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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8561

11 October 2003
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/human rights
EU pleased at Nobel peace prize to Iranian, Shirin Ebadi

Brussels, 10/10/2003 (Agence Europe) - On Friday, Javier Solana, EU High Representative (CFSP), welcomed the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to the Iranian human rights activist, the lawyer, Shirin Ebadi, aged 56. This is the first Muslim woman to receive the prize in the more than 100 years of awarding the prize. "Ms Ebadi has not only defended many of her fellow Iranians in concrete, individual cases, but she has also taken part in the vital internal debate on human rights in Iran",...

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