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Iran journalists sentenced to prison for Mahsa Amini protests-related cases

Niloofar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi are accused of acting against national security, charges their families deny.

Al Jazeera

Iran sentences 2 journalists for collaborating with US. Both covered Mahsa Amini's death

A court in Iran has sentenced two female journalists to up to seven years in prison for “collaborating” with the United States government among other charges

The Independent UK

Mahsa Amini honoured with EU’s top human rights prize

The Kurdish-Iranian woman who died in police custody became a symbol for the women’s rights movement in Iran.

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Mahsa Amini, the Kurdish-Iranian woman who died in police custody, is awarded EU human rights prize

Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman who died in police custody in Iran last year, sparking worldwide protests against the country’s conservative Islamic theocracy, has been awarded the European Union’s top human rights prize

The Independent UK

Mahsa Amini and Iran's 'Woman, Life, Freedom' movement win Sakharov human rights prize

Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman who died in police custody in Iran last year, sparking worldwide protests against the country’s conservative Islamic theocracy, was awarded the European Union’s top human rights prize on Thursday.

France 24

Iran accused of threatening ‘terrified’ BBC staff in London

Journalists at BBC Persian says they are scared to go out alone as UK counter-terrorism police raise security levels and staff warned: ‘we can do whatever we want in London’

The Guardian - UK

The late Mahsa Amini is named a finalist for the EU's top human rights prize

Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman who died in police custody in Iran last year, sparking worldwide protests against the country’s conservative Islamic theocracy, has been named a finalist for the European Union’s top human rights prize

The Independent UK

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Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi, in prison for speaking up against human rights violations, has been a voice for women for almost two decades

“Woman, Life, Freedom,” the slogan adopted by Iranians to protest the unjust death of Mahsa Amini in 2022, is, according to the Norwegian Nobel Committee, the most suitable way to describe the work of the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Narges Mohammadi.

The Conversation

Nobel peace prize 2023: award for Iranian women's rights protester highlights fight against declining democracy around the world

One hundred days after Iranians first protested the killing of 22-year-old Kurdish woman, Mahsa Amini for wearing her hijab incorrectly, Narges Mohammadi sat down in her prison cell to write a letter to the country’s women. She promised: “We shall not back down until the moment of victory, meaning the…

The Conversation

UN expert: Iran is unlawfully detaining human rights activists, including new Nobel peace laureate

A U.N. independent investigator says Iranian authorities are cracking down on protesters, unlawfully detaining human rights activists, including new Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, and carrying out an “alarming” number of executions

The Independent UK

Who is Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi?

The jailed Nobel laureate has been a prominent voice in Iran’s women’s movement.

Al Jazeera

Jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi wins 2023 Nobel Peace Prize

Jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi has been awarded the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi wins Nobel peace prize

Mohammadi wins prize for her fight against oppression of women in Iran and to promote human rights for all

The Guardian - UK

Injury of 16-year-old Iranian girl not wearing headscarf in Tehran sparks anger

A mysterious injury suffered by a 16-year-old girl who boarded a Metro train in Iran’s capital without a headscarf has reignited anger just after the one-year anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini and the nationwide protests it sparked.

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Iran urged to release full CCTV of what led to teenage girl’s coma

Armita Geravand, 16, remains in hospital after alleged encounter with hijab enforcer on Tehran metro

The Independent UK

Mysterious injury of 16-year-old Iranian girl not wearing a headscarf in Tehran's Metro sparks anger

A mysterious injury suffered by a 16-year-old girl not wearing a headscarf while boarding a Metro train in Iran’s capital has reignited anger just after the one-year anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini and the nationwide protests it sparked

Evening Standard

Girl, 16, beaten into coma by Iran’s hijab police, claim campaigners

A teenager is allegedly fighting for her life in hospital after being beaten by Iran’s morality police for not wearing a hijab.

The Independent UK

Iran back on edge as morality police blamed for ‘beating 16-year-old girl into coma’

Armita Garawand has been in a coma since Sunday, allegedly due to ‘severe physical assault by morality police officers’

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Hospitalisation of Iranian girl leads to claims against ‘morality police’

Incident puts country back on edge a year after mass protests over death in custody of Mahsa Amini

WEKU

Why Iran won't budge on mandatory hijab laws — according to the president's wife

Jamileh Alamolhoda, the wife of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, talks about why Iran's government is unwilling to compromise on compulsory headscarf rules.

France 24

Iran uses arrests and intimidation to stop families commemorating protesters' deaths

Since September 16, Iranian authorities have been using arrests, death threats and direct attacks to prevent families from celebrating the anniversaries of the deaths of their loved ones killed during the "Woman, Life, Freedom" protests. The aim: to prevent these commemorations from giving rise to new anti-regime demonstrations throughout the…

The Conversation

A year after Mahsa Amini's death, Iran's women continue their long fight for 'women, life, freedom'

The killing of Mahsa (Jina) Amini in Iran a year ago ignited massive protests by Iranians against the Islamic regime.

The Independent UK

Women in Iran face 10 years in jail for not wearing hijab

UN describes draconian law passed by country’s parliament as ‘gender apartheid’

The Guardian - UK

Iran approves stricter hijab bill targeting those who ‘mock’ dress code

Protestors face 10-year jail terms under new hijab and chastity bill, which UN human rights body says is intended to suppress women into ‘total submission’

The Independent UK

Iran's parliament passes a stricter headscarf law days after protest anniversary

Iran’s parliament has approved a bill to impose heavier penalties on women who refuse to wear the mandatory Islamic headscarf in public and those who support them

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