Open for signatures: Parliamentary e-Petition for the Panchen Lama
June 27, 2016
Ottawa, June 27, 2016 – An e-petition requesting the Government of Canada to seek the immediate release of Tibet’s Panchen Lama, Gendhun Choekyi Nyima, and information about his whereabouts and safety, has been launched in the Parliament of Canada.
The e-petition is an initiative of the Canadian Parliamentary Friends of Tibet and was submitted by MP Randall Garrison.
Residents of Canada are asked to sign the e-petition at https://petitions.parl.gc.ca/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-431
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will visit China in September this year and is expected to raise human rights issues while he is there.