Giant hoardings defaming the Dalai Lama that had been erected in New York City by followers of Shugden have been taken down. Tibetan groups, including Students for a Free Tibet and the Tibetan Youth Congress lobbied to get the hoardings removed from outside the Javits Convention Centre where His Holiness is due to give a talk. Shugden followers denigrate the Dalai Lama at every opportunity.