Nobel Peace Prize 2023: Jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi awarded for ‘fight against oppression of women’
Nobel Prize in Literature awarded to Norwegian author Jon Fosse "This prize is first and foremost a recognition of the very important work of a whole movement in Iran with with its undisputed leader, Nargis Mohammadi," said Berit Reiss-Andersen, the chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee who announced the prize in Oslo. Exciting news! Mint is now on WhatsApp Channels. Subscribe today by clicking the link and stay updated with the latest financial insights! Click here! "The impact of the prize is not for the Nobel committee to decide upon.
We hope that it is an encouragement to continue the work in whichever form this movement finds to be fitting." Reiss-Andersen said Mohammadi has been imprisoned 13 times and convicted five times. In total, she has been sentenced to 31 years in prison, he noted. The decision to honour her also comes in the backdrop of months of protests in Iran over the death of a 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, a Kurdish woman who was reportedly detained by the country's morality police for violating the strict hijab norms.
While rights' activists linked her death to the moral police's action, the Iranian authorities have denied their role. Notably, Mohammadi is the 19th woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize and the second Iranian woman, after human rights activist Shirin Ebadi won the award in 2003. There was no immediate reaction from Iranian state television and other state-controlled media.
Some semiofficial news agencies acknowledged Mohammadi’s win in online messages, citing foreign press reports. Before being jailed, Mohammadi was vice president of the banned Defenders of Human Rights Center in Iran. She has been close to Ebadi, who founded the center.
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