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Wed 09 Sep 2009Nobel laureate urges challenge to Ahmadinejad
IRANIAN NOBEL peace laureate Shirin Ebadi yesterday called on the international community to challenge Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, on human rights violations committed during the unrest that followed his disputed re-election when he participates in this week’s opening session of the UN General Assembly.
Ms Ebadi, a lawyer and human rights defender who became the first Iranian and the first Muslim woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003, also strongly criticised UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon for his approach to the crisis precipitated by the June ballot, which opposition leaders believe was rigged.
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