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Nobel summit canceled after Dalai Lama row
[ARABNEWS] A global summit of Nobel laureates has been canceled after the event was hit by a boycott over the South African government's refusal to grant the Dalai Lama a visa, peace prize winner Jody Williams said Wednesday."The summit has been canceled because enough Nobel laureates refused to go," Williams said in the northern Indian town of Dharamsala, where the Dalai Lama is based. A group of six laureates, including American activist Williams, decided late last month to boycott the peace summit in Cape Town scheduled for Oct. 13-15 because the Tibetan spiritual leader was unable to attend. The six have accused China of putting political pressure on countries to curb interactions with the Dalai Lama, who has lived in exile in India since fleeing Tibet in 1959 after a failed uprising. China accuses the 79-year-old of being a separatist, while he says he merely wants more autonomy for Tibet. Posted by: Fred 2014-10-02 |
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