The repressiveness of the Iranian regime rings loud as a female judge tells her story of demotion to court clerk, her return to public life as a human rights lawyer, her fight against arrest and assassination attempts, and her eventual embrace by the world when she won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003.[...]
In this seminal piece of writing Nobel Peace Laureate, lawyer and human rights activist Shirin Ebadi brings to light the legal aspects of life as a refugee in Iran. Controversial issues such as the right to education, property and inheritance are addressed in detail through a comparative study of Ir[...]
"If you do not have the power to overthrow the rule of oppression, inform others of the oppression." Persian proverb Questions about Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution shape The Golden Cage while the answers shed light on Iran's current events and tell us why it strives for nuclear energy, chants "Deat[...]
Shirin Ebadi is an Iranian human rights lawyer and activist. She is known for defending dissident figures, and for the establishment of a number of non-profit grassroots organisations dedicated to human rights. In 2003, she became the first Muslim woman, and the first Iranian, to be awarded the Nobe[...]
Ebadi forteller her om sin oppvekst i Teheran, sin utdannelse og sin suksess som Irans mest fremtredende kvinnelige jurist. Hun forteller om idealene til den islamske revolusjonen i 1979, og sin dype frustrasjon over den veien Iran har gått under det ekstreme prestestyret.[...]