UN Photo/Jean Marc Ferré Wole Soyinka addresses a lecture series marking the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 2008. (file) This #ThrowbackThursday, when the world celebrates the Day for Countering Hate Speech, we are looking back at how Nobel Laureate for Literature Wole Soyinka wielded powerful words to clobber…
Ms. Mohammadi has been arrested multiple times, the first arrest being in 2011 for her advocacy for incarcerated human rights activists and their families. In 2015, she was rearrested and sentenced to additional years. She is currently serving a lengthy jail sentence in Tehran’s Evin Prison for “spreading anti-State propaganda”, according to a news release…
MUMBAI: Nobel Prize winning economist Amartya Sen has joined hands. Nobel laureate economist Amartya Sen, who has dedicated his entire life to India, has been issued a notice to vacate his ancestral home on the campus by the university administration. In a notice issued by the Vishwa Bharati University of West Bengal, it has been…
Nobel laureate Indian economist Amartya Sen received a notice to vacate his ancestral home. According to a British media report, the University of West Bengal has asked Amartya Sen to vacate his ancestral house on the campus. According to the British media, Professor Amartya Sen has been given time till May 5 to vacate the…
