24 June 2009
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H-II: Shirin Ebadi, Human Rights Attorney,
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, will represent family of Neda.
In a report from Al Jazeera news:
Shirin
Ebadi, a prominent Iranian human rights lawyer and Nobel
peace prize winner, has
told Al Jazeera that she is prepared to represent the family of a
young
woman shot dead during a protest in Tehran... Ebadi, who has represented
political prisoners and victims of human rights violations for more
than 20 years, said
that the actions of the police and pro-government militias violated the
human
rights convention. -- Iran's Neda killing 'was
illegal': Al Jazeera News, 24 June 2009.
Shirin Ebadi at a seminar on women's rights in Muslim countries at the
Nobel Peace Center in October 2006.
Photo: Hamid Nokhostin, Copyright © Nobel Peace Center 2006
Shirin Ebadi, was recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize 2003 "for
her efforts for democracy and human rights. She has focused especially
on the struggle for the rights of women and children." Ms
Ebadi presented on women's rights in Muslim countries at the Nobel
Peace Center in October 2006.
All UN Member Countries Asked to Support Human Rights
Efforts
International outrage associated with the killing of Neda Agha Soltan
has
permeated the global landscape. Efforts to address these
violations
in Iran, have now opened the door for intensive efforts to address
human
rights violations and need for emergency humanitarian assistance in
every
UN member country:
Related:
Looking forward to progress, collaboration, input and support of these
efforts.
Stephen
M. Apatow
Founder, Director of Research & Development
Humanitarian Resource Institute
Humanitarian University Consortium Graduate Studies
Center for Medicine, Veterinary Medicine & Law
Phone: 203-668-0282
Email: s.m.apatow@humanitarian.net
Internet: www.humanitarian.net
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