Nobel Peace Prize Winner Ready To Fight For Neda
Ebadi Ready To Fight For Neda
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Ebadi, a prominent Iranian human rights lawyer and Nobel peace prize
winner, has told Al Jazeera that she is prepared to represent the
family of a young woman shot dead during a protest in Tehran.
The
woman, named as Neda Agha Soltan on social-networking websites, has
become a symbol for people protesting against the disputed
re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian president.
Ebadi told Al Jazeera on Wednesday: "I am personally prepared to legally represent her family against the people who ordered the shooting and those who fired at her."
"This act was against the law.
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