A Nobel Prize for A Noble Cause

The Iranian Student Movement Up to the Minute Reports ^ | 10-10-03 | Shaheen Fatemi

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A Nobel Prize for A Noble Cause

October 10, 2003 Iran va Jahan Shaheen Fatemi

Last week, we endorsed the Iranian dissident Hachem Aghajari, for this year's Nobel Peace Prize. At that time no one (including Shirin Ebadi herself!) knew that she also had been nominated. After hearing the good news this morning and listening to parts of her news conference, we feel proud, exhilarated, and hopeful for the future of human rights in Iran. Had we known, our endorsement would have been different. What was most essential for us was focusing world attention on the situation of human rights in Iran. Because we believe the issue of human rights is not an internal issue. Today violation of human rights anywhere is an international issue. On this point we may have a disagreement with the latest Nobel laureate's position at her news conference today but we can leave that for later.

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