Source:
REF/RL
Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi has
appealed to the international community not to turn a blind eye to human rights
violations in Iran, RFE/RL's Radio Farda reports.
Ebadi was speaking to Radio Farda on the sidelines of the
European Forum Alpbach, an annual
conference that opened in Austria on August 19.
Ebadi said concern over Iran's disputed nuclear program should not eclipse the
problem of human rights in that country. She also told the conference that
political prisoners in Iran "are treated even worse than drug traffickers."
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Shirin Ebadi |
Ebadi also spoke of what she called "a new definition of
peace" as "calmness," not merely "the absence of war."
"Although Iran is not involved in a war, people in Iran are still deprived of
the blessings of real peace," Ebadi said. "Only a society that has democracy and
social justice can attain calmness."
The Alpbach Forum has been held annually since the end of World War II. Last
year's opening speaker was UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
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