Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning icon, an uncompromising foe of the country’s past racist policy of apartheid and a modern-day activist for racial justice and LGBT rights, died Sunday at 90.
According to the details, Desmond Tutu has been praised not only in his own country but also internationally for speaking out against racial discrimination. From 1948 to 1991, Tutu was a supporter of Nelson Mandela in the movement to end the policy of racial segregation and discrimination imposed by the white minority government against the black majority in South Africa.
It should be noted that he was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1984 for his role in the struggle for the abolition of racism. South African President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed sorrow over the death of Desmond Tutu, saying he was “an anti-racist activist and a global human rights activist.”
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On the other hand, Prime Minister Imran Khan also expressed his condolences on the death of Desmond Tutu.
My deepest condolences on the passing of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Laureate, close confidant of Nelson Mandela, an icon of anti-apartheid struggle & champion of human rights. His critical role in liberation & national reconciliation are an inspiration for future generations.
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) December 26, 2021
Imran Khan tweeted that “My deepest condolences on the passing of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Laureate, close confidant of Nelson Mandela, an icon of anti-apartheid struggle & champion of human rights. His critical role in liberation & national reconciliation are an inspiration for future generations.”
Desmond Tutu was diagnosed with prostate cancer in the late 1990’s and has been hospitalized for treatment in recent years.
