Nobel laureates challenge world to end sexual violence
- 10-Dec-2018
OSLO: Nobel peace laureates Nadia Murad and Denis Mukwege said Sunday they hoped their award would help them push the international community to act to end rape in conflict and deliver justice for victims. Yazidi activist Murad and Congolese doctor Mukwege will be jointly presented with the prize in Oslo on Monday for “their efforts […]
Nobel laureates criticize Suu Kyi over Myanmar’s Rohingya genocide
- 30-Dec-2016
UNITED NATIONS: More than a dozen Nobel laureates have urged the United Nations to “end the human crisis” of Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslim group, whose members have been fleeing to Bangladesh to escape a bloody military crackdown. In an open letter addressed to the UN Security Council, 23 Nobel laureates, politicians, philanthropists and activists said “a human […]
Dylan notably absent as Nobel laureates accept prizes
- 10-Dec-2016
STOCKHOLM: Dressed in tails and white ties, this year’s Nobel laureates in medicine, economics, physics and chemistry accepted their prizes at a gala ceremony in Stockholm on Saturday, marked by the notable absence of the literature prize winner, US music icon Bob Dylan. Earlier in the day, the Nobel Peace Prize was presented to Colombian […]