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After Uyghur dissident, Tienanmen square activist denied Indian visa

| | Apr 28, 2016, at 07:36 pm
New Delhi, Apr 28 (IBNS) After revoking visa for Uyghur leader Dolkun Isa, The Indian government has reportedly barred another Chinese exile - a Tienanmen Square activist - from boarding a flight to attend a meeting in Dharamsala, media reports said on Thursday.

Lu Jinghua, a well-known Tiananmen activist, was scheduled to attend the April 28 meeting of dissidents and exiles in Dharamsala - the same meeting that  Dolkun Isa had planned to attend before his visa was revoked on the ground of a red corner notice issued by Interpol in his name. 

Media reports quoted Lu as saying that  she was about to board an Air India flight from New York when she was told her visa was cancelled. She said she had earlier received an email confirmation for an electronic visa, which she had printed out before going to the airport.

"At the airport, the Air India staff told me simply that I couldn't board as my visa was cancelled," she told India Today from New York. 

"The staff did not tell me why, they kept me waiting at the counter for a long time and were having a heated conversation with each other in Hindi."

Lu, an American citizen, Isa, a German citizen, and other prominent Chinese dissidents had been invited to an April 28 meeting in Dharamsala organised by the United States-based Initiatives for China.

India's action in revoking Dolkun Isa's visa was taken after China was livid over allowing his entry. The Narendra Modi government, however, denied any Chinese pressure  behind its backtrack.
 

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