Jafar Panahi

Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teen shot by the Taliban for championing girls' education, and US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden have been nominated for the European Parliament's prestigious Sakharov human rights prize.

Green and left-wing lawmakers today nominated US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden for the European Parliament's prestigious Sakharov human rights prize.

Director Mira Nair, who has been behind internationally acclaimed films like Salaam Bombay, Monsoon Wedding and The Namesake, says she has made a conscious effort throughout her career not to be a third world apologist.

A Tehran appeals court has upheld a six-year jail term and 20-year filmmaking and travel ban against award-winning Iranian director Jafar Panahi.

Jafar Panahi, a celebrated Iranian filmmaker who was arrested in February and accused of working on an "anti-regime" film, was sentenced to six years in prison on Saturday in Tehran, his lawyer told an Iranian news agency on Monday.Mr. Panahi, who had expressed support for Iran's opposition green movement during post-election protests in 2009, "has...

Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teen shot by the Taliban for championing girls' education, and US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden have been nominated for the European Parliament's prestigious Sakharov human rights prize.

Green and left-wing lawmakers today nominated US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden for the European Parliament's prestigious Sakharov human rights prize.

Director Mira Nair, who has been behind internationally acclaimed films like Salaam Bombay, Monsoon Wedding and The Namesake, says she has made a conscious effort throughout her career not to be a third world apologist.

A Tehran appeals court has upheld a six-year jail term and 20-year filmmaking and travel ban against award-winning Iranian director Jafar Panahi.

Jafar Panahi, a celebrated Iranian filmmaker who was arrested in February and accused of working on an "anti-regime" film, was sentenced to six years in prison on Saturday in Tehran, his lawyer told an Iranian news agency on Monday.Mr. Panahi, who had expressed support for Iran's opposition green movement during post-election protests in 2009, "has...