Since the Tatmadaw, Myanmar's military junta, overthrew a democratically elected government on Feb. 1, it has brutally suppressed the nation's citizens and democratic leaders. On Dec. 6, the regime sentenced elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi to prison,...

His Excellency Abiy Ahmed, PhDPrime MinisterFederal Democratic Republic of EthiopiaAddis Ababa This letter was signed and transmitted to Prime Minister Abiy by HE José Ramos-Horta, Nobel Peace Prize winner and former President of Timor-Leste. Your Excellency, Prime...

The seven-month conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region has devolved into a humanitarian crisis, with ominous signs that atrocities there could escalate. The U.S. and other countries are finally raising the alarm, but Tigray needs action now. Ethiopian Prime Minister...

A letter to the Norwegian Nobel Peace Committee In 2018 I wrote a letter to the Norwegian Nobel Peace Committee, a personal tribute to Angela Merkel. I met her once in her office in Berlin. She is not someone I know well, not what one can consider a friend. I actually...

We are in the grip of a historic pandemic; the Coronavirus, which causes Covid-19 is threatening the whole of the human family. Covid-19 does not discriminate. From Canada to Australia, from Sweden to Somalia, from China to Brazil, outbreaks of Covid-19 are claiming...

by José Ramos-Horta1996 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, former President, Timor-LesteWhite House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany recently said, "the world is looking at us as a leader in COVID-19." She is half right. The rest of the world is indeed looking, not with...

I have read the bloggers who say that the silver lining in COVID-19 is that we are realizing that we are all part of one family. Sure, we are a human family, and some are the rich relations. And the richer relatives probably rarely speak of, much less to, the homeless...