Change for Equality: Human Rights Watch and the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran have issued a statement condemning the escalation of threats against the Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi. The text of this statement appears below:
(New York, January 2, 2009) — The Iranian government should immediately end its campaign of persecution against Dr. Shirin Ebadi, which has now escalated to mob threats and violence against her home, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran (...)