak with Robert Thurman of Columbia University. [includes rush transcript]
This story continues at: 
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/04/25/1342210