Chinese dissident leader Dolkun Isa blamed China for the cancellation of his Indian visa. New Delhi cancelled the visa of Uyghur leader on Monday, citing Interpol's red corner notice against him as the reason.

"On April 23, I got a very short note by the Indian side that my visa is cancelled. There was no explanation... Maybe because of the Chinese pressure put on the Indian government," Isa said. "But, I do not know...I did not get any explanation from the Indian side."

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Isa also expressed disappointment over Indian authorities' decision to withdraw his visa. He also dismissed the comparision with China's recent veto by the UN Security Council Sanctions Committee of Pakistani militant leader Mazood Azhar. 

"Such an unjustifiable comparison seeks only to delegitimize my decades of impassioned work as a strictly non-violent campaigner for Uyghur rights. China's clear abuse of Interpol's Red Notice issuance is also concerning," he said in a statement issued on Monday.

China last week blasted Indian government for granting visa to Germany-based Isa. Beijing considers the Uyghur leader a wanted criminal and a terrorist.  

"Dolkun is a terrorist in red notice of the Interpol and Chinese police. Bringing him to justice is due obligation of relevant countries," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said on Friday.

Isa, an exiled Uyghur leader from the volatile Xinjiang region, is heading Munich based World Uyghur Congress, was among the four Uyghur leaders who were expected to meet exiled Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama during a conference on democracy in Dharamshala later this week. 

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