On this day, May 14, 1995, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama officially recognised six-year-old Gedhun Choekyi Nyima as the 11th Panchen Lama of Tibet. Merely three days later, on May 17, 11th Panchen Lama and his parents were taken into custody by Chinese authorities and vanished from public view. The Chinese government later confirmed they were being held in an undisclosed location, citing concerns for their safety. Yet, for the past 30 years, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima’s whereabouts and condition have remained unknown, making him one of the world’s longest-standing cases of enforced disappearance.

*His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama announced the discovery of the Eleventh Panchen Lama to Tibetan audience at Thekchen Choeling in Dharamshala. The tulku is Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, born on 25 April 1989 at Lhari in
the Nagchu region of Central Tibet.

To know more, click the link provided below:
https://tibet.net/discovering-the-new-panchen-lama-14-may-1995/