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Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi

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Nobel Prize laureate Ebadi: execution was warning (16-02-2011)

Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi believes the execution of Dutch-Iranian Zahra Bahrami was intended as a warning to the opposition. Ms...

Political prisoners dossier

Political prisoners

People held behind bars for their actions or moral objections against the system of governance in their country are called political prisoners. RNW reports on their plight in collaboration with Dutch media company IDTV.

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Article: The Hague is Bahrami’s last hope
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Article: "I slept on human bones"

Bulletin: Dutch may boycott European Championship in Ukraine
Bulletin: Dutch may boycott European Championship in Ukraine
The Dutch caretaker cabinet has threatened to boycott the European Football Championship...
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Bulletin: Dutch historian: bar Princess Máxima’s father
Bulletin: Dutch historian: bar Princess Máxima’s father
Princess Máxima’s father, Jorge Zorreguieta, should be barred from the...
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Bulletin: Most Dutch: Máxima’s father welcome
Bulletin: Most Dutch: Máxima’s father welcome
A majority of the Dutch think Princess Máxima’s father should be present at...
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Bulletin: Last of Group of 75 Cuban dissidents released
Bulletin: Last of Group of 75 Cuban dissidents released
The last two members of a group of 75 Cuban dissidents who were handed down long prison...
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Bulletin: Foreign minister holds long meeting with Tehran ambassador
Bulletin: Foreign minister holds long meeting with Tehran ambassador
Dutch foreign minister Uri Rosenthal has been in a meeting with the Dutch ambassador to...
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Bulletin: Iranian ambassador appears after all
Bulletin: Iranian ambassador appears after all
A Dutch foreign ministry spokesperson has said that Iranian Ambassador Kazem Gharib...
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Bulletin: Dutch FM asks Afghan counterpart to save Christian convert
Bulletin: Dutch FM asks Afghan counterpart to save Christian convert
Netherlands Foreign Minister Uri Rosenthal has urgently requested his Afghan counterpart...
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Bulletin: Dutch foreign minister defends actions in Bahrami case
Bulletin: Dutch foreign minister defends actions in Bahrami case
Foreign Minister Uri Rosenthal has defended measures taken by the Dutch government...
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Bulletin: Dutch-Iranian woman sentenced to death in Iran
Bulletin: Dutch-Iranian woman sentenced to death in Iran
Dutch-Iranian woman Zahra Bahrami has been found guilty of drug smuggling and sentenced...
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Bulletin: Azeri bloggers thank the world for moral support
Bulletin: Azeri bloggers thank the world for moral support
In a video on YouTube Azeri bloggers Adnan Hajizadeh and Emin Milli expressed their...
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Video highlights

International Criminal Court in The Hague

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International courts: busier than ever

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Wife of Tibetan filmmaker draws strength from dissident Nobel Prize

From October 2007 until March 2008, Dhondup Wangchen travelled through...

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North Korean imprisoned for three years on spying charges

Gwang Il Jung was imprisoned for three years in Yodok, a detention camp...

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Political prisoners and their families in the spotlight

What does it mean when a loved one is arrested and has to endure severe...

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Dutch FM welcomes political prisoners project

The Netherlands' - outgoing - foreign minister, Maxime Verhagen, has...

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