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    Iranian Nobel peace laureate Shirin Ebadi
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  • Iranian Nobel peace laureate and women rights activist Shirin Ebadi
    Iranian Nobel peace laureate and women rights activist Shirin Ebadi
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    Iranian Nobel peace laureate Shirin Ebadi
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    Shirin Ebadi
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  • Iranian Nobel peace laureate and women rights activist Shirin Ebadi
    Iranian Nobel peace laureate and women rights activist Shirin Ebadi
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  • Shirin Ebadi won the Nobel peace prize in 2003
    Shirin Ebadi won the Nobel peace prize in 2003
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    Demonstrators rally outside the French embassy in Tehran
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  • Demonstrators rally outside the French embassy in Tehran
    Demonstrators rally outside the French embassy in Tehran
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    Shirin Ebadi
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    Shirin Ebadi
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    Shirin Ebadi
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    Narges Mohammadi
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    Narges Mohammadi
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  • Mohammad Ali Dadkhah (right) and Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi
    Mohammad Ali Dadkhah (right) and Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi
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    Iranian Nobel peace prize winner Shirin Ebadi
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  • Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi speaks during an interview with Reuters in Madrid
    Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi speaks during an ...
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Shirin Ebadi's Biography

Shirin Ebadi (Persian: شیرین عبادی - Širin Ebâdi; born 21 June 1947) is an Iranian lawyer, human rights activist and founder of Centre for the Defence of Human Rights in Iran. On October 10, 2003, Ebadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her significant and pioneering efforts for democracy and human rights, especially women's, children's, and refugee rights. She was the first ever Iranian, and the first Muslim woman to have received the prize.

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    Tehrān : Iran | 18 days ago

    The so-called Green Movement in Iran is a manifestation of a student revolution and not the work of Reformist officials challenging the regime, analysts say. Student protesters clashed with riot ...

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Shirin Ebadi News Stories

  • The 'execution' of a young Kurd
    News Source: Sign and Sight | 5 days ago
    He was arrested on 19 July 2008 in Kamiaran, a small town located between Sanandaj and his hometown Kermanshah. He had joined the Komala organisation, which opposes the Iranian regime and fights for democracy, freedom in Iran and the national rights
  • Country High class eyes Oregon event
    News Source: The Reporter | 8 days ago
    Those students came home inspired to promote nonviolence and improve their community. Now they are working to raise enough money for the entire class, 16 students, to attend the April 2010 event. "When talking to others who went last year, they
  • Iranian Nobel Peace laureate urges EU sanctions
    News Source: Taiwan News | 11 days ago
    Iranian Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi called on European Union countries on Tuesday to impose diplomatic sanctions against Iran to press for an end to a crackdown on demonstrations. Ebadi said she asked EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana and
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  • What Happened to Ehsan Fattahian? : Loghman H. Ahmedi
    Blog Source: loghmanahmedi.com | 5 days ago
    Human rights advocate Shirin Ebadi, a lawyer who won the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize, winner, has called the circumstances of Fattahian's execution and burial unusual. In an interview with BBC Persian radio, Ebadi called the execution of ...
  • Marching for peace in Bethlehem and around the world
    Blog Source: www.paltelegraph.com | 5 days ago
    A group of Nobel Peace Laureates, including Mikhail Gorbachev, the Dalai Lama and Shirin Ebadi, drafted a charter for a World Without Wars, calling for the creation of "a more peaceful, civilized world order in which more effective and ...
  • Interview with Shirin Ebadi “I am a defender of human ...
    Blog Source: germantoenglish.wordpress.com | 5 days ago
    Explains the dimension of repression: Shirin Ebadi in 2006 in Tehran. (Picture: afp). Ms Ebadi, you are one of the most important voices of the Iranian opposition, and even before the demonstrations of last summer started, ...
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