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Daily Archives: July 29, 2020

The Indomitable Spirit of the Human Rights Struggle

Upswell Pop-UpBy Debra RaineyJuly 29, 2020

Dr. Shirin Ebadi was an accomplished attorney, and one of Iran’s first female judges. She also served as president of the city court of Tehran from 1975 to 1979 and was the first Iranian woman to achieve Chief Justice status. But that all changed when she and other women judges were dismissed from that position…

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