India has withdrawn visas granted to two well-known Chinese dissidents, Lu Jinghua and Ray Wong, who were set to attend a China-focussed conference on democracy at Dharamsala.
The withdrawals occurred days after New Delhi cancelled the visagranted to Germany-based Uyghur activist Dolkun Isa, who too was set to attend the same conference that will be addressed by the Dalai Lama.
China has branded Isa a terrorist and Interpol has issued a red corner notice for him.
Lu Jinghua, who is best-known for her role in the 1989 Tiananmen square protests and figures on a Chinese list of “major criminals”, learnt of the withdrawal of her visa just as she was about to board a New Delhi-bound flight from New York on April 25.
Ray Wong Toi-yeung was a key figure in the localist group accused of starting the Mong Kok riot over the Chinese New year in Hong Kong.
http://atimes.com/2016/04/india-cancels-visas-for-tiananmen-and-hong-kong-activists/