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Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Navi Pillay

Source: Sri Lanka Mirror
Category: Technology
Region: India
Published: October 09, 2026 at 09:39

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South African human rights lawyer Navanethem β€œNavi” Pillay has won the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize. Born in 1941 in Durban, Pillay grew up under apartheid and became one of South Africa’s first women of Indian descent to practice law. She defended anti-apartheid activists and fought against discriminatory prison conditions. After apartheid, she became a judge […]

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