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Re: A letter from the world's Nobel laureates to China: You must act on Darfur (Re: Mohamed Omer)
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The Nobel peace laureates who have signed the letter are Bishop Carlos Filipe, Dr Shirin Ebadi, Adolfo Perez Esquivel, Rigoberta Menchu, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Professor Elie Wiesel, Betty Williams and Professor Jody Williams
Former leader of the Catholic Church in East Timor, Nobel laureate Bishop Carlos Filipe
Shirin Ebadi is the the first Muslim woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize in the award's 102-year history. Ebadi, who presently lives in exile in France, was praised around the world as a courageous champion of political freedom after the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded her the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize
Adolfo Pérez Esquivel (born in Buenos Aires, Argentina) was the recipient of the 1980 Nobel Peace Prize. He is noted for leading protests against the Free Trade Area of the Americas and for alleging that the Argentinean police are forming children into paramilitary squads, an operation he compares to the creation of Nazi Germany's Hitler Youth
Rigoberta Menchú Tum is an indigenous Guatemalan, of the Quiché-Maya ethnic group. Menchú has dedicated her life to publicizing the plight of Guatemala's indigenous peoples during and after the Guatemalan Civil War (1960-1996), and to promoting indigenous rights in the country. She was the recipient of the 1992 Nobel Peace Prize and Prince of Asturias Award in 1998
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