Dharamshala, May 17 -- The Tibetan Government-in-Exile and human rights organisations have urged China to release the Panchen Lama, the second-highest spiritual figure in the largest sect of Tibetan Buddhism, who was abducted 30 years ago and has remained missing since then, as reported by Radio Free Asia (RFA).

"Kidnapped by Chinese authorities at the age of six, his abduction is one of the clearest examples of China's severe human rights abuses," stated Tenzin Lekshay, spokesperson for the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), as quoted by RFA.

On May 17, 1995, just a few days after the Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, formally recognised Gedhun Choekyi Nyima as the 11th Panchen Lama, Chinese officials took the then-6-year-ol...