Shirin Ebadi
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EditorsPick
Iranian Nobel Peace Prize Winner Shirin Ebadi: What’s Most Needed Now is a Complete Cessation of Nuclear Enrichment and an Immediate Ceasefire
Attorney Shirin Ebadi during her visit to Woljeongsa Temple in Pyeongchang-gun, Gangwon-do on the afternoon of December 13, 2022. At the time, Shirin Ebadi attended the ‘World Summit of Nobel Peace Prize Laureates’ held in Pyeongchang along with Kailash Satyarthi and Rima Bowe. By Lee Sang-kiAsiaN reporter, former president of…
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West Asia
[Book Review] Words and Tea
Until We Are Free Shirin Ebadi, Random House, 2016 “I have lost more than I ever thought possible, but I nevertheless thank God that even from exile I can still work to build my country.” Shirin Ebadi was only ever interested in human rights. It was her delight to sit…
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East Asia
A Free Press for All Nations
On July 19th 2017, at Korea Press Center (Seoul), a joint press conference was held by Journalist Association Korea (JAK) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) under the banner of “Press Freedom and Democracy in the Post-Truth Era”. In attendance as guest speakers were Shirin Ebadi (Honorary Director, Reporters Without Borders…
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