In a statement, the Swedish Academy decided to award the prize to Mohammadi for “her fight against the oppression of women” in Iran. She, the activist, is currently in prison after being convicted by the fundamentalist regime. to Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi, the Swedish Academy announced on Thursday (05/10). In a statement, the Academy said it decided to award the prize to Mohammadi for “her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all.”
Narges Mohammadi was arrested more than ten times by the Iranian fundamentalist regime and sentenced five times for a total of 31 years in prison and 154 lashes. She is currently serving her sentence in Evin Prison in Tehran.
In 2022, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the Belarusian human rights activist Ales Bialiatski, the Russian human rights group Memorial, and the Ukrainian organization Center for Civil Liberties. At the time, the organizers of the prize said that the trio had been chosen “for the right to criticize those in power” and to “denounce crimes against humanity”.
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Source: Terra
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