“Contrary to what certain governments say, human rights are universal. Arbitrary detention, torture and discrimination hurt the human dignity of anybody, whatever his or her country of origin, religion, descent, or any other ground.” HumansCountryGovernmentCertainHurtRightsDignityUniversalHuman RightsContraryDiscriminationTortureArbitraryDescentHuman DignityDetention Author:Shirin Ebadi
“Unfortunately, the United States and a few other governments have used the war on terrorism as a way of violating human rights. I am referring to the case of the Guantánamo Bay prisoners. This violation of the rights of prisoners has been so unbelievable that the United Nations has reminded the United States repeatedly that the treatment of prisoners should take place according to the preestablished conventions of the United Nations.” WayShouldHumansHas BeensWarStatesGovernmentUsedNationsUnitedCasesUnited StatesRightsHuman RightsTerrorismTreatmentPrisonerConventionsUnbelievableUnited NationsViolationWar On TerrorReferringWar On Terrorism Author:Shirin Ebadi
“The government of Iran claims that every two years there are elections. But none of them are free.” YearsTwoGovernmentClaimsElectionTwo YearsIran Author:Shirin Ebadi
“It is totally unacceptable for a government to interfere in the internal affairs of another government and send aid, money, and weapons, to the people who are against a certain regime in another country.” PeopleCountryGovernmentCertainWeaponsAffairAidsInternalsRegimesInterfereInternal Affairs Author:Shirin Ebadi
“No government can make me wear a veil, no government can force me not to wear it either” GovernmentForceVeils Author:Shirin Ebadi
“The Iranian government intends to use the nuclear program for peaceful purposes, but must convince international public opinion of that.” LoveUseGovernmentPurposePeaceOpinionProgramInternationalNuclearPeacefulConvincePublic OpinionIranian Author:Shirin Ebadi
“No American soldier should be allowed to set foot on Iranian soil, regardless of the criticism we have of the Iranian government.” ShouldGovernmentFeetCriticismSoldierSoilIranianAmerican Soldier Author:Shirin Ebadi
“My aim is to show that those governments that violate the rights of people by invoking the name of Islam have been misusing Islam.” PeopleHas BeensShowsGovernmentNamesRightsAimIslam Author:Shirin Ebadi
“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.” HumansGovernmentActionRightsGroupsHuman RightsAdministrationIranCriticizeActivistCampsFunny Things Author:Shirin Ebadi
“The international community can't trust such a government. If the government of Iran wants the international community to believe in what it says, it should try to bring true, pure democracy into the country. The political solution to the energy issue or the nuclear case is democracy in Iran.” IfsWantShouldTryingBelieveCountryGovernmentPoliticalEnergyCommunityCasesDemocracyIssuesPureSolutionsInternationalNuclearIranInternational Community Author:Shirin Ebadi
“We shouldn't just consider the desire of government to do what it wants to do. We should always consider the resistance of people. The culture of Iranian people doesn't let the government drag people into deep trouble or backlash. Maybe government wants it, but the culture doesn't let it go on.” PeopleWantShouldGovernmentDesireCultureTroubleGoes OnResistanceDragLet It GoIranianBacklash Author:Shirin Ebadi
