Shirin Ebadi, a peace rights lawyer in Iran, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003 by the Nobel Foundation based in Norway.
Today I read that it had been seized by the Iranian authorities in an effort to curb "activities that they found against the state."
I have no issues with government rule of law. I do have a problem if your basic rights are curtailed.
What does it mean when a symbol is taken away? Do you think that just by taking away a medal, the authorities will accomplish much?
They say she has not paid the taxes due on her prize money (which Ibadi claims is exempt under Iranian law). Maybe because she is the only Iranian to have received the Nobel Peace Prize, the authorities may just amend the law with retrospective effect and impose a 300% penalty on the tax sought to be evaded so that they can get her good.
"Truth can not be suppressed and always is the ultimate victor. So, we should tread on the righteous path." - Yajur Veda
"Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with deeper fangs than freedom never endangered" - Marcus Cicero (106 BC – 43 BC)
Pity they still live in Medieval times, though the world has clearly moved on.
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