an organization founded by fellow Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi. Mohammadi was held in solitary confinement for a month, during which time her brother says she was tortured.

“The ‘discursive tools’ of the Islamic Republic can be as dangerous as deadly weapons,” wrote Shirin Ebadi, a former Iranian ...

Mr. Chancellor, I have the honour to present to you Shirin Ebadi, protector of women, children and victims of oppression; champion of freedom of speech; and winner of the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize.

Mohammadi is the 19th woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize and the second Iranian woman after human rights activist Shirin Ebadi in 2003. Mohammadi, 52, has kept up her activism despite numerous ...

Nobel Prize winning human rights lawyer, Shirin Ebadi, claimed that the law of compulsory hijab violates Iran’s Constitution. Article 23 of the Iranian Constitution states: “The investigation ...

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It was cofounded by Shirin Ebadi, the only other Iranian to have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.