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Annamalai hails Nobel winner Navi Pillay
The Hindu··3d ago
Former BJP leader K Annamalai on Friday hailed South African jurist Navanethem Navi Pillay after she won the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize. Annamalai, founder of the We The Leaders movement, said her parents were of Tamil descent. He said she was the first non-white woman judge of South Africa's High Court and later UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
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What It Means For You
- Annamalai framed Pillay's career as a source of pride for people of Tamil origin.
- The remarks follow the Nobel announcement on the same day.
- Pillay's grandfather was brought from India to South African sugar plantations, Annamalai said.
What's Happening
- Annamalai spoke on Friday after Pillay was named for the Peace Prize.
- He traced her path from Durban beginnings through High Court and UN posts.
- The Hindu and Indian Express both covered the political reaction in Tamil Nadu.
Tamil Link in A Nobel Citation
- Pillay won for efforts to promote peace and international law.
- Indian Express noted her Robben Island prisoner-rights work in 1973.
- There is no established evidence she served as Mandela's Rivonia Trial lawyer, Indian Express said.
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