Shirin Ebadi
The latest news and analysis about Shirin Ebadi. Shirin Ebadi won the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize for her years of legal work advocating on behalf of Iranian political activists, religious and ethnic minorities, women and children.
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Nobel winner seeks UN human rights envoy for Iran
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Iran Said To Be Arresting Human Rights Activists
From NPR Topics: World | June 17, 2009 -
Saberi Lawyer: Jailed Journalist's Rights Violated
From NPR Topics: World | May 2, 2009
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Ebadi team denied access to U.S.-Iranian reporter: aide
From Reuters: International News | April 26, 2009TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi has agreed to help defend a U.S.-born journalist jailed for spying but prison... more
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Human Rights Lawyers Denied Access To Saberi
From NPR Topics: World | April 21, 2009Abdolfatah Soltani, a leading human rights lawyer, tells NPR that Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi's legal team has been denied access to Roxana... more
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Nobel Peace Laureate Takes Case of U.S. Journalist Convicted in...
From Wash Post World | April 21, 2009Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi is taking up the defense of an Iranian American journalist who was sentenced Saturday to eight... more
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A Brazilian journalist in search of Iranian bloggers
From Global Voices Online | March 4, 2009Raul Juste Lores is a Brazilian journalist and Beijing Bureau Chief of Folha de Sao Paulo. He has recently taken a trip to Tehran, where he... more
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Iran: Women activists support Shirin Ebadi
From Global Voices Online | January 24, 2009Kosoof, a leading photoblogger, says a group of women rights activists gathered to meet Shirin Ebadi, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, with red... more
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Closure of Nobel winner's office legal issue: Iran
From Reuters: International News | January 5, 2009TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran said on Monday the closing of the office of Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi was a legal matter and the authorities... more
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UN Condemns Harassment of Iranian Rights Activist
From VOA News: Top Stories | January 3, 2009Secretary General Ban calls on Iranian authorities to ensure safety of Shirin Ebadi more
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Iranian activist threatened
| January 3, 2009
From Los Angeles TimesScores of young men gathered around the Tehran home-office of Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi, shouted slogans against her... more
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Iran: Threats to Nobel Laureate Escalate
January 2, 2009(New York, January 2, 2009) -- The Iranian government should immediately end its campaign of persecution against Dr. Shirin Ebadi, which has... more
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IRAN: Human rights lawyer Shirin Ebadi's home defaced
Now it's getting personal. After years of pressure, the shuttering of her nonprofit organization and the seizing of her legal files, a gang... more
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Iran Nobel laureate accused of Israeli bias: activist
From Reuters: International News | January 1, 2009TEHRAN (Reuters) - Some 150 protesters stood outside the home and office of Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi on Thursday accusing... more
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Iranian activist's private office raided
| December 31, 2008 From Los Angeles TimesPlainclothes security officials stormed the private office of Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi and seized confidential files... more
