He was there when the ship the Rainbow Warrior was bombed in an antinuclear protest and helped evacuate an atoll contaminated by radioactive fallout.
Tag: Deaths (Obituaries)
Nuon Chea, Khmer Rouge’s Chief Ideologist, Dies at 93
Pol Pot’s deputy, who was known as Brother No. 2, was convicted of directly overseeing the torture and killing of more than 14,000 people in a Cambodian prison.
Agnes Heller, 90, Hungarian Philosopher and Outspoken Dissident, Is Dead
Since the 1950s, she had been a thorn in the side of authoritarian governments on the left and the right, including Viktor Orban’s today.
Bryan Magee, Who Brought Philosophy to British TV, Dies at 89
Mr. Magee was a philosopher, writer and politician who challenged the idea that television could not “make serious demands on viewers.”
Cardinal Jaime Ortega, a Cuban Bridge to the U.S., Dies at 82
He was a go-between for Pope Francis and Presidents Obama and Raúl Castro as they thawed Cold War relations between the two countries.
Béji Caïd Essebsi, President Who Guided Tunisia to Democracy, Dies at 92
In office at his death, he came out of retirement to lead his country after an Arab Spring uprising ousted a dictator, then won a free election.
Francesco Saverio Borrelli, Scourge of Italy’s Corrupt, Dies at 89
With 1,281 convictions, his landmark investigation, popularly known as Clean Hands, swept away the ruling class and helped transform Italian politics.
Li Peng, Chinese Leader Derided for Role in Tiananmen Crackdown, Dies at 90
For decades, critics called for Mr. Li, who became known as the “butcher of Beijing,” to face trial or a public reckoning for his role in the 1989 bloodshed.
Dr. Joel Filártiga, 86, Dies; Won Human Rights Ruling in Son’s Death
After the brutal death of his teenage son in Paraguay, he won a landmark case in the United States that extended universal law against torture.
Yukiya Amano, Head of the I.A.E.A. Nuclear Watchdog Group, Dies at 72
Mr. Amano led the agency for nearly a decade, including a critical period during which it monitored Iran’s nuclear activities under a deal signed in 2015.