Tag: Desmond Tutu

• Monday, December 27th 2021 - 09:41 UTC

  Nobel Peace Price Winner Archbishop Tutu dies aged 90

  

  South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu, an iconic figure during the country's fight against apartheid, has died Sunday at the age of 90 in Cape Town, it was reported. Tutu is survived by his wife of 66 years and their four children.

• Wednesday, April 4th 2012 - 22:28 UTC

  Falklands invites Peace laureates to visit the Islands and “see for themselves”

  

  In an open letter the Falklands Islands elected government reminds Nobel Peace laureates that Falklanders as a people have the right to self-determination and that after 200 years of links with Britain, “we would consider any control (of the Islands) by Argentina as alien, and therefore a denial of our rights as a people”.

• Wednesday, March 28th 2012 - 19:14 UTC

  Nobel Peace laureates should visit Falklands before reaching any conclusion

  

  The Falkland Islands expressed disappointment with six Nobel Prize winners who urged the UK government to open sovereignty negotiations with Argentina over the Islands but seem to by pass the right of Islanders to self determination.

• Wednesday, March 28th 2012 - 01:11 UTC

  Six Nobel Peace Prize winners call on UK to open talks on Falklands’ sovereignty

  

  Six Nobel Peace Prize winners called for Britain to open talks with Argentina over the sovereignty of the Aflklands/Malvinas Islands, ahead of the 30th anniversary of the war between the two nations. The call came in the form of a letter directed to the UK's Prime Minister David Cameron.