The International Campaign for Tibet (ICT), based in Washington, urged governments worldwide and the international community to insist that China liberate the Panchen Lama and disclose his location and health, according to the RFA report.
Tibetan activists, including members of the Tibetan Youth Congress, gathered to protest against China to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the abduction and disappearance of the 11th Panchen Lama, Gedun Choekyi Nyima.
The Baloch Yakjehti Committee has accused Pakistan of reviving its "kill and dump" policy in Balochistan, citing enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, and systematic targeting of dissenters under the guise of counterterrorism.
In a recent news release, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported that on May 17, 1995, just three days after being recognised as the 11th Panchen Lama by the Dalai Lama, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima was taken by Chinese authorities and has not been seen publicly since.
The killing of Fahad Lehri, a young Baloch student, has sparked grief and outrage across Balochistan, highlighting Pakistan's continued use of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings in the region.
She emphasised that this widespread repression has forced tens of thousands of Baloch to flee their homeland, becoming refugees exposed to new layers of vulnerability and hardship abroad.
Mariam Solaimankhil, a member of Afghanistan's Parliament in exile, has sharply criticised Pakistan's military establishment for abuses--including enforced disappearances, exploitation of natural resources, and the suppression of peaceful activists.
Baloch representative Mir Yar Baloch on Wednesday declared independence from Pakistan, citing decades of violence, enforced disappearances, and human rights violations in the region.
Paank, the Baloch National Movement's Human Rights Department expressed strong condemnation of the continued rise in cases of enforced disappareances of Baloch people.
On the solemn anniversary of a disappearance that has stirred global concern for decades, the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) has renewed calls for transparency and accountability over the fate of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama, who vanished from public view 30 years ago to
Baloch rights group Paank has strongly condemned what it describes as a continuation of enforced disappearances by Pakistani security forces in Balochistan over several abductions that occurred between late April and mid-May 2025.