Shirin Ebadi

Irán: la Campaña Internacional por los Derechos Humanos en Irán condena las amenazas contra la Sra. Shirin Ebadi, Premio Nobelposted on: 2009/06/30

De acuerdo con la declaración “Las agencias de noticias oficiales iraníes publicaron una carta -que aducen proviene de abogados, profesores universitarios y familiares de mártires y veteranos- en la que solicitan a Gholam-Hussein Elham, Ministro de Justicia, que procese a la Sra. Shirin Ebadi, Premio Nobel iraní, por supuesta violación de la ley y constitución islámicas mediante su labor de promoción de los derechos humanos”.

Irán: amenazan de muerte a Shirin Ebadi, defensora de los derechos humanosposted on: 2008/04/21

Front Line desea dar a conocer su profunda preocupación por las amenazas de muerte recibidas por Shirin Ebadi, defensora de los derechos humanos, el día 5 de abril de 2008. Sirin Ebadi es una abogada especialista en derechos humanos y fundadora del Centro de Defensores de los Derechos Humanos. Fue galardonada con el Premio Nóbel en el año 2003, por su labor por la protección de los derechos de las mujeres y los niños en Irán.

Irán: Alta Comisionada Louise Arbour se reúne con activistas de derechos humanos en Teheránposted on: 2007/10/18

La Sra. Louise Arbour, Alta Comisionada de la ONU para los Derechos Humanos se reunió con Teherán con varios activistas de derechos humanos, entre ellos la ganadora del Premio Nóbel Shirin Ebadi. El encuentro se produjo el 3 de septiembre, en las oficinas de la ONU en Teherán.

Nobel prize winner’s NGO forced to closeposted on: 2006/08/08

9 August 2006

The Iranian government announced on 3 August that Tehran based human rights organization; the Center for Defense of Human Rights, co-founded by Shirin Ebadi, the 2003 Nobel peace laureate, was an illegal organization.

For more information see Human Rights Watch website

To read Shirin Ebadi’s reaction to the closure click here

Nobel prize winner’s NGO forced to closeposted on: 2006/08/08

9 August 2006

The Iranian government announced on 3 August that Tehran based human rights organization; the Center for Defense of Human Rights, co-founded by Shirin Ebadi, the 2003 Nobel peace laureate, was an illegal organization.

For more information see Human Rights Watch website

To read Shirin Ebadi’s reaction to the closure click here

Nobel Peace Prize Winner supports Tunisian human rights defendersposted on: 2005/11/17

17 November 2005 A press conference, on 16 November attended by Nobel Peace Prize winner, Shirin Ebadi, at the Tunis headquarters of the Tunisian League for Human Rights (LTDH), in effect, became the first unofficial meeting of the Citizens Summit on Information Technology (CSIS) The Tunisian government has systematically blocked the alternative summit’s preparatory meetings and planned workshops and events in flagrant breach of the right to freedom of expression and association. In doing so, the Tunisian Government has demonstrated contempt for the Geneva Principles* and for their obligations under the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders and international human rights law.

Leading representatives of International and Tunisian Civil Society committed themselves to continuing the struggle for the basic rights to freedom of expression and association in Tunisia in front of the audience of over 200 journalists, diplomats and NGO members.

Nobel Peace Prize Winner supports Tunisian human rights defendersposted on: 2005/11/17

17 November 2005 A press conference, on 16 November attended by Nobel Peace Prize winner, Shirin Ebadi, at the Tunis headquarters of the Tunisian League for Human Rights (LTDH), in effect, became the first unofficial meeting of the Citizens Summit on Information Technology (CSIS) The Tunisian government has systematically blocked the alternative summit’s preparatory meetings and planned workshops and events in flagrant breach of the right to freedom of expression and association. In doing so, the Tunisian Government has demonstrated contempt for the Geneva Principles* and for their obligations under the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders and international human rights law.

Leading representatives of International and Tunisian Civil Society committed themselves to continuing the struggle for the basic rights to freedom of expression and association in Tunisia in front of the audience of over 200 journalists, diplomats and NGO members.