Human rights is a universal standard. It is a component of every religion and every civilization.
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Shirin Ebadi Quote
“When we criticize in Iran the actions of the government, the fundamentalists say that we and the Bush Administration are in the same camp. The funny thing is that human rights activists and Mr. Bush can never be situated in the same group.”
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