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Shirin Ebadi urges the UN to take action |
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Wednesday, 17 February 2010 |
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The Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate and human rights defender, Shirin Ebadi, gave the keynote speech at the Oslo Center’s annual seminar on Tuesday. Ebadi gave an open and personal lecture on the Iranian regime’s systematic persecution of the democratic opposition in the country. She told appalling stories of human rights violations in a country in crisis. “How long can one ask young people to remain peaceful when they on a daily basis are met with extreme violence”, asked the Peace Prize Laureate.
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