The European Union on Thursday awarded its top rights honour, the Sakharov Prize, to Mahsa Amini, the Iranian Kurdish woman who died in Iranian custody a year ago, and the "Woman, Life, Freedom" movement her death triggered.
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(FILES) A protester holds a portrait of Mahsa Amini during a demonstration in her support in front of the Iranian embassy in Brussels on September 23, 2022, following the death of an Iranian woman after her arrest by the country's morality police in Tehran. On October 19, 2023, The European Parliament, awarded the EU's top rights award, the Sakharov Prize, to Mahsa Amini, who died in Iranian custody, and the "Woman, Life, Freedom" movement her death triggered. -- Photo: Kenzo Tribouillard / AFP
2023-10-19 16:45:41
The European Union on Thursday awarded its top rights honour, the Sakharov Prize, to Mahsa Amini, the Iranian Kurdish woman who died in Iranian custody a year ago, and the "Woman, Life, Freedom" movement her death triggered.
"The brutal murder of 22-year-old Jina Mahsa Amini marked a turning point. It has triggered a women-led movement that is making history," European Parliament speaker Roberta Metsola said, using Amini's Kurdish first name as she announced the award.
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