Shirin Ebadi, Human Rights Defenders and Nobel Laureate, has reviewed the human rights situation in Iran in Shahrivar 1391 [August-September 2012], in continuation of her monthly reports.
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Nobel laureate calls on UN to protect Iranian women
Iranian Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi has written to the United Nations to protest the Islamic Republic’s recent policies toward women.
Iranian Authorities Hold Political Prisoners Hostage
Shirin Ebadi, Nobel Peace Laureate, International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), and the Iranian League for the Defence of Human Rights (LDDHI) said in a joint statement today: Conditions of prisoners in Iran are deteriorating by the day.
Prisoners of Conscience Could Die In Iranian Government Jails
Nobel peace laureate Shirin Ebadi, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), its Iranian affiliate (the Iranian League for the Defence of Human Rights) and Reporters Without Borders firmly condemn the inhuman treatment that human rights activists, journalists, netizens and other prisoners of conscience are receiving in Iran’s jails.
Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi speaks out against Iran sanctions
Shirin Ebadi, the first Iranian to win a Nobel Peace Prize, also spoke with the Monitor about her fight for human rights in Iran and challenged the supreme leader’s role.
Ebadi calls for boycott of elections, release of leaders
Shirin Ebadi, the Iranian Nobel Peace Laureate, is throwing her support behind the 39 Iranian political prisoners calling for an election boycott and the release of Iran’s opposition leaders from house arrest.
Shirin Ebadi on Mossadegh: Eternal Adoration
Judge Shirin Ebadi was one of the first women judges in Iran, but after the Islamic Revolution which she initially supported, the government forced her to relinquish her position on the basis of her gender. She began a human rights law practice and was later jailed for defending victims of the Islamic Republic’s brutality. […]
Women urged to put their stamp on Arab Spring
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.
Iranian Nobel Laureate Condemns Hanging Of Minor For Murder
Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi has condemned the execution of an Iranian minor found guilty of murder, RFE/RL’s Radio Farda reports.
Regime lashes civil activist, Shirin Ebadi says act shows weakness
The sentence of 50 lashes for Somayeh Tohidlou, a PhD student of sociology and a campaigner for Mir Hossein Mousavi, was “symbolically” carried out in Evin prison on Wednesday. The sentence had been issued against the civil activist on the charge of “Insulting the President”.