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Iran’s imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Narges Mohammadi | Photo Credit: VIA REUTERS Iran’s imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Narges Mohammadi, has been sentenced to another year in prison over her activism, her lawyer said Wednesday. Mostafa Nili, Mohammadi’s lawyer, said that his client was convicted on a charge of making propaganda against the system….
Tehran: An Iranian court has sentenced Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi to a year in prison for “propaganda against the state”, the jailed activist’s lawyer said on Tuesday. Mohammadi, 52, has been jailed since November 2021 over several past convictions relating to her advocacy against the obligatory hijab for women and capital punishment in…
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Family had said it was Mohammadi’s “unequivocal right” to attend her father’s funeral. Paris: Iranian authorities have prevented jailed Iranian Nobel peace laureate Narges Mohammadi from attending the burial ceremony of her father who died earlier this week, her family said Thursday. Karim Mohammadi, who had not seen his daughter for almost two years, died…
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Her cell in the women’s ward of Tehran’s Evin prison has a window that opens to a view of the Alborz mountains. The mountain range that stretches from the border of Azerbaijan and merges into the heights of Khorasan has acted as a natural barrier and protector of Tehran for centuries. From the window, she…
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Tibetan Spiritual Leader Dalai Lama Dharamshala: The Dalai Lama on Saturday congratulated jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi on winning the Nobel Peace Prize and said the award was also in recognition of the vital role women play in people’s lives. Mohammadi, 51, was awarded the prize on Friday in recognition of her tireless campaigning for…
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The FIR filed by the Delhi Police cites tax evasion cases being faced by companies such as Xiaomi and Vivo in India. File | Photo Credit: Reuters FIR links NewsClick case to legal aid for Chinese companies The Delhi police have levelled a wide range of charges in their First Information Report (FIR) against NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha, American…
Iranian jailed rights campaigner Narges Mohammadi won the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize. Tehran: Media in Iran on Friday lambasted jailed rights campaigner Narges Mohammadi who won the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize, saying she had “collaborated with terrorist groups” and committed “anti-Iranian activities”. The 51-year-old journalist and activist has spent much of the past two decades…
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Iranian human rights activist and the vice president of the Defenders of Human Rights Center Narges Mohammadi poses in this undated handout picture. | Photo Credit: Reuters Rights campaigner and 2023 Nobel Peace laureateNarges Mohammadi said in a September interview with AFP that she retained hope for change in Iran, despite having no prospect of…
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Undated, unlocated photo of Iranian rights campaigner Narges Mohammadi. | Photo Credit: Narges Mohammadi Foundation via AFP In 1998, Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi was jailed by the country’s theocratic authorities for the first time while protesting the rampant imprisonment of voices critical of the administration. In 2023, she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, while…
Narges Mohammadi has campaigned against mandatory hijab for women and death penalty. (File) Paris, France: Iranian rights campaigner Narges Mohammadi, who has spent much of the past two decades in jail, is the fifth laureate to win the Nobel Peace Prize whilst behind bars. Honoured on Friday for her fight against the oppression of women…
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