Four of the winners announced that they will not attend the gala that will be held in October in Cabo Cape in protest for the action taken by the South African government.
The winners who will not go to the gala are the lawyer and former Iranian judge Shirin Ebadi; La Activist Liberiana Leymah Gbowee; A representative of the International Campaign for the Prohibition of Mines (ICBL)) And the American Jody Williams.
These last two, The ICBL and Williams, shared the award in 1997 for their fight against antipersonnel mines.
During your visit to participate in the gala, All of them had planned to meet in Cabo City with members of Sonke Gender Justice and participate as speakers in one of their actions, But they have already informed the NGO that they will not travel to South Africa in protest of the government's attitude with the Tibetan leader.
La ONG, For its part, Applauded the boycott by the four Nobel Awards, al considerar que "envían un mensaje adecuado" In defense of human rights.
The past 4 September the representative of the Dalai Lama in South Africa announced that the government had advanced that it would deny the visa application submitted to its legation in New Delhi by the spiritual leader, who lives exiled in India from 1959 And it is a world symbol of resistance against the Chinese regime.
hours later, The spiritual leader canceled his trip to the African country to participate in the Nobel Prize gala, which will celebrate its fourteenth edition of the 13 al 15 October in Cape Town.
China is South Africa's largest trading partner, next to the Asian giant, It is part of the group of the first emerging economies known as BRICS.: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
The Chinese Government has pressured several countries not to allow the Dalai Lama to enter, whom he accuses of promoting the independence of Tibet, Himalayan region and former Chinese protectorate ruled by Beijing since 1950.
Abadi, God bless you, Williams and the ICBL were among the 14 Nobel Peace Prize winners than the past 15 September they signed a letter addressed to the president of South Africa, Jacob Zuma, to ask him to allow the Tibetan leader to enter the country.
