Tag: Nobel

African Human Rights Coalition a Proud Signatory of Nobel Peace Center Sunflower Declaration

August 31, 2023

African Human Rights Coalition is a proud signatory of the #SunflowerDeclaration, calling for the protection of human rights defenders. The Sunflower Declaration will leverage the weight of the world’s attention and the Nobel Peace Prize to push for increased respect and support for the work of human rights defenders as a pathway to peace. The … More African Human Rights Coalition a Proud Signatory of Nobel Peace Center Sunflower Declaration

From Refugee to Nobel Laureate

October 8, 2021

“An unending exploration driven by intellectual passion is present in all his books, and equally prominent now, in ‘Afterlives’ (2020), as when he began writing as a 21-year-old refugee.” Yesterday the Nobel Institute announced its 2021 Laureate, Abdulrazak Gurnah, “for his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the … More From Refugee to Nobel Laureate