FACT CHECK ON HEALTH DEBATE:’War and Peace’ in 209 pages? Iran seizes rights lawyer’s Nobel Peace medal

ITALY SHIRIN EBADIIranian authorities confiscated Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi's medal, the human rights lawyer said Thursday, in a sign of the increasingly drastic steps Tehran is taking against any dissent. In Norway, where the peace prize is awarded, the government said the confiscation of the gold medal was a shocking first in the history of the 108-year-old prize.

Message on World AIDS Day

fiocco_rosso_aidsThe world is seeing signs of progress in reversing the AIDS epidemic in some countries. Investments in the AIDS response are producing results and saving lives

Iranian Nobel Laureate Ebadi Criticizes Human Rights in Iran

shirin-ebadiNobel laureate Shirin Ebadi urged the international community Wednesday to throw its support behind a U.N. General Assembly resolution condemning the lack of human rights in her native Iran. Ebadi said she has invited the U.N. Secretary-General to visit Iran and see for himself the deteriorating state of freedoms there.