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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION (2025/2692(RSP))

On violations of religious freedom in Tibet

B-10-2025-0259

on behalf of the ECR Group · Rapporteur: Adam Bielan, Mariusz Kamiński, Waldemar Tomaszewski, Alberico Gambino, Sebastian Tynkkynen, Carlo Fidanza, Małgorzata Gosiewska, Ondřej Krutílek, Veronika Vrecionová, Assita Kanko, Michał Dworczyk, Arkadiusz Mularczyk, Bogdan Rzońca, Alexandr Vondra, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Maciej Wąsik, Marlena Maląg

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This resolution expresses concern over violations of religious freedom in Tibet, including the death of Hungkar Dorje Rinpoche, the abduction of the 11th Panchen Lama, and the detention of monks. It calls for investigations, sanctions, and support for Tibetan religious freedom.

Key points

  1. Expresses deep concern over the suspicious disappearance and sudden death of Hungkar Dorje Rinpoche in Chinese custody in Vietnam.
  2. Calls on Vietnam and China to determine the circumstances of his disappearance, death, and hast cremation without family consent.
  3. Condemns the abduction of the 11th Panchen Lama and demands verifiable information about his fate.
  4. Urges the PRC government to respect international law in Tibet, condemns erosion of cultural and religious heritage, and interference in religious leadership.
  5. Calls on the EU to impose targeted sanctions under the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime against Chinese officials responsible for religious repression in Tibet.
  6. Encourages EU institutions and Member States to support the Central Tibetan Administration's efforts to preserve Tibetan culture and religion in exile.
  7. Expresses support for the Tibetan Buddhist community to freely appoint religious leaders and uphold cultural, linguistic, and religious freedoms.
  8. Recalls the EU's position that the succession of the Dalai Lama must be determined solely by Tibetan Buddhist traditions and condemns PRC attempts to manipulate it.

Who is affected

  • Chinese officials responsible for religious repression in Tibet may face EU sanctions.
  • The Tibetan Buddhist community, including monks and the Central Tibetan Administration, is supported in preserving religious and cultural freedoms.

Figures and deadlines

  • March 29, 2025: date of Hungkar Dorje Rinpoche's reported death.
  • 1995: year of the 11th Panchen Lama's abduction.
  • May 17th: marks the 30th anniversary of the abduction.
  • January 2025: month of detention of monks from Kirti Monastery.
  • Nearly one million Tibetan children are forcibly placed in state-run residential schools.