Narges Mohammadi, an Iranian ladies’s rights advocate serving 12 years in jail, gained the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in a choice prone to anger Tehran’s theocratic authorities.
Who is Narges Mohammadi and why is she in jail?
Activism
Mohammadi, 51, is now the deputy head of the Defenders of Human Rights Center, a non-governmental organisation led by Shirin Ebadi, the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
Mohammadi started her profession as a campaigner 32 years in the past as a scholar.
“My goal back then was to fight religious tyranny, which along with tradition and social customs has led to the deep repression of women” in Iran, she wrote in an op-ed within the New York Times on Sept. 16, first anniversary of the demise in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini that galvanized protests final yr.
Jail
Mohammadi is serving a number of sentences in Tehran’s Evin Prison amounting to about 12 years imprisonment, based on the Front Line Defenders rights organisation, one of many many intervals she has been detained behind bars.
Charges embrace spreading propaganda in opposition to the state.
She has been in Evin jail 3 times since 2012, she wrote within the New York Times op-ed final month.
High profile
Mohammadi is a distinguished rights activist whose detention has been a focus for Iranians who wish to see human rights enhance of their nation.
Family
Mohammadi has been unable to see her kids for seven years and her husband for 15 due to her incarceration, husband Taghi Rahmani says.
Previous arrests
Mohammadi has been arrested by Iranian authorities 13 occasions and sentenced to a complete of 31 years in jail and 154 lashes, based on the Nobel Peace Prize web site.—Reuters
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