Marco Pannella met His Holiness the Dalai Lama in 2014. The event was organized by the Nonviolent Radical Party, Transnational and Transparty.Speakers included: Tenzin Gyatso (14th Dalai Lama of Tibet), Marco Pannella (President of the Senate of the Nonviolent Radical Party, Transnational and Transparty, Nonviolent Radical Party, Transnational and Transparty).
Justice is the bedrock of rightful rule—its firm foundation transforms raw power into benevolent authority. When leaders uphold justice, they tame chaos by creating order, fairness, and security for all. In this view, the right to rule is not a mere privilege but a sacred duty: a mandate to balance competing interests, protect individual rights, and inspire trust.
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe adopted the Report on the Right to Knowledge, recognizing the need to define and protect media freedom, public trust, and the citizens' right to knowledge, through resolution 2382 (2021) and recommendation 2204 (2021).
The arrest of Jimmy Lai in 2020 and the closure, shortly after, of his Apple Daily newspaper dealt a very severe blow to press freedom in Hong Kong. His detention amid a wave of censorship from mainland China effectively swept away the “one country, two systems” principle