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December 22, 2008

Iran Closes Shirin Ebadi’s Human Rights Organization
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The Iranian government has closed down the country’s main human rights
organization, headed by Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi. The
Center for the Defense of Human Rights in Tehran was shut down on Sunday
hours before it was scheduled to hold a ceremony to commemorate the
sixtieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The
government accused the organization of carrying out illegal activities,
such as publishing statements, writing letters to international
organizations and holding news conferences.



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