Three days after he was recognized as the 11th Panchen Lama, six-year-old Gedhun Choeyki Nyima was kidnapped by the Chinese Government on May 17, 1995. He has not been seen in public since his abduction 27 years ago.
Religious and ethnic minorities are enduring abuses and discrimination in various Asian nations, while Catholics are on the front line of the battle against the raging Covid-19 pandemic.