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Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/gc08/idUSTRE5616C220090702
Nobel Winner Calls for UN Human Rights Envoy for Iran
[Reuters] Daniel Bases - Iranian Nobel Peace Prize recipient Shirin Ebadi called on UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on Thursday to appoint a personal envoy to investigate human rights abuses in Iran, in a letter also signed by the International Federation for Human Rights and the Iranian League for the Defense of Human Rights. Ebadi, a human rights lawyer, has called on Ahmadinejad to prosecute those who shot protesters and pay compensation to their families, while also calling for fresh elections held with UN observers.