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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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File picture of Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi | Photo Credit: via Reuters The award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Iranian women’s rights advocate Narges Mohammadi will further encourage her struggle and the movement she leads, her husband told Reuters on Friday. “This Nobel Prize will embolden Narges’ fight for human rights, but…
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Mahatma Gandhi was nominated in 1937, 1938, 1939, 1947 and finally in 1948 New Delhi: Mahatma Gandhi was nominated several times but was never awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. On the eve of his 154th birth anniversary, the Nobel Prize panel explained why Mohandas Gandhi, who became the symbol of non-violence in the 20th century,…
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