Iranian woman wins Nobel Peace Prize Dec 10, 2003 8:13:29 GMT -5 Quote Select PostDeselect PostLink to PostMemberGive GiftBack to Top Post by dr snootch on Dec 10, 2003 8:13:29 GMT -5 OSLO, Norway - Iranian activist Shirin Ebadi accepted the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize on Wednesday on behalf of her fellow Iranians, Muslim women everywhere and those who struggle for human rights.Ebadi also took the United States to task for its human rights record. She warned that threats to human rights also come from countries who have used the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks and the war on terrorism as pretexts for limiting freedoms, singling out the detention of hundreds of Muslim men seized by the United States and held at its naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, without any access to lawyers.Fight the good fight, Shirin
Iranian woman wins Nobel Peace Prize Dec 11, 2003 21:01:28 GMT -5 Quote Select PostDeselect PostLink to PostMemberGive GiftBack to Top Post by RS Davis on Dec 11, 2003 21:01:28 GMT -5 dr said:OSLO, Norway - Iranian activist Shirin Ebadi accepted the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize on Wednesday on behalf of her fellow Iranians, Muslim women everywhere and those who struggle for human rights.Ebadi also took the United States to task for its human rights record. She warned that threats to human rights also come from countries who have used the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks and the war on terrorism as pretexts for limiting freedoms, singling out the detention of hundreds of Muslim men seized by the United States and held at its naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, without any access to lawyers.Fight the good fight, ShirinGood shit! Another Iranian deserves the same accolades. Read about him in the Current Affairs thread "Letter FROM the editor..." - Rick
