Sri Lanka boycotts Nobel Peace Prize, Supports China

[Spring Onion]

this is a clear message to india,srilankan forgot to add

paa jee har jaga parat nu liyana zarori nai hega

 

[Dalai Lama]

We're Rapidly moving towards an Asian Block Excluding India. Mash' Allah.

May I remind you that most of the countries not attending are also part of the Non-aligned Movement including Sri-Lanka.

 

[Devil Soul]

"SriLanka boycotts Nobel Peace Prize,supports dictatorship over democracy,too scared of its dad,China"

going by ur logic i think the same applies to your dear old friend Russia...
one must not forget that every country looks after its own benefits ... there is no need to get all hyper

 

[muSALMAN Khan]

going by ur logic i think the same applies to your dear old friend Russia...
one must not forget that every country looks after its own benefits ... there is no need to get all hyper

Russia is doing for a reason.
Its because China is dependent on Russia n not viceversa.
I used some logic.

 

[Paan Singh]

paa jee har jaga parat nu liyana zarori nai hega

parat ki matlab??thori light paoge is tey

 

[Devil Soul]

Russia is doing for a reason.
Its because China is dependent on Russia n not viceversa.
I used some logic.

What makes u think that SL is not doing it for a reason??
ur logic doesnt make any logic-al sense

 

[StingRoy]

parat ki matlab??thori light paoge is tey

Jana bebe bharat ko parat kehnde ne.

 

[muSALMAN Khan]

Jana bebe bharat ko parat kehnde ne.

Aaina nu lagda hai ki aye mazaak udaun da tareeka haiga
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[Paan Singh]

jana ji di punjabi bari khatarnaak hai,sab da naa putha kar dendi hai

 

[Dalai Lama]

An advocacy group seeking to promote free expression in the country on Wednesday urged the government not to bow to Chinese pressure to withdraw its participation in the Nobel Peace Prize awarding ceremonies for jailed Chinese pro-democracy dissident Liu Xiabo.

In a statement, the Center for International Law (CenterLaw) said the withdrawal "is a blow to the cause of free expression."

"More than ever, we are called to uphold free expression is a cornerstone of democracy," said Prof. Harry Roque, Centerlaw chair. "The last thing the Philippines should be known for is as a supporter to the repressive policies of the Chinese government."

The Philippines has declined an official invitation from the Norwegian Nobel Committee to the awarding ceremonies for Liu, a renowned Chinese writer and human rights activist who is serving an 11-year prison term in a Chinese jail for campaigning for reforms and an end to one-party rule in the People’s Republic of China.

The Philippines is among the 19 countries that will be skipping the ceremony in Oslo, Norway on Friday. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) in Manila confirmed this, but declined to state the reason for not sending a representative to the gala.

"We will not attend the event," DFA spokesman Eduardo Malaya had earlier said without elaborating.

But the CenterLaw statement noted that in several news reports, a senior Filipino diplomat was quoted as saying on condition of anonymity that the Philippines did not want a further strain to its relations with China, already frayed as it is by the August 23 hostage-taking incident in Manila that resulted in the deaths of eight tourists from Hong Kong.

Liu took part in the Tiananmen protests in 1989 and was a leading author behind Charter 08, the manifesto of such rights in China that was published on December 10, 2008 — the 60th anniversary of the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

The following year, Liu was sentenced to 11 years in prison and two years’ deprivation of political rights for "inciting subversion of state power."

Liu has consistently maintained that the sentence violates both international human rights charters and China’s own constitution.

Following the announcement by the Nobel Committee of its decision to recognize Liu for his unstinting advocacy, the Chinese government has embarked on a campaign to boycott the awarding ceremonies.

Roque said Liu is a prisoner of conscience who only wanted greater freedoms for his fellow Chinese. "And yet the Chinese government is calling him a criminal for simply saying what many others cannot say in public," he said. — KBK/RSJ, GMANews.TV

Group frowns on PHL govt's decision to skip Nobel rites - Nation - GMANews.TV - Official Website of GMA News and Public Affairs - Latest Philippine News

 

[Merilion]

ok what is the stand of ASEAN about this ? who is going, who is not going?
esp Indonesia & malaysia

my bet is they wont be going or maybe they don't even have embassy in olso so they are not invited--that solves the problem

it's quite interesting how singapore will decide. i googled and found singapore does have embassy in oslo. i'm willing to bet singapore wont be going either.

vietnam and philippine are member of ASEAN and they have decided not going.

so far seems to me no country in asia except japan and sk have decided to go. has india offically made the decision yet?

btw, thanks for SriLanka for the great support. Chinese will remember that for sure and for a long time.

 

[Dalai Lama]

China and 18 other countries have declined invitations to Friday’s Nobel peace prize ceremony, organisers said today, as Beijing launched a fresh attack on the decision to honour jailed dissident Liu Xiaobo.
Liu Xiaobo, Chinese dissident and winner of the Nobel peace prize, photographed by his wife in 2005. Photograph: Liu Xia

Norway’s Nobel committee dismissed the Chinese foreign ministry’s claim that the international community did not support the award.
Beijing has urged diplomats in Oslo to stay away from the event, warning of “consequences” if they go.
Several of those who have turned down invitations are long-term allies or trade partners. The full list comprises Pakistan, Iran, Sudan, Russia, Kazakhstan, Colombia, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Iraq, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Venezuela, the Philippines, Egypt, Ukraine, Cuba and Morocco.
Another 44 are attending, while Algeria and Sri Lanka have not replied to their invitations.
Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said: “As far as I know, at present, more than 100 countries and organisations have expressed explicit support for China opposing the Nobel peace prize, which fully shows that the international community does not accept the decision of the Nobel committee.”
She declined to list those who would not attend, but added: “After the ceremony, you can see that the vast majority of the international community will not attend.”
Geir Lundestad, the committee’s executive secretary, said that was “a very curious way of stating things”, because only the 65 countries with embassies in Norway were invited.
But he acknowledged: “One of the reasons [for states not attending] is undoubtedly China.”
A spokesman for the US state department said: “Our ambassador will be there. Our actions speak for themselves.”
Li Datong, a Beijing-based writer who recently signed a petition calling for Liu’s release, said it was “absolute rubbish” to say the international community opposed the award. “The foreign ministry has no shame. It’s a lie, pure and simple, told without the slightest hint of embarrassment,” he said.
Sam Zarifi, Amnesty International’s director for the Asia-Pacific region, said: “There are a couple of disappointments, but it’s effectively a club of countries with relatively bad human rights records.”
He said China had persuaded only a small minority to snub the event despite “arm-twisting … using a combination of political pressure and economic blackmail”. In one case, it is understood that an ambassador decided to attend in person – instead of sending another diplomat as he had planned – after receiving China’s warning.
According to the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten, all invited countries sent representatives last year, when Barack Obama won. The previous year, about 10 countries did not attend the ceremony for Martti Ahtisaari, the former Finnish prime minister.
The Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman described supporters of the award as clowns orchestrating a farce. Jiang said they were fundamentally opposed to China’s development and wanted to interfere in the country’s politics and legal system.
She added: “All policies in China are for the interests of the majority of the Chinese people. We will not change … because of the interference of some clowns who are anti-China.”
Beijing was furious at the decision to recognise Liu, who is serving an 11-year sentence for incitement to subvert state power after co-authoring Charter 08, a call for democratic reforms.
The authorities have placed his wife, Liu Xia, and other supporters under house arrest and have barred other activists from leaving the country, apparently for fear they will attend the event.
“It is normal that some countries and organisations will not approve of and not attend the Nobel ceremony,” said Pu Zhiqiang, a Beijing-based human rights lawyer. “But this has no logical relationship to the real issue, which is whether or not those who want to attend are permitted to attend.”
The event would normally see the handover of the Nobel gold medal, a diploma and prize money of 10m kronor (£1m), but organisers say that will not happen this year because only close family can collect on a winner’s behalf. China is unlikely to let Liu’s relatives attend.
It will be the first time the prize has not been handed over since Nazi Germany barred the pacifist Carl von Ossietzky from attending in 1935.

Vietnam News Eighteen more countries refuse to attend Nobel peace prize ceremony

 

[Spring Onion]

it is extremely amusing that some of bhartis were stressing that India should avoid attending it and now when Sri Lanka an independent country has done so the same bhartis are now the most agitated here.

come on Sri Lanka is not your colony

---------- Post added at 06:02 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:02 PM ----------

it is extremely amusing that some of bhartis were stressing that India should avoid attending it and now when Sri Lanka an independent country has done so the same bhartis are now the most agitated here.

come on Sri Lanka is not your colony

 

[Spring Onion]

jana ji di punjabi bari khatarnaak hai,sab da naa putha kar dendi hai

Oh lay hun apnay partiyan no vee aa gal samjha deyo paa jee

 

[Paan Singh]

it is extremely amusing that some of bhartis were stressing that India should avoid attending it and now when Sri Lanka an independent country has done so the same bhartis are now the most agitated here.

come on Sri Lanka is not your colony

---------- Post added at 06:02 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:02 PM ----------

it is extremely amusing that some of bhartis were stressing that India should avoid attending it and now when Sri Lanka an independent country has done so the same bhartis are now the most agitated here.

come on Sri Lanka is not your colony

jana ji josh wich aake tusi do waari button te click karta,is karke aap ji di do post hogi,,thora rest leke post likhya karo,thand hai aajkal