Dharamshala, Oct. 18 -- During the first EU-China Inter-Parliamentary Meeting (IPM) held since 2018, the European Parliament delegation raised several human rights concerns in its exchanges with representatives from the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China.

Among these, the situation in Tibet featured prominently as part of a broader critique of China's worsening human rights record. The European Parliament reiterated its long-standing concern regarding the fate of the 11th Panchen Lama, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima who was abducted by Chinese authorities in 1995 at the age of six and called for his unconditional release. The meeting was held on October 16 in Brussels.

"MEPs raised a number of long-standing concerns rega...