The 22-year-old’s family blocked from coming to France from Iran to collect Sakharov prize
The European parliament has presented a rights prize posthumously to Mahsa Amini, whose death in Iranian custody prompted mass protests, as her mother hailed her daughter’s name as “a secret code for freedom”.
The award is the latest international recognition for the women challenging Iran’s religious government after Narges Mohammadi, the jailed activist, was given the Nobel peace prize.
Continue reading…The 22-year-old’s family blocked from coming to France from Iran to collect Sakharov prizeThe European parliament has presented a rights prize posthumously to Mahsa Amini, whose death in Iranian custody prompted mass protests, as her mother hailed her daughter’s name as “a secret code for freedom”.The award is the latest international recognition for the women challenging Iran’s religious government after Narges Mohammadi, the jailed activist, was given the Nobel peace prize. Continue reading…