Norwegian Centre meeting the Dalai Lama



Norwegian Centre meeting the Dalai Lama
Photograph of a delegation from the Norwegian Centre meeting with His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, who is seated second from the left. With the Dalai Lama, from left to right, are: Eugene Schoulgin, member of the Norwegian and Swedish Centres, president of PEN International’s Writers in Prison Committee (2000-04), international secretary (2007-10) and vice-president of PEN International (2004-); Peter Normann Waage, Norwegian Centre Board member; and William Nygaard, president of the Norwegian Centre (2013-19). This meeting took place when the Dalai Lama visited Oslo on 9 May 2014, and constituted discussions on the Dalai Lama’s longstanding defense of imprisoned Tibetans and the protection of freedom of expression in China.