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Shirin Ebadi (Persian: شيرين عبادى, romanized: Širin Ebādi; born 21 June 1947) is an Iranian Nobel laureate, lawyer, writer, teacher and a former judge and founder of the Defenders of Human Rights Center in Iran.
Jun 17, 2024 · Shirin Ebadi (born June 21, 1947, Hamadan, Iran) is an Iranian lawyer, writer, and teacher, who received the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2003 for her efforts to promote democracy and human rights, especially those of women and children in Iran.
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Shirin Ebadi is an Iranian lawyer and human rights activist who defends victims of violence, discrimination and oppression. She was the first woman judge in Iran and the founder of the Human Rights Defence Centre.
The First Female Peace Prize Laureate from the Islamic World. The lawyer Shirin Ebadi was one of Iran's first female judges. After Khomeini's revolution in 1979 she was dismissed. Ebadi opened a legal practice and began defending people who were being persecuted by the authorities.
Shirin Ebadi is an Iranian lawyer, author, and human rights activist who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003. She founded several organizations to protect children's and human rights, and has been living in exile in London since 2009.
Oct 6, 2023 · Shirin Ebadi was one of Iran ’s first female judges before the Islamic revolution. She eventually became a human-rights lawyer, and in 2000 spent time in prison for speaking...
Nov 3, 2023 · The Nobel Peace Prize winner and Iranian human rights activist discusses the ongoing revolution in Iran, the role of the U.S. and the west, and the challenges for Iranian activists. She argues that only democracy can solve Iran's problems and that the west should not help the dictators become more powerful.
