The Indian government on Thursday denied visas to Chinese dissident Lu Jinghua and Hong Kong activist Ray Wang for a conference in Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama's adopted home, Dharamsala, in north India.

Jinghua, a well known Tiananmen activist and a US citizen, was prevented from boarding an Air India flight to Dharamsala from New York despite having visa confirmation.

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

Jinghua and Wong were expected to attend a conference of Chinese dissidents and exiles in Dharamsala from April 28 to May 1. The Indian government's move came few days after it suspected Uyghur leader Dolkun Isa's visa to attend the conference on democracy.

China last week blasted Indian government for granting visa to Germany based Isa. China considered him a wanted criminal and put him in country' designated terrorists list.

"On April 23, I got a very short note by the Indian side that my visa is cancelled. There was no explanation... May be because of Chinese pressure put on the Indian government. But, I do not know...I did not get any explanation from the Indian side," Isa said while blaming China for cancellation of his visa. Isa, an exiled Uyghur leader from volatile Xinjiang region, is heading Munich based World Uyghur Congress.

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