Shirin Ebadi,  Nobel Peace Prize Laureate // Zamaneh Media 10th year Anniversary Speech  //
Channel: Zamaneh Media
Date: 2016-12-02

On 21 Oct 2016, Zamaneh Media commemorated ten years of reporting, publishing, documentary film making and civil society capacity building in a daylong conference and festival titled “Iran: the Road Ahead”.
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Shirin Ebadi (born 21 June 1947) is an Iranian lawyer, a former judge and human rights activist and founder of Defenders of Human Rights Center in Iran. On 10 October 2003, Ebadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her significant and pioneering efforts for democracy and human rights, especially women’s, children’s, and refugee rights. She was the first ever Iranian to receive the prize.
In 2009, Ebadi’s award was allegedly confiscated by Iranian authorities, though this was later denied by the Iranian government. If true, she would be the first person in the history of the Nobel Prize whose award has been forcibly seized by state authorities.
Ebadi lived in Tehran, but she has been in exile in the UK since June 2009 due to the increase in persecution of Iranian citizens who are critical of the current regime. In 2004, she was listed by Forbes magazine as one of the “100 most powerful women in the world”. She is also included in a published list of the “100 most influential women of all time.”

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A Persian language media organization providing independent journalism, citizen reporting, blogging, e-learning, debate and knowledge to an audience in Iran and to Persian speaking community around the world

Broadcasts 24/7 via internet

Starts conversations about a wide range of issues that are considered public taboos in present-day Iran

Focus on reports, analyses, commentaries, blogs, debates and films about social, economic, cultural and political topics, press and internet freedom, human rights and democracy

A public media that gives a voice to the unheard: ethnic and sexual minorities, young Iranians, experts, writers, bloggers and independent academic thinkers

Hosts Zamaneh Tribune, a secure online platform where Iranian citizen reporters and human rights activists can upload, share and discuss multimedia reports on human rights and democracy and enter into debate with each other

Has provided close to 3000 Iranians with online education in Persian on independent journalism, multimedia reporting and digital security

Based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, it tries to build bridges between Iran and the Iranian diaspora

Informs a large audience in other Persian speaking areas of the world, such as Afghanistan and Central Asia