Shirin Ebadi

DUBAI ( Reuters ) - Women should voice demands about their rights during the popular uprisings sweeping the Arab world to avoid being short-changed by post-revolutionary governments, Iranian Nobel peace laureate Shirin Ebadi said. Ebadi, a practicing Muslim, also expressed hope that Arab men and women would learn from Iran 's 1979 revolution, when the overthrow of the shah led to the establishment of an Islamic republic which imposed sharia-inspired laws many women regard as restrictive of...Read Full Story

LONDON ( Reuters ) - Iranian Nobel peace prize winner Shirin Ebadi believes Iran's rulers will one day be overthrown even though a crackdown there has prevented the kind of uprising seen in the Arab world. Iran has crushed attempts to reignite Green movement protests that erupted after the disputed re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in 2009, even as protests have swept presidents from power in Egypt and Tunisia and sparked violence in Libya , Syria , Yemen and Bahrain . Ebadi, a...Read Full Story

The moving, inspiring memoir of one of the great women of our times, Shirin Ebadi, winner of the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize and advocate for the oppressed, whose spirit has remained strong in the face of political persecution and despite the challenges she has faced raising a family while pursuing her work. Best known in this country as the lawyer working tirelessly on behalf of Canadian photojournalist, Zara Kazemi – raped, tortured and murdered in Iran – Dr. Ebadi offers us a vivid picture of...Read Full Story

The moving, inspiring memoir of one of the great women of our times, Shirin Ebadi, winner of the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize and advocate for the oppressed, whose spirit has remained strong in the face of political persecution and despite the challenges she has faced raising a family while pursuing her work. Best known in this country as the lawyer working tirelessly on behalf of Canadian photojournalist, Zara Kazemi – raped, tortured and murdered in Iran – Dr. Ebadi offers us a vivid picture of...Read Full Story

The moving, inspiring memoir of one of the great women of our times, Shirin Ebadi, winner of the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize and advocate for the oppressed, whose spirit has remained strong in the face of political persecution and despite the challenges she has faced raising a family while pursuing her work. Best known in this country as the lawyer working tirelessly on behalf of Canadian photojournalist, Zara Kazemi – raped, tortured and murdered in Iran – Dr. Ebadi offers us a vivid picture of...Read Full Story

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Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh (1 September 2010) Authorities in the Islamic Republic of Iran are continuing to arrest and jail civil society activists while persecuting and prosecuting independent lawyers, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran reported today. “With a majority of Iranian human rights activists and lawyers already imprisoned or forced into exile, their remaining colleagues are systematically being taken down by the government of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad...Read Full Story

If Time Magazine can name both the computer and " you " as Person of the Year, why can't the Internet win the Nobel Peace Prize? Perhaps because there's just as much hate involved on the Web as there is peace. The BBC reported last week that the Internet is among 237 nominees for the Nobel Peace Prize. That's up from last year's 205 nominees. However, although the Internet's nomination is supported by 2003 Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi as well as Nicholas Negroponte, the founder of...Read Full Story

Those advocating for basic freedoms and human rights in Iran ~ could be compared to 1930's gangsters USA. Pushing for women's rights ~ makes you public enemy #1 ~ an Al Capone. And the only way to bring them down is on tax evasion charges. Ebadi has been living in Europe since the disputed presidential election of June, 2009, but if she returns to Iran she will not be allowed to leave the country again. An Iranian court also froze her bank accounts, demanding 410,000 dollars in taxes it said...Read Full Story

Iranian authorities have confiscated Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi's medal, her lawyer and Norway's government said Thursday, in a sign of the increasingly drastic steps they are taking against any dissent. In Norway, where the peace prize is awarded, the government said the confiscation was a shocking first in the history of the 108-year-old prize. Ebadi, a human rights lawyer, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003 for her efforts in promoting democracy. She has long faced harassment from...Read Full Story