News Tiananmen activist Lu Jinghua's visa to India cancelled

[Technoglitch]

The Indian government barred Tiananmen Square activist Lu Jinghua from coming into the country for a meeting in Dharamsala on Thursday, India Today reported. Lu was to attend a meeting for those exiled from China and other dissidents in the town scheduled for the same day. On Monday, Dolkun Isa, an exiled Uyghur-Chinese leader, said he was denied the permit for the same event.

Lu, who is an American citizen, told India Today that she had received an email confirmation of her visa and taken the printout to the airport. However, while trying to board an Air India flight to Dharamsala from New York, she was told her visa had been cancelled. She claimed she was not told why such a step had been taken.

Similarly, on Monday, Isa, the exiled Uyghur-Chinese leader, had said he received an email stating that his visa had been cancelled. After India decided to allow him to attend the conference, China reacted sharply saying that Dolkun was a terrorist tagged with a red notice by Interpol and the Chinese police. The two denials have raised questions about whether India is bowing down to Chinese pressure to clamp down on dissenting voices.


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[IndianMascot]

It was expected. Govt should plan things and decide what to do. They should have canceled at first attempt only instead of boasting ad allowing him.

 

[scorpionking76]

This was trending in twitter yesterday

 

[IndianMascot]

Congressi Brigade is very active on Social Media these days.

 

[Technoglitch]

We can see Chinese authorities behind this as the meeting was for those who escaped from China

 

[Technoglitch]

India on Thursday offered multiple explanations -- some of which appeared at odds with the other -- to revoke visa of of Dolkun Isa, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the World Uyghur Congress (WUC) as it defended its decision rejecting claims of Chinese pressure. Delhi also went ahead to deny visas to Chinese dissident Lu Jinguh and activist Ra Wong who were coming to attend the Dharamshala conference which Isa was scheduled to attend.
The Ministry of External Affairs claimed that Isa had "suppressed" facts while obtaining visa but admitted that China had made its position clear to New Delhi that it should honour the Interpol Red Corner notice against him. Interestingly the Interpol website has no mention of red corner notice against Isa. Official sources, however, claimed that the Interpol website does not reflect entire list of persons against whom red corner notices have been issued worldwide. They claimed that Isa's name figure in Interpol's comprehensive list of persons against whom red corner notices have been issued.


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