Winner of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize and Yemeni human rights activist Tawakkol Karman has been affectionately called 'Mother of the Arab Spring'. In this interview she speaks to Dhiraj Singh for Lok Sabha TV, Indian Parliament's TV Channel, about her great admiration for Mahatma Gandhi and the relevance of his non-violent struggle against tyranny and dictatorship
Monday, June 25, 2012
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UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK
Joseph Deiss, President of the sixty-fifth session of the General Assembly, holds up a limited edition copy of “MKG – Mahatma Gandhi – Imaging Peace, Truth & Ahisma” at an event commemorating the International Day of Non-Violence. The day is observed 2 October for the birthday of non-violence pioneer Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (commonly known as Mahatma Gandhi). Pictured with Mr. Deiss are Hardeep Singh Puri (left), Permanent Representative of India to the UN, and Birad Rajaram Yajnik, the book's author.
01 October 2010 United Nations, New York
01 October 2010 United Nations, New York
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