Human rights activist wins 2023 Nobel Peace Prize

Human rights activist wins 2023 Nobel Peace Prize


Iranian Narges Mohammadi is the winner of the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize for human rights activism. The announcement was made today by the Nobel Committee

Iranian Narges Mohammadi is the winner of the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize for human rights activism. The announcement was made today, October 6, by the Norwegian Nobel Committee.




Narges is a journalist and is considered the female voice of Iran, for having fought against the oppression of the regime in her country. She is currently in prison.

According to Berit Reiss-Andersen, president of the Nobel Committee, Narges Mohammadi is a defender of human rights and a person fighting for freedom.

“We want to support your courageous fight and recognize the thousands of people who have spoken out against the theocratic regime of repression and discrimination that targets women in Iran,” the president said.

What are human rights?

According to this article, Human Rights are a category of fundamental rights guaranteed to every human being, regardless of social class, race, nationality, religion, culture, profession, gender, sexual orientation or any other possible variant that may differentiate human beings. humans.

See below a video lesson on human rights

Nobel Peace Prize

The Nobel Prize is a global recognition, organized by the foundation of the same name and awarded every year by Swedish and Norwegian institutions to people or organizations that in the previous year have carried out research and discoveries useful to humanity.

The Nobel Prize ceremony takes place every year on December 10 in Stockholm, Sweden and Oslo, Norway. Personalities who win the award become world-renowned in their fields of activity.

Discover the five categories into which the Nobel Prize is divided:

  • Chemist

  • Physicist

  • Medicinal

  • Literature

  • Peace

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By Silvia Tancredi

Journalist

Source: Terra

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