Washington, August 08: Tibetan Spiritual leader Dalai Lama would receive the prestigious International Freedom Award of the National Civil Rights Museum on September 23.
Announcing the award, the National Civil Rights Movement board Chairman Benjamin L Hooks described the Dalai Lama as “a living example of Martin Luther King and (Mahatma) Gandhi’s non-violence in the face of political oppression and suffering.”
The Dalai Lama fled to India 50 years ago as China crushed an abortive uprising in Tibet.
–Agencies