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  • "India should exercise its moral clout"

    In an interview with Indian magazine The Week, Desmond Tutu speaks about child marriage and India's role as an influential actor on the world stage.

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  • Ending child marriage can boost India's rise

    Desmond Tutu tells Reuters that India's development is being slowed by discriminatory practices against women such as child marriage.

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  • "India can forget about six of the eight UN Millennium Development Goals unless you stop child marriages"

    As special guest on Indian television show Walk the Talk, Desmond Tutu talks to Shekhar Gupta about the relationship between India and South Africa, his responsibilities as Chair of The Elders, and the motivation behind his visit to India.

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  • Revisiting Sri Lanka's Bloody War

    Marzuki Darusman, Steven Ratner and Yasmin Sooka, the three members of The UN Secretary-General’s Panel of Experts on Accountability in Sri Lanka, write in the New York Times of the need for accountability for the violations of international law that occurred during the final stages of the Sri Lankan government's war with the LTTE. 

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  • 'Collectively failing Syrian society'

    Analysis from Peter Harling, Damascus-based Programme Director at the International Crisis Group.

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  • VIDEO: Desmond Tutu on inequality in the global economy

    In an interview with Fox Business News, Desmond Tutu talks about what is behind the protests around the world; from the “Arab Spring” to the “Occupy” movement, and what is needed to achieve more equality in the economy.

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