Shirin Ebadi

Shirin Ebadi has been awarded these honors (among many others.:

(thanks to wikipedia)

• Awarded Rafto Prize, Human Rights Prize in Norway, 2001
• Nobel Peace Prize, 2003
• International Democracy Award, 2004
• Legion of Honor award, 2006

According to the Fri Jan 2 2009 NYT, the

"authorities stormed her private office, seizing her computers and her client's documents."

The week before they

"closed her Center for Defenders of Human Rights"

. The title of the NYT article was "The Woman the Mullahs Fear". Looks like Ahmadinejad has fears. Elections are coming up.