Desmond Tutu

A free Liu Xiaobo will be less of a headache for Beijing

1 Mar 2013

Communists are supposed to be unsentimental realists who care only about outcomes and results. So even judging by the ethics-free standard of pure realpolitik, the jailing of dissident and Nobel...

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Chinese writers, Nobel winners call for Liu Xiaobo's release

6 Dec 2012

More than 40 high-profile Chinese writers, lawyers and activists have sent an open letter to the new leader of the Communist Party Xi Jinping, urging him to free jailed Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo...

UN aims to end child marriage by 2030

12 Oct 2012

Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu said on Thursday he is as committed to abolishing child marriage around the globe as he was to fighting apartheid in South Africa.

Who said it?

3 Sep 2012

I said to my friends: 'Now I know what it means to pass a day like you pass a year!'

Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, on her feelings at the end of her first month as Chief Secretary

Try Blair and Bush over lies to start Iraq war, Desmond Tutu urges

3 Sep 2012

Archbishop Desmond Tutu called yesterday for British ex-leader Tony Blair and former US president George W. Bush to face trial in The Hague for their role in the Iraq war.