Nobel Laureate Emerges as Critic of America

The New York Sun ^ | May 16, 2005 | IRA STOLL

[neverdem]

PALO ALTO, Calif. - The Iranian human rights lawyer who won the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize blamed American foreign policy for increasing terrorism.

Speaking yesterday at the Stanford Law School graduation, Shirin Ebadi offered no criticism of the government of Iran, which the State Department calls the leading sponsor of international terrorism. She did, however, offer a series of critical remarks about the Bush administration.

"As we can see, the foreign policy of the United States in the Middle East has but increased the acts of terrorism, and even in the United States you are not free of fear," she said. "We must take care that Western countries not take advantage of democracy and human rights and use these concepts as a license to attack other countries."

"The best means to help create democracies in societies ruled by tyrannies is through negotiations, and if that fails, by resorting to the United Nations," she said. "This is the only way, this is the only means.

"It is prejudice and injustice that forces a group to engage in such acts to set themselves and others on fire," she said, arguing that one "must address and destroy the root causes of terrorism."

Ms. Ebadi called on the American government to set up a college or university in a developing country for each one of the victims of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. "Otherwise,resorting to violence will not solve any problems, as violence begets violence," she said.

"For several years now we have been punishing terrorists to eradicate terrorism. However, has the terrorism receded?" she asked. "Clearly the punishment of terrorism is right and needed, but it must be done within the framework of human rights law."

[neverdem]

There's one more paragraph about this clueless ninny.

[andyk]

Ms. Ebadi called on the American government to set up a college or university in a developing country for each one of the victims of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

LMAO!

[Seeking the truth]

"It is prejudice and injustice that forces a group to engage in such acts to set themselves and others on fire," she said, arguing that one "must address and destroy the root causes of terrorism."

Islam?

[Numbers Guy]

"Otherwise,resorting to violence will not solve any problems, as violence begets violence"

Yeah, we should have responded to Pearl Harbor with apologies, that would have made the Japanese behave much more nicely at Bataan.

[TheBigB]

"For several years now we have been punishing terrorists to eradicate terrorism. However, has the terrorism receded?"

I haven't noticed any more planes flying into our buildings, beeyotch.

[montag813]

"must address and destroy the root causes of terrorism."

Aha, she obviously well deserved the Piss Prize. She is as stupid and naive as Jimmah Carter.

[wideawake]

There should be a law that requires Jews to provide six million collge scholarships for young Germans.

This is an application of the "Ebadi moral equivalence thesis" for which she won the Nobel Prize.

[ARCADIA]

He once again proves that the Nobel prize and a dunce cap are one and the same.

[Patrick1]

The Nobel Committee wastes more money than the UN.

[Donna Lee Nardo]

Oh, don't mind me. Thought for sure this thread was about jimmah cahter...

[Paleo Conservative]

The Nobel Peace Prize committee causes more terrorism.

[wvobiwan]

"It is prejudice and injustice that forces a group to engage in such acts to set themselves and others on fire," she said, arguing that one "must address and destroy the root causes of terrorism."

Such as Islam, Imams, and the despotic rulers who buy them off. Seems to me the US is doing more than anyone in history stamp out the root causes of terrorism.

Let's see how she reacts when Iran goes democratic under the threat of a US invasion, or after it.

[goodnesswins]

"Shirin Ebadi offered no criticism of the government of Iran, which the State Department calls the leading sponsor of international terrorism. She did, however, offer a series of critical remarks about the Bush administration."

Parents.....please don't let your kids grow up and go to Stanford...and become lawyers......what a WASTE of $$$$.

[andyk]

Not only that, but they attempt to confer legitimacy on those of their own ilk (e.g., Jimmy Carter).

[Mears]

""It is prejudice and injustice that forces a group to engage in such acts to set themselves and others on fire," she said, arguing that one "must address and destroy the root causes of terrorism."

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Yaaaawwwwnnnn !!!!!!!!

[handy]

as violence begets violence"

Until one side surrenders...then the violence stops.

[Fledermaus]

"As we can see, the foreign policy of the United States in the Middle East has but increased the acts of terrorism, and even in the United States you are not free of fear,"

I wonder if there were idiots like this around (probably so) during WWII..."As we can see, the foreign policy of the U.S. in Europe has but increased the acts of war..."

[RetiredArmy]

Yes. America At Fault, Part: 7,004,898,985,346, Volume: 87,009,754,459,876,000.

America. We are to blame for all the world's wrongs, all the world's problems, all the world's ills, all the stupidity, all the ruin, all the deaths, all the sins, all the crime, all the destruction, all the disease, the lack of water, food, destroying the ozone layer, destroying the trees, wild life, killing the whales, destroying the planet, burning, looting, killing murdering, raping (only Bill Clinton accused here), plundering natural resources, buying and selling slaves, using the oil, killing the moose in Alaska for oil and gas, building gas guzzling cars, trucks, nuke power for destruction, using our military to kill, loot, steal, cause mayhem. Yes, it is America's fault. We should be just totally ashamed of ourselves. Treating all the rest of the hard working, peace loving world mean the way we do. Bad USA. Bad.

[snowsislander]

This woman has done nothing that I can see to have earned a world prize for peace. She was a lawyer who served as a Judge in Iran, and who after the takeover by the Ayatollahs stayed at home since women were no longer allowed to serve as judges. She finally was allowed to practice in 1992, and since then she has defended some folks in court. She's also given some talks and written some books:

Social Activities

– Leading several research projects for the UNICEF office in Tehran.
– Cofounder of the Association for Support of Children’s Rights, 1995. I was the association’s president until 2000, and have continued to assist them as legal adviser. Currently the association has over 500 active members.
– Providing various stages of free tuition in children’s rights and human rights.
– Cofounder of the Human Rights Defence Centre with four defence lawyers, 2001. I am the centre’s president.
– Delivering over 30 lectures to university and academic conferences and seminars on human rights. The lectures have been delivered in Iran, France, Belgium, Sweden, Switzerland, Britain and America.
– Representing several journalists or their families, accused or sentenced in relation to freedom of expression. They include Habibollah Peyman (for writing articles and delivering speeches on freedom of expression); Abbas Marufi, the editor-in-chief of the monthly Gardoun (for publishing several interviews and poems); Faraj Sarkuhi (editor-in-chief of Adineh monthly).
– Representing families of serial murder victims (the Foruhar family).
– Representing the family of Ezzat Ebrahiminejad, murdered in the 9 July 1999 attack on the university dormitory.
– Representing the mother of Arin Golshani, a child separated from her mother as a consequence of the child custody law. She was found tortured to death at the home of her stepmother
. – Proposing to the Islamic Consultative Assembly (Majlis) to ratify a law on prohibiting all forms of violence against children; as a result the law was promptly debated and ratified in the summer of 2002.

Publications

Books

– Criminal Laws, Tehran 1972. Published by Bank Melli of Iran (Professor Rahnama; Professor Abdolhoseyn Aliabadi).
– The Rights of the Child; A study in the legal aspects of children’s rights in Iran, 1987. Translated into English by Mohammad Zamiran. Published by UNICEF, 1993.
– Medical Laws; Tehran, 1988. Published by Zavar.
– Young Workers, Tehran, 1989. Published by Roshangaran.
– Copyright Laws, Tehran, 1989. Published by Roshangaran.
– Architectural Laws, Tehran, 1991. Published by Roshangaran.
– The Rights of Refugees, Tehran, 1993. Published by Ganj-e Danesh.
– History and Documentation of Human Rights in Iran, Tehran, 1993. Published by Roshangaran.
– Tradition and Modernity, Tehran 1995. Written by Mohammad Zamiran, Shirin Ebadi. Published by Ganj-e Danesh.
– Children’s Comparative Law, Tehran, 1997. Published by Kanoun (This book was translated into English by Mr Hamid Marashi, and published by UNICEF in Tehran in 1998).
– The Rights of Women, Tehran, 2002. Published by Ganj-e Danesh.

* Details provided are taken from the original publications.

Articles

– “The Child and Family Law”; A series of articles appearing in the Encyclopedia Iranica. Published by Columbia University.
– “The Rights of Parents”; Article published in the journal Studies in the Social Impacts of Biotechnology. Published by CNRS, France
– “Women and Legal Forms of Violence in Iran”; Article published in the Bonyad Iran journal in Paris on the subject of violence.
– Over 70 articles on various aspects of human rights which have appeared in various publications in Iran. Some have been translated into English. They were presented at CRC [Convention on the Rights of the Child], a seminar organized by UNICEF in 1997.
– Articles published in various weeklies, including Fekr-e Now New Ideas, on various aspects of laws relating to women.

With these kind of standards, F. Lee Bailey should have got a few prizes also.

[Bahbah]

if that fails, by resorting to the United Nations," she said. "This is the only way, this is the only means.

I wouldn't hope for much were that the case. Happily, it is not.