Source: European Parliament
with request for inclusion in the agenda for a debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law
Hermann Tertsch, Jorge Martín Frías, Jaroslav Bžoch, Susanna Ceccardi
on behalf of the PfE Group
NB: This motion for a resolution is available in the original language only.
B10‑0253/2025
Motion for a European Parliament resolution on the violations of religious freedom in Tibet
The European Parliament,
– having regard to Rule 150 of its Rules of Procedure,
A. whereas the 11th Panchen Lama, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, was abducted by the People’s Republic of China authorities in 1995, at the age of six, just 3 days after being recognised by the Dalai Lama; whereas since that day he has not been seen again;
B. whereas the enforced disappearance of the 11th Panchen Lama is one of the most troubling cases of religious and cultural repression in Asia in recent decades;
C. whereas the Chinese authorities deliberate and systematically targets influential Tibetan leaders, with enforced disappearances, persecutions, arbitrary arrests, physical abuses, prolonged detentions, and many other forms of oppression being an unacceptable pattern; whereas Tulku Hungkar Dorje is another example of a Tibetan leader being persecuted by the Chinese government;
D. whereas according to international human rights reports, the Chinese government has been systematically restricting the size of Buddhist monasteries and other institutions, evicting monks and nuns from monasteries, and prohibiting them from freely practicing;
1. Urges the Chinese government to, immediately and unconditionally, release to the 11th Panchen Lama, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, as well as all the rest of arbitrarily arrested Tibetan leaders;
2. Condemns in the strongest possible terms the fact that the Chinese government has been systematically oppressing Tibetan leaders with brutal measures, including enforced disappearances and restrictions on religious freedom;
3. Condemns the systematic violations of the human rights by the Chinese authorities reported in Tibet;
4. Urges to the Chinese authorities to immediately stop its repression against freedom of religion, and refrain from monitoring, harassing, detaining or otherwise intimidating leaders and members of religious groups; strongly condemns the systematic attacks to restrict religious activities in China, and, in particular the legislation on Administrative Measures for Religious Activity Venues, which increase party-state oversight of such activities, introducing propaganda elements into religious content, as well as the forced affiliation of bishops with the state-controlled Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association;
5. Is deeply concerned about the increasing levels of attacks, coercion, discrimination, harassment, violence and repression against religious freedom as a global phenomenon; in particular, condemns in the strongest possible terms the persecution against Christians, the most persecuted religious group in the world;
6. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the relevant parties.