Az ujgur vezető után most kínai disszidensektől tagadta meg India a vízumot

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By Tenzin Dharpo

DHARAMSHALA, April 30: Following the revoking of visa to Uyghur leader Dolkun Isa hours before he was to travel to Dharamshala, the exile headquarters of the Tibetan government in exile, reports are appearing of Chinese activists based outside China and other Uyghur activists were also denied visa to attend the meeting from April 28 to May 1, 2016.

At least nine activists including a few Chinese dissidents were barred from traveling to India, according to Quartz India news portal. Radio Free Asia on April 27 reported that five other delegates from the World Uyghur Congress including President Rebiya Kadeer were also refused visa to travel to India for the much scrutinized event.

Chinese dissidents and prominent personality linked with the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, Lu Jinghua, was barred from JFK airport even though she was bearing a valid visa. “I have no reason to doubt the Chinese Communist Party is messing about with it,” she wrote later on her Twitter page.

Hong Kong Indigenous’s key figure Ray Wong and Hong Kong activist Alex Chow, who co-organized the pro-democracy Umbrella Movement in 2014, were also barred from attending the event.

The saga of the event participants being denied visa and revoking them was highlighted most by the Dolkun Isa case. Prominent observers such as Jayadeva Ranade have spoke against the developments. Echoing similar opinions is the former National Security Adviser (NSA) Shivshankar Menon who told The Indian Express that India has “no reason” to consider Dolkun a terrorist and that providing a visa to him should have been India’s “prerogative”.

He said, “I don’t think giving (Isa Dolkun) visa was unexpected. India is a free country and giving visa is our prerogative. As long as it is not against Indian laws, I don’t think we have a problem, but the way it was portrayed, and then (the visa) was withdrawn, has left the public confused. I hope it will be clarified. What actually transpired, and why it was withdrawn.”

He further remarked, “The way the whole thing was handled leaves the impression of confusion. Nobody knows what actually happened, if there was any negotiation with the Chinese at some stage. Did the Chinese say ‘don’t do it’ (give him visa)? Did we get something in exchange?”

The meeting “Strengthening Our Alliance to Advance the Peoples’ Dream: Freedom, Justice, Equity and Peace” organized by US based democracy group ‘Initiatives for China’ along with Tibetan NGOs is held behind closed doors.