Thursday, October 19, 2023

Mahsa Amini, who died in Iranian police custody, awarded Sakharov human rights prize

An older woman in a headscarf holds up a sign bearing the picture of a younger woman with the inscription on it, 'Jana Amini.'

Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman who died in police custody in Iran last year, sparking worldwide protests against the country's conservative Islamic theocracy, was awarded the European Union's top human rights prize on Thursday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/sakharov-prize-amini-1.7001160?cmp=rss
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