By KUNA,
London : The Dalai Lama was due to arrive in London Tuesday at the start of a 10-day visit to the UK, the BBC said.
The Tibetan spiritual leader will address Parliament and give evidence on human rights violations to a parliamentary committee during his trip.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will not receive him at 10 Downing Street but is due to meet him with the head of the Anglican Church, the Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams, at his official residence of Lambeth Palace, central London, this Friday.
Protests at his visit are expected from a variety of groups, with Scotland Yard having planned “appropriate” policing, police said.
Demonstrators are expected to target his speech at the Albert Hall, central London, this Thursday, and his meeting with Brown at the end of the week.
The head of the Tibetan government-in-exile is also due to meet Britains main opposition Conservative leader David Cameron and receive an honorary doctorate from London Metropolitan University.
The visit, and particularly questions over where and whether he should meet the Prime Minister have proved controversial, commentators said.
China and Tibet have long disagreed over the status of Tibet, and China sent troops into the region to enforce a territorial claim in 1950.
The Dalai Lama and the Tibetan government-in-exile have been based in India since fleeing Tibet nine years later.
Anti-China protests led by Buddhist monks began in the capital Lhasa on 10 March this year and gradually escalated into rioting.
The demonstrations took place after the anniversary of the 1959 uprising and ahead of the Olympic Games in Beijing this summer.
China says at least 19 people were killed by the rioters, but Tibetan exiles say dozens of people were killed by the Chinese security forces as they moved to quell the unrest.