Protest outside Royal Albert Hall
Dalai Lama demonstrations
AFP, 23 May
On Thursday, demonstrators targeted the Dalai Lama as supporters and critics rallied outside the Royal Albert Hall, where he made his first public address since arriving in London.
Among the protestors were pro-China demonstrators — and members of the Western Shugden Society, a Buddhist group who were protesting the 1996 decision by the Dalai Lama to outlaw their worship of a particular deity.
In all there were more than 1,000 protestors, an AFP reporter at the scene said.
Western Shugden Society does not necessarily endorse views expressed in this article.