Nobel laureate barred from representing Kazemi

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Tehran — Nobel peace laureate Shirin Ebadi has apparently been barred from representing the family of Iranian-Canadian photojournalist Zahra Kazemi who died in custody, a spokesman for her human rights centre said Saturday.

Mohammad Ali Dadkhah, one of four lawyers representing Ms. Kazemi's family, said an invitation from the court to attend a hearing next month did not mention Ms. Ebadi's name.

“That Ebadi's name is not among the list of lawyers invited for the next hearing means that the judiciary has barred her from representing the family at the court,” Mr. Dadkhah said.

In November, a criminal court had accepted Ms. Ebadi's request to represent Ms. Kazemi's family.

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