The Tibetan community in Canada staged a protest in Toronto on the anniversary of the incarceration of the Panchen Lama by Chinese authorities, even as an MP raised the issue in the House of Commons. That action came just three days after the Dalai Lama had recognised the then six-year-old as the reincarnation of the Panchen Lama. The protest in Toronto was held in front of the Chinese Consulate by activists from the Regional Tibetan Youth Congress of Toronto or RTYC Toronto and Tibetan Women’s Association of Ontario. Sunny Sonam, president of RTYC Toronto and the principal organizer of the protest, said, “Today is a day we should not forget. This was the date on which the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) kidnapped the Panchen Lama and his family.

Source: Hindustan Times May 18, 2023 22:26 UTC