Dalai Lama honored with the German Media Prize
On the 50th anniversary of his expulsion from Tibet, the Dalai Lama has been awarded the German Media Prize 2008. The spiritual leader of the Tibetans accepted the award on Tuesday in Baden-Baden.
On the 50th anniversary of his expulsion from Tibet, the Dalai Lama has been awarded the German Media Prize 2008. The spiritual leader of the Tibetans accepted the award on Tuesday in Baden-Baden.
As the jury explained, the Dalai Lama had achieved a "worldwide presence" in the 50 years of his exile and had influenced the lives of people all over the world. In his laudatory speech, Hessian Minister President Roland Koch said that only with the Dalai Lama was there a chance of peaceful understanding between Tibet and China. The peaceful path that the Tibetan people had chosen for their struggle for cultural and religious autonomy was decisively due to the spiritual leader.
The German Media Prize was created in 1992 by the company Media-Control. The jury is made up of journalists and publicists. Previous winners include former German Chancellors Helmut Kohl and Gerhard Schröder, the late French head of state François Mitterrand, the anti-apartheid campaigner and former South African President Nelson Mandela, as well as former US President Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary.
As the jury explained, the Dalai Lama had achieved a "worldwide presence" in the 50 years of his exile and had influenced the lives of people all over the world. In his laudatory speech, Hessian Minister President Roland Koch said that only with the Dalai Lama was there a chance of peaceful understanding between Tibet and China. The peaceful path that the Tibetan people had chosen for their struggle for cultural and religious autonomy was decisively due to the spiritual leader.
The German Media Prize was created in 1992 by the company Media-Control. The jury is made up of journalists and publicists. Previous winners include former German Chancellors Helmut Kohl and Gerhard Schröder, the late French head of state François Mitterrand, the anti-apartheid campaigner and former South African President Nelson Mandela, as well as former US President Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary.
