General News
Women's Learning Partnership for Rights, Development, and Peace
Growing number of women's and human rights organizations express concern for the safety of Shirin Ebadi and demand protection and guarantee of her civil and political rights
The situation of Nobel peace laureate and human rights defender Shirin Ebadi grows increasingly critical. Over the last two weeks the organization she heads, Defenders of Human Rights Center, was shut down, false accusations of tax evasion were made against her in the media, her private law offices were raided and confidential case files seized, and on January 1st a mob of 150 demonstrated in front of her house in an orchestrated attempt to connect her to the Israeli actions in Gaza. Protestors began kicking the door to her home and vandalized the exterior of her property in an attempt to further intimidate her.
We condemn the Iranian government's campaign against the country's most prominent human rights activist, and demand that they guarantee Shirin Ebadi's safety and her civil and political rights.
Join the over eighty human rights organizations and activists who have expressed grave concern for Ms. Ebadi's safety and human rights. Send an email to wlp@learningpartnership.org.
For more information, see WLP's alert issued on December 30th, Change for Equality website, Feminist School website, and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's statement of concern.
Organizations
- African Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies (ACDHRS)
- Anti Trafficking Center, Serbia
- The Arab Resource Center on Violence Against Women, Jordan
- Association Democratique des Femmes du Maroc (ADFM), Morocco
- Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID)
- BAOBAB for Women's Human Rights, Nigeria
- Center for Women's Global Leadership
- Collective for Research and Training on Development-Action, Lebanon
- Creating Hope International
- Education Society of Malopolska (MTO), Nowy Sacz, Poland
- English PEN
- Fondation Surgir, Switzerland
- Human Rights Center/Citizens Against Corruption, Kyrgyzstan
- International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran
- Iranian Women's Organization of Ontario
- Kadin Emegini Degerlendirme Vakfi/Foundation for the Support of Women's Work, Turkey
- Moremi Initiative for Women's Leadership in Africa
- Secularism Is A Women's Issue (SIAWI)
- Sisterhood Is Global Institute/Jordan
- Sisters in Islam, Malaysia
- Van Kadin Dernegi (VAKAD)/ Van Women's Association, Turkey
- Women's Centre, Bombay
- Women's Learning Partnership for Rights, Development, and Peace
- Women's UN Report Network (WUNRN)
- Women Poverty Eradication Centre (WOPEC), Cameroon
Individuals
- Munerah Ahmed
- Eersa Sami Ahuja, Pakistan
- Anwar H. Alkhalldy
- Jane Anderson
- Dr. Nimat Hafez Barazangi
- Hana Bhuiyan
- Andrea Michelle Chavez
- Manasi Dash
- Maureen Daly
- Mary Lou DeFino
- Dr. Mehrdad Emadi
- Rachel C. Fletcher
- Pie Friendly
- Mouna Ghanem
- Vanessa Griffen, Fiji
- Dr. Hormoz Hekmat
- Tom Hennes
- Dr. Juliet Hunt, Independent Consultant on Gender and Development
- H. Patricia Hynes
- Ali Kabiri
- Darius Kadivar
- Kanchan Lama, Independent Gender Adviser, Nepal
- Theresa de Langis, Ph.D.
- Cat Lucas
- Maryam Majd
- Eleonora Barbieri Masini
- Dr. Belle McDonnell, Anglo American University, Czech Republic
- Sabine Missistranoo, President of Honour of the Belgian League for Human Rights
- Sophie Moochhala
- Naomi Myrvaagnes, Brandeis University Women's Studies Scholars Program
- Azar Nafisi
- Sabri Najafi
- Elaine Nonneman
- Ayo Obe, Legal Practitioner, Nigeria
- Billie Paris
- Pamela Day Pelletreau, Ph.D.
- Alexandra Pittman
- Dr. Shirley Randell AM, Consultant, Gender and Governance for Empowerment, Rwanda
- Monica M. Ringer, Asst. Prof. Middle Eastern History, Departments of History and Asian Languages & Civilizations, Amherst College
- Sharon Bhagwan Rolls, Coordinator: femLINKPACIFIC - Media Initiatives for Women Leni M. Silverstein
- Sharan Tabari
- Dr. Nada Ler Sofronic, "Woman and Society", Sarajevo
- Maheen Sultan
- Kehinde Taiwo Ph.D, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria
- Kamran Talattof, Professor
- Sue Telingator
- Nayereh Tohidi, Ph.D., Professor & Chair, Gender & Women's Studies Department, California State University, Northridge
- Aleyamma Vijayan, Sakhi,India
- Lynne Wasserman
- Barbara Scott Winkler, Professor of Women's Studies, Southern Oregon University
- Nancy Wrenn
- Akuila Yabaki
- Faizun Zackariya, Centre for Development Initiatives, Sri Lanka