http://blog.pdamerica.org/2008/12/iran-shut-down-two-human-rights-centers-founded-by-nobel-peace-prize-laureate/ Posts do not necessarily represent the views of PDA, its Board or Membership Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:29:56 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://blog.pdamerica.org/2008/12/iran-shut-down-two-human-rights-centers-founded-by-nobel-peace-prize-laureate/comment-page-1/#comment-132299 will shetterly Thu, 25 Dec 2008 19:56:20 +0000 http://blog.pdamerica.org/?p=2311#comment-132299 One clue to why she may have been arrested: Ebadi was championed by the National Endowment for Democracy, the people who funded coups against democratically-elected leaders in Haiti and Venezuela, and who generally promote capitalism at the expense of democracy. That doesn't mean Ebadi was a spy, of course--the NED may simply be exploiting her. But the NED taints everyone they touch. One clue to why she may have been arrested: Ebadi was championed by the National Endowment for Democracy, the people who funded coups against democratically-elected leaders in Haiti and Venezuela, and who generally promote capitalism at the expense of democracy. That doesn't mean Ebadi was a spy, of course–the NED may simply be exploiting her. But the NED taints everyone they touch.

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