For more news and videos visit ☛ http://english.ntdtv.com <br />Follow us on Twitter ☛ http://twitter.com/NTDTelevision <br />Add us on Facebook ☛ http://facebook.com/NTDTelevision <br /><br />Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Shirin Ebadi, a human rights lawyer from Iran, spoke at a German Conference against Censorship last weekend. <br /><br />The conferences motto was "No tolerance for the new censors -- for free access to information". <br /><br />The International Society for Human Rights, ISHR, holds its yearly general conference in Bonn, Germany. <br /><br />This year the conference motto "No tolerance for the new censors -- for free access to information", featured speakers highlighting the close relationship between censorship and human rights. <br /><br />Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Shirin Ebadi spoke about women's rights, religious suppression and the Iranian internet police. <br /><br />[Dr. Shirin Ebadi, Iranian Nobel Peace Prize Winner]: <br />"At the moment many Iranian journalists and web loggers are in prison, so Iran has become the biggest prison for these journalists and web loggers." <br /><br />Dr. Ebadi says the international society should have more compassion and solidarity for Iranian people. <br /><br />[Dr. Shirin Ebadi, Iranian Nobel Peace Prize Winner]: <br />"The Iranian people wish for democracy and human rights and try to make this known openly. But they are confronted with a day-to-day increase of acts of violence from the regime." <br /><br />The internet is banned outright in Cuba while Iran and China control information using technology and an army of internet police. <br /><br />The president of the ISHR says the challenge is now to provide information over the internet to where it's needed. <br /><br />[Alexander Frhr. von Bischoffshausen, President ISHR]: <br />"This gives human rights organizations worldwide, especially the ISHR, quite a challenge. We need young people, we need specialists who deal with these issues." <br /><br />The director of the "Association for Asian Research" says there are ways to break through the blockade. <br /><br />[
