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| Saturday, 11 October 2003 |
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Ebadi wins Nobel Peace Prize OSLO, Friday, (Reuters) Iranian lawyer Shirin Ebadi won the Nobel Peace Prize yesterday for her work defending human rights in an award aimed at inspiring democratic reform across the Muslim world. The Norwegian Nobel Committee praised Ebadi, one of Iran's first woman judges before the Islamic revolution forced her to step down, for work focused on the rights of women and children. Ebadi won from a record field of 165 candidates including Pope John Paul and former Czech President Vaclav Havel. "I'm very glad and proud," she told Norway's NRK public television by phone from Paris. "It's very good for me, very good for human rights in Iran, good for democracy in Iran and especially children's rights in Iran." "She sees no contradiction between Islam and fundamental human rights," head of the five-member Nobel committee Ole Danbold Mjoes said. "We hope that the prize will be an inspiration for all those who struggle for human rights and democracy in her country, in the Muslim world, and in all countries where the fight for human rights needs inspiration and support," he said. The Nobel prize is worth 10 million Swedish crowns ($1.32 million) and will be handed out in Oslo on December 10. Ebadi, only the 11th woman to win since the prize was set up in 1901, said she would come to Oslo to receive the prize. She said it was a surprise and she had had no time to consider what to do with the cash. Ebadi won a separate human rights prize in Norway in 2001, the Rafto Prize. |
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