Senior Advocate And HRLN Founder Colin Gonsalves Awarded The ‘Alternate Nobel Prize’

Posted on By Shikha Tiwari

 

Mr. Colin Gonsalves

 

Senior Advocate and HRLN founder, Mr. Colin Gonsalves, has been awarded the 2017 Right Livelihood Award, widely known as the ‘Alternative Nobel Prize’. As per an official press release, Mr. Gonsalves has been endowed with the honor “for his tireless and innovative use of public interest litigation over three decades to secure fundamental human rights for India’s most marginalized and vulnerable citizens”.

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