Dalai Lama Denied Visa for Desmond Tutu Celebration

[nomb]

How powerful is China?

So powerful they can get South Africa to deny a visa to the Dalai Lama who was personally invited by Bishop Desmond Tutu for his 80th birthday celebration.


http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/05/world/asia/dalai-lama-cancels-south-africa-visit.html?ref=global-home

[MADem]

1. Pretty fucking powerful. He that has the gold, makes the rules.

That's the real Golden Rule.

Desmond oughta throw a bigger party over this way.

[ellisonz]

2. We ought to bring China to heel.

[truebrit71]

5. ..and how, pray tell, would you make that happen?

..

[ellisonz]

8. This is a start.

http://articles.latimes.com/2011/oct/03/news/la-pn-china-currency-bill-20111003

[pinboy3niner]

3. Aung San Suu Kyi hails Archbishop Desmond Tutu (SA 'does not stand up for human rights' like Tutu)

Source: Mail & Guardian

KATHARINE CHILD - Oct 04 2011 07:44


Burma's pro-democracy opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's, says she sometimes thinks the South African government "does not stand up for human rights in same way as its individuals such as Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu do".

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However, Dr Thein Win, leader of the local chapter of the Free Burma campaign was scathing of the South Africa's foreign policy.

The doctor, who is not allowed to re-enter Burma due to his pro-democracy work, says the Burmese people he meets in nearby Thailand have all heard about Mandela -- yet he is unable to explain to them why the South Africa government does not support the Burmese activists despite its own liberation history.

"Grass roots activism (to support Burmese democracy) stands in stark contrast to the government's foreign policy" said the founder of the free Burma campaign," Dr Kiru Naidoo, after Suu Kyi's address.

But despite the country's failure to support her cause, Suu Kyi wished South Africa well. "I hope South Africa can go from strength to strength and become a beacon of hope to the world."


http://mg.co.za/article/2011-10-04-aung-san-suu-kyi-hails-struggle-of-sa-individuals/

[nomb]

4. South Africa apparently owes no debt to human rights activists...

It's not like anyone is still around that actually benefited from it...

[Duende azul]

6. The dalai lama is not exactly what you could call a human rights activist

so what?

[nomb]

7. Yes, he is:

http://www.google.com/search?gcx=c&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=dalai+lama#sclient=psy-ab&hl=en&safe=off&source=hp&q=dalai+lama+human+rights+activist&pbx=1&oq=dalai+lama+human+rights+activist&aq=f&aqi=g-v1&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=1871l10741l0l11198l22l22l0l9l9l1l805l4432l0.3.4.2.2.1.1l21l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=f2d1beb1c4e15df7&biw=1024&bih=681