Mandira Sharma

Overview

Mandira Sharma born Baglung, Nepal June 2, 1972. Nepali lawyer and human rights activist. Founded Advocacy Forum to protest government abuses of its opponents in civil war, 2001. Nobel Peace Prize nominee, 2005; received Human Rights Watch Defender Award, 2006.

Quotations

"Human beings do not have the right to kill another human being, nobody has that right, you have the right to do only good things." (worldpeoplesblog; photo bbc.co.uk)