Imprisoned Narges Mohammadi has won the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize, for championing Iranian women’s rights.
A photo provided by the Narges Mohammadi Foundation on Oct. 2, 2023 shows the Iranian rights campaigner Narges Mohammadi. LONDON — The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to Narges Mohammadi, an imprisoned Iranian human rights activist. She is the fifth person to receive the prize while imprisoned.
Accused of “spreading propaganda,” the 51-year-old is serving 10 years in Tehran’s notorious Elvin prison in a sentence that included 154 lashes.Last year, Mohammadi published the book “White Torture” on Iran’s use of solitary confinement and sensory deprivation against her and fellow prisoners.“The aim of white torture is to permanently break the connection between a person’s body and mind to force the individual to recant their ethics and actions,” she wrote.
And this year, on the anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini, the young woman arrested for a dress code violation who died in the custody ofMohammadi staged a protest from inside Elvin prison. She and three other women burned their headscarves, according to a post on her social media page.
Mohammadi and two other Iranian journalists recognized by the United Nations, “paid a hefty price for their commitment to report and convey the truth,” said Zainab Salbi, the chair of the International Jury of media professionals who chose the press freedom prize winners.“We are committed to honoring them and ensuring their voices will continue to echo worldwide until they are safe and free,” Salbi said.
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