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Iran: Parvin Ardalan wins human rights prize

Submitted by wluml on Wed, 02/13/2008 - 00:00
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Women's human rights defender Parvin Ardalan has received the Olof Palme Prize for 2007.
The Olof Palme Prize for 2007 goes to Parvin Ardalan, who has succeeded in making the demand for equal rights for men and women a central part of the struggle for democracy in Iran.
As a result, the women’s movement for civil rights and liberties has, to a great extent, spread geographically as well as socially. Despite persecution, threats and harassment, Parvin Ardaln has been persistent in her struggle and never compromised her ideals. Through constantly more ingenious methods, she and her fellow sisters have managed to increase the support for equal rights. The ongoing campaign for a million signatures against discrimination is an excellent example. Their intensive work deserves international recognition as a path to democracy and peace in this region of turbulence and conflict.
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For the original news item in Swedish, please see here: http://www.palmefonden.se/index.php?page=53

Olof Palme was the a Social Democrat and served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1969 to 1976 and again from 1982 until his assassination in 1986.

The Olof Palme Memorial Fund for International Understanding and Common Security was established by Olof Palme's family and by the Social Democratic Party to honour his memory.