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Protect Iranian Nobel Peace laureate's sister
This petition was published by Adam Breasley on Dec 29, 2009
We the undersigned express our grave concern that Iranian intelligence officials have detained Nushin Ebadi, the sister of the Iranian human rights lawyer and Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi.
Nushin Ebadi is a professor of dentistry at Azad University in Tehran, along with her husband, and Shirin Ebadi says her sister has no connection with her Nobel Peace laureate sister's political work, nor any connection with the ongoing protests or political situation in Iran.
We are deeply concerned that the detention by Iranian intelligence officials of Nushin Ebadi from her home in Tehran during recent protests appears to be politically motivated, and designed purely to exert pressure on her Nobel laureate sister to discontinue her work.
The Iranian authorities would appear to be trying to silence the Nobel laureate from speaking publicly internationally as she has been since June elections, by taking hostage her sister in Tehran in the midst of the current political turmoil in Iran.
‘They have detained her so I stop my work.’
--Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi
We fear greatly for the safety of Nushin Ebadi who Shirin Ebadi says was taken into custody Monday evening from their shared home in Tehran.
We note that the detention of Dr Ebadi’s sister marks a new low point in a series of ongoing threats and harassment against Shirin Ebadi, her family and colleagues in Iran, including the recent confiscation of Mrs Ebadi's Nobel Prize which prompted protests by the Norwegian and Swedish Ministries and marked the first time a Nobel Prize had been confiscated by national authorities.
We deplore the practice of using the threat of violence against innocent family members as a means to achieve one’s political goals.
We ask all those in positions of influence to make every effort available to ensure that Mrs Nushin Ebadi is swiftly and rightfully returned safely and unharmed to her family home in Tehran without delay and for the Iranian government to cease the political persecution of political opponents' family members.
Nushin Ebadi is a professor of dentistry at Azad University in Tehran, along with her husband, and Shirin Ebadi says her sister has no connection with her Nobel Peace laureate sister's political work, nor any connection with the ongoing protests or political situation in Iran.
We are deeply concerned that the detention by Iranian intelligence officials of Nushin Ebadi from her home in Tehran during recent protests appears to be politically motivated, and designed purely to exert pressure on her Nobel laureate sister to discontinue her work.
The Iranian authorities would appear to be trying to silence the Nobel laureate from speaking publicly internationally as she has been since June elections, by taking hostage her sister in Tehran in the midst of the current political turmoil in Iran.
‘They have detained her so I stop my work.’
--Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi
We fear greatly for the safety of Nushin Ebadi who Shirin Ebadi says was taken into custody Monday evening from their shared home in Tehran.
We note that the detention of Dr Ebadi’s sister marks a new low point in a series of ongoing threats and harassment against Shirin Ebadi, her family and colleagues in Iran, including the recent confiscation of Mrs Ebadi's Nobel Prize which prompted protests by the Norwegian and Swedish Ministries and marked the first time a Nobel Prize had been confiscated by national authorities.
We deplore the practice of using the threat of violence against innocent family members as a means to achieve one’s political goals.
We ask all those in positions of influence to make every effort available to ensure that Mrs Nushin Ebadi is swiftly and rightfully returned safely and unharmed to her family home in Tehran without delay and for the Iranian government to cease the political persecution of political opponents' family members.
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