Iranian Security Officers Raid Shirin Ebadi's Private Office

[Andrew49]

Iranian security officers have raided the private law office of Shirin Ebadi, a prominent human rights defender and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, after identifying themselves as tax officials. The security officers presented a letter that they said allowed them to take the office’s computer and documents. Ebadi refused to surrender her computer and case files, citing the confidential nature of the work of lawyers. She said the act of surrendering client files to government officials would breach that confidentiality. This latest assault seems to be part of an ongoing campaign of harassment of Shirin Ebadi, human rights defenders as a whole, and reflects the worsening situation of human rights in Iran. The latest raid follows the closure of the Defenders of Human Rights Center on December 21, of which Ebadi is a founding member. The center brings together a number of prominent human rights lawyers and offers free legal advice. ... The BBC

Linked Story:
A group of 'demonstrators' attacked the Tehran home and office of Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi on Thursday, trampling a sign in the front yard, spray-painting slogans on her building and accusing her of supporting Israel, her office said. .... CNN

[Factorem]

Iranian security officers have raided the private law office of Shirin Ebadi, a prominent human rights defender and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, after identifying themselves as tax officials. The security officers presented a letter that they said allowed them to take the office’s computer and documents. Ebadi refused to surrender her computer and case files, citing the confidential nature of the work of lawyers. She said the act of surrendering client files to government officials would breach that confidentiality. This latest assault seems to be part of an ongoing campaign of harassment of Shirin Ebadi, human rights defenders as a whole, and reflects the worsening situation of human rights in Iran. The latest raid follows the closure of the Defenders of Human Rights Center on December 21, of which Ebadi is a founding member. The center brings together a number of prominent human rights lawyers and offers free legal advice. ... The BBC

Linked Story:
A group of 'demonstrators' attacked the Tehran home and office of Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi on Thursday, trampling a sign in the front yard, spray-painting slogans on her building and accusing her of supporting Israel, her office said. .... CNN

Nothing to say about the US/Israeli ECHELON project then?

[Christine Murray]

Got a mail on this today, but have limited net access- you may be interested in the Edward Said link at : Nomadics

[Andrew49]

Factorem Asks:

Nothing to say about the US/Israeli ECHELON project then?

Well I was never asked before so I didn't volunteer any information. Now I can categorically deny that I have any official knowledge of any 'US/Israeli ECHELON project' or even that it exists or existed.

[Factorem]

Factorem Asks:

Well I was never asked before so I didn't volunteer any information. Now I can categorically deny that I have any official knowledge of any 'US/Israeli ECHELON project' or even that it exists or existed.

A couple of files being searched through isn't exactly the biggest deal is it, especially when the USA/Israel have the biggest spying operation on the planet.

If the documents were really that important, she should have hidden and encrypted 'em.

[Clanrickard]

This latest assault seems to be part of an ongoing campaign of harassment of Shirin Ebadi, human rights defenders as a whole, and reflects the worsening situation of human rights in Iran. The latest raid follows the closure of the Defenders of Human Rights Center on December 21, of which Ebadi is a founding member. The center brings together a number of prominent human rights lawyers and offers free legal advice. ... The BBC

Linked Story:
A group of 'demonstrators' attacked the Tehran home and office of Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi on Thursday, trampling a sign in the front yard, spray-painting slogans on her building and accusing her of supporting Israel, her office said. .... CNN

Andrew you are not on message dear chap. The media in the west are not interested. It is much more fun to be portraying the jooooos and the American/Capitalist/ Facist/Free Masonic campaign to control the planet as the real enemy. The fact that people get far worse treatment in iran or Saudi or China or North Korea is neither here nor there. Bashing the Yanks and the Zionists is where it's at.

[Bom]

Andrew you are not on message dear chap. The media in the west are not interested.

The 'media in the west' are the ones who reported it (BBC, CNN - linked in the original post). Its an important story as Ebadi does vital work in her country in always difficult and very often dangerous circumstances. Her position is even more precarious in that she often has to depend on the state to provide protection from attacks: a state that has jailed her and intimidated her on occasions in the past. She is a woman of very great courage.

[He3]

The latest raid follows the closure of the Defenders of Human Rights Center on December 21, of which Ebadi is a founding member. The center brings together a number of prominent human rights lawyers and offers free legal advice. ... The BBC

Linked Story:
A group of 'demonstrators' attacked the Tehran home and office of Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi on Thursday, trampling a sign in the front yard, spray-painting slogans on her building and accusing her of supporting Israel, her office said. .... CNN

Thread on December raid.

http://www.politics.ie/foreign-affai...ut-police.html

[Objecteev]

A couple of files being searched through isn't exactly the biggest deal is it, especially when the USA/Israel have the biggest spying operation on the planet.
If the documents were really that important, she should have hidden and encrypted 'em.

"If the documents were really that important, she should have hidden and encrypted 'em"?? LMAO.

Ahhhhh. The great country of Iran. Must be great for you to protect your country, ha?
Not only are your leaders "NOT" insane, but your legal system is "NOT" corrupt, you "DONT" have hay people, you "DON'T" kidnap women from the street for not dressing according to fanatic muslim law, you do "NOT" arrest anyone who dares to speak against your corrupt regime with claims they are Israli/US spied and sentence them to death or life in prison without a real trial, and you "DON'T" have any human rights violations in catastrophic proportions. What a place to live in.

As you so elegantly put it.. How can you believe anything she say, or protect her humar rights when she is clearly an Isralei/US agent.. cause.. well.. we have proof... she speaks against our great perfect paradise called Iran (meant for civilian use only almost).

[He3]

Wonder how many Irish names are on her computer, from her visit to Galway.