Bishops blacklisted

Sun, 27 Oct 1996 | Source: AFP

Bishops blacklisted

MANILA (AFP): Immigration officials will block former French first lady Danielle Mitterrand, Bishop Desmond Tutu and nearly 100 others if they try to enter the Philippines when it hosts an Asia-Pacific summit next month, press reports said yesterday.

Manila earlier announced a ban on 1996 Nobel Peace Prize co- winner and East Timor pro-independence activist Jose Ramos Horta. Officials said the move was necessary to avoid embarrassing a summit participant, President Soeharto of Indonesia.

Philippine dailies, quoting Immigration officials, said the blacklist includes the former French first lady, Bishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa, Roman Catholic Bishop Aloisius Nobuo-Soma of Japan and Portuguese educators Marcelo and Luisa Perreira.

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