Shirin Ebadi

Iranian human rights activist and lawyer Shirin Ebadi called for Iranian authorities to free U.S. citizens accused of espionage, Iranian news agency IRNA reported.  

Shirin Ebadi, an Iranian lawyer, becomes the first muslim woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize for her work on women's rights and political change in Iran.Add this to your queueAdded: Fri Oct 09 22:45:13 UTC 2009Air date: Fri Oct 10 00:00:00 UTC 2003Duration: 01:41  

The only Iranian to win the Nobel Peace Prize accused Britain of ignoring the regime’s savage suppression of opposition in order to safeguard talks on its nuclear programme.  

Iranian Nobel Laureate and human rights activist Shirin Ebadi on Monday implored Muslim women to assume a wider role in their home countries through education and active participation in politics."Women must fulfill their duty to society and not stay at home," she told participants in the Festival of Thinkers forum in Abu Dhabi.Ebadi said that young girls tend to become housewives after they graduate, which means that "their education is...  

Shirin Ebadi the only Iranian to win the Nobel Peace Prize accused western countries of ignoring the human rights’ suppression for the sake of safeguarding talks on its nuclear program. Shirin Ebadi, the human rights lawyer, said that her worst fears were confirmed when she saw the British ...  

If you look at the people picking up the Nobel Peace Prize, they’re frequently “indigenous” people like the mendacious Rigoberta Menchu or Third World “wise men” like Mohammed Yunus. , Wangari Maathai, or Shirin Ebadi. (All together now–“Who?”)But if someone is going to discover something new in physics, chemistry, or medicine…not so much. John [...]  

T he Nobel Peace Prize was always political, in the positive sense. The awards to Desmond Tutu, Yitzhak Rabin/Yasser Arafat, José Ramos-Horta of East Timor, Shirin Ebadi of Iran, etc. were meant to advance peace and other causes. Barack Obama's ...  

WashingtonTVIslam linked to human rights: Iran Nobel winnerایرانیانDr. Shirin Ebadi spoke to an audience of five hundred people at Naropa University on Friday to answer questions about Islam and human rights, ...Islam linked to human rights: Iran Nobel winnerAl-ArabiyaNobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi says human rights compatible with IslamExaminer.comEbadi says US turns blind eye to Iranian rightsReutersMiamiHerald.comall 27 news articles »  

WashingtonTVIranian Nobel winner urges Obama to stress human rightsMiamiHerald.comWASHINGTON -- In 2003, Shirin Ebadi, an Iranian lawyer and former jurist, won the Nobel Peace Prize for her work on human rights. ...Ebadi says US turns blind eye to Iranian rightsReutersIslam linked to human rights: Iran Nobel winnerایرانیانIran Nobel laureate says US must press Iran on human rightsWashingtonTVExaminer.com -Al-Arabiya -Washington Postall 37 news...  

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iranian human rights lawyer Shirin Ebadi accused the United States on Tuesday of turning a blind eye to human rights violations in Iran as it seeks to rein in Tehran's nuclear program.  

London, Sep.24 (ANI): Britain has ignored Iran’s savage suppression of opposition in order to safeguard talks on its nuclear program, claimed the latter country’s only Nobel Laureate and human rights lawyer Shirin Ebadi. The Times quoted Dr. Ebadi as saying that the sanctions should have been imposed on the Iranian regime over the alleged theft of [...]  

The Nobel Peace Prize has renewed prestige in my book. No, not because Barack Obama won it for accomplishments to be determined later. It’s got new luster because Shirin Ebadi has, at great personal risk, effectively come out for regime change in her native Iran.Ebadi, who won the Peace Prize six years ago (under the old rules whereby recipients were expected to do something to earn the prize before receiving it), is Iran’s premier...  

Dharamsala : Three Nobel Peace laureates participated in a peace youth conference organised in honor of Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama in Dharamsala. Three Nobel peace laureates, Shirin Ebadi from Iran, Mairead Corrigan Maguire from Northern Ireland and Jody Williams of United States along with the people of Tibet were present to grace the occasion at Upper Tibetan Children Village school auditorium. For 50 years, the 14th Tibetan...  

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MiamiHerald.comIranian Nobel laureate urges Obama to stress human rightsMerced Sun-StarWASHINGTON -- In 2003, Shirin Ebadi, an Iranian lawyer and former jurist, won the Nobel Peace Prize for her work on human rights. Despite the dangers to herself and her family, Ebadi still lives and works inside the Islamic Republic of ...Climate Concerns: Is President Obama's Plate Too Full?ABC News• In Theory: Did President Obama really deserve the Nobel...