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Akbar Ganji was in prison for six years, and that was it...for six years, and it was finished. Of course the Iranian government could make up some stories and accuse him of some other things, but the international support didn't let the government do that.

Shirin Ebadi

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Shirin Ebadi
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: June 21
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Cyrine Abadi
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Unfortunately, violence begets violence. And this is how the war on terrorism seems to be going at this juncture. A lot of people are losing their lives. Many children are losing their parents. Too many houses are being destroyed. And, unfortunately, the arms industry seems to flourish.
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There is a verse [in the Koran] that says God swears by time. Anything you gain in life, you pay for with your time. Time is the most important thing that has been given to man.
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North Americans do not understand that you do not throw down human rights like bombs on the Iraqis.
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Lawyers have a dangerous job in Iran.
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While living in exile I have become the loudspeaker for the people of Iran.
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Fear is a human instinct, just like hunger. Whether you like it or not, you become hungry. Similarly with fear. But I have learned to train myself to live with the fear.
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When we criticize in Iran the actions of the government, the fundamentalists say that we and the Bush Administration are in the same camp. The funny thing is that human rights activists and Mr. Bush can never be situated in the same group.
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Europe clearly is the only place where people can speak up critically, and this is a unique cultural value.
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When more and more people want something, it becomes easier to achieve that goal.
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Maybe the words are the same, but the time is not the same. Iranians weren't working on achieving nuclear energy.
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Certainly, the fight against terrorism is a legitimate fight. And certainly whoever commits terrorism should be brought to justice.
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I am the voice of the people in Iran whose voices are silent and whose demands cannot be heard by the rest of the world.
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We must not enable anyone to impose his personal view regarding religion on others by force, oppression, or pressure.
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If you can't eliminate injustice, at least tell everyone about it.
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The role of Iran has been very destructive. As an Iranian, I apologize to the civilian people of Syria who have been killed as a result of the useless intervention of Iran in Syria.
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How can you defy fear? Fear is a human instinct, just like hunger. Whether you like it or not, you become hungry. Similarly with fear. But I have learned to train myself to live with this fear.
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Democracy doesn't recognize east or west democracy is simply people's will. Therefore, I do not acknowledge that there are various models of democracy there is just democracy itself.
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Human rights is the fruit of various civilizations.
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Over 60 percent of the university students in Iran are female. The women in Iran are better educated than men.
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The Iranian government intends to use the nuclear program for peaceful purposes, but must convince international public opinion of that.
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