# ‘Alternative Nobel’ goes to lawyer who stood up to repression

https://mins.news/en/video/80719

- DW News, 2026-09-30 17:26 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nh15CIkbwZg

> The 2026 Right Livelihood Award is spotlighting Pakistani lawyer Jalila Haider, a prominent human rights defender whose work representing marginalized communities in Balochistan has brought detention, cyber-harassment, death threats and travel restrictions. She first drew national attention after leading a seven-day hunger strike in 2018 against targeted killings of Hazaras.

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