South Africa: Nobel Peace Summit Called Off
Archbishop Desmond Tutu has criticised the South African government for refusing a visa to Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama - a move which has prompted the cancellation of the 14th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates which was to be held in Cape Town.
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South Africa:
Presidency Questions Mayor's Comments on Dalai Lama Visa
SAPA, 3 October 2014
Comments by Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille on the Dalai Lama's visa application are "misleading", the presidency said on Friday. Read more »
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South Africa:
Nobel Summit Called Off
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 1 October 2014
Nobel Peace Laureates Jody Williams and Shirin Ebadi on Wednesday slammed South Africa's refusal to give fellow laureate and Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, a visa to… Read more »
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South Africa:
Tutu Bashes Govt Over Dalai Lama
SAPA, 2 October 2014
Archbishop Desmond Tutu on Wednesday criticised the government for allegedly refusing a visa to Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama. Read more »
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South Africa:
Nobel Summit Could Be Canceled in Light of Dalai Lama Controversy
VOA, 1 October 2014
A summit of Nobel Peace Prize winners to be held in Capetown could be canceled because of a boycott to protest South Africa's refusal to give a visa to Tibetan spiritual leader the… Read more »
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South Africa:
Women Nobel Laureates Cancel Trip Over Dalai Lama Visa
SAPA, 25 September 2014
Women Nobel laureates have cancelled their trip to South Africa because the country has denied the Dalai Lama a travel visa, Sonke Gender Justice said on Wednesday. Read more »
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South Africa:
Dalai Lama Visa Debacle Exposes Weak Leadership
IFP, 16 September 2014
During a visit to Mthonjaneni on Sunday, IFP President Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi MP berated Government for bowing to pressure from China in its unethical and unconstitutional… Read more »
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South Africa:
China 'Highly Appreciates' Dalai Lama Visa Denial
Focac, 8 September 2014
China's Foreign Ministry on Friday expressed appreciation toward South Africa after the country refused the Dalai Lama entry into the country. Read more »
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South Africa:
Blade to Dalai Lama - the Heavenly Authority of the SACP Says 'Don't Come'
Daily Maverick, 8 September 2014
Blade Nzimande's South African Communist Party, unhappy with becoming completely irrelevant, has cast about for a villain, and found one: the Dalai Lama. In a recent press release,… Read more »
InFocus
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The Dalai Lama has cancelled his trip to the country to attend the 14th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, the Department of International Relations and Cooperation has said. Read more »
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South Africa:
It's Business, Mr Lama, Nothing Personal
Daily Maverick, 5 September 2014
The inability of the Tibetan religious figure and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, the Dalai Lama, to be able to enter South Africa for a conference of other laureates points to the… Read more »
