Mexican bishop wins rights prize

Nuremberg - Archbishop Samuel Ruiz Garcia of Mexico yesterday received the German city of Nuremberg's human rights prize for …

Nuremberg - Archbishop Samuel Ruiz Garcia of Mexico yesterday received the German city of Nuremberg's human rights prize for his fight for the rights of the Chiapas Indians.

Dr Ruiz Garcia (76) said he would "continue to fight tirelessly for the recognition of the dignity and of the individual and collective human rights of indigenous peoples".

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