Nineteen governments have said their ambassadors will not attend a ceremony this week awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to the imprisoned Chinese dissident , the Norwegian prize committee said Tuesday, more than tripling the number of rejections and reflecting the strong pressure exerted by Beijing to boycott the event.In a statement on its Web site, the peace prize committee said that as of Monday, 44 embassies in Oslo, the Norwegian capital, had signaled their intention to send a representative to the ceremony on Friday. But the number who “for various reasons declined our invitations” rose to 19, from six three weeks ago, the statement said.
Those countries are , Russia, Kazakhstan, Colombia, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Serbia, Iraq, Iran, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Venezuela, the Philippines, Egypt, Sudan, Ukraine, Cuba and Morocco.
THE OBAMA PRIZE WAS A JOKE.
THIS BOYCOTT IS SICKENING.
ADD'EM UP: THE WHOLE DANG NOBEL THING IS A SHAM - ABOUT AS MEANINGFUL AS BLACKWELL'S WORST DRESSED LIST WAS.
WE SHOULD ALL BOYCOTT THESE 19 NATIONS - AND CHINA.
Those countries are the smart ones. They have enough sense to stay away from the trash that is called Nobel Peace Prize...
ReplyDeleteYou even said it yourself:
"THE OBAMA PRIZE WAS A JOKE."
Why shouldn't it be boycotted? Would you say the same if America boycotted it?
Kyle