“transformed the streets and public spaces into a place of widespread civil resistance”
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Narges Mohammadi
Narges Mohammadi is an Iranian human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Between 1998 and October 2023, Mohammadi was arrested 13 times and sentenced to 31 years in prison and 154 lashes. She has been the recipient of many human rights awards. In October 2023, while in prison, she was awarded the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize "for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her figh…
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culture · Iranian human rights activist (born 1972) · human rights defender · journalist · also Narges Mohammadi, Nargis Muhammadi, Narjis Muhammadi, Narjiss Muhammadi, Nargess Muhammadi, Mohammadi
Born 21 April 1972 · Q4967771
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2026· 10 entries
“full-scale war against women”
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“dragged to the unjust and farcical courts’ table”
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“given an unprecedented 23-page judgement issued by the court in which they repeatedly likened my human rights activities to attempts to topple the regime.”
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The City of Paris, as part of its "human rights diplomacy and support for freedom-seeking activists", awarded Mohammadi honorary citizenship
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Was released from hospital and sent home
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The Guardian: The Guardian view on Iran’s repression: political prisoners such as Narges Mohammadi need freedom not bombs | Editorial
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The Guardian: More than 110 Nobel laureates call on Iran to release gravely ill activist Narges Mohammadi
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It was reported that Mohammadi's health had deteriorated and that she had been transferred to a nearby hospital
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2023· 4 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Peace — for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all.
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Awarded Nobel Peace Prize (2023).
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Awarded Olof Palme Prize (2023).
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Awarded UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize (2023).
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2022· 2 entries
Awarded BBC 100 Women (2022).
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“came out in a good state of mind, a combative state despite her very fragile state of health”
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2018· 1 entry
Awarded Andrei Sakharov Prize (2018).
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2016· 1 entry
Awarded Weimar Human Rights Prize (2016).
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2012· 4 entries
“I am, in my own homeland, convicted and imprisoned for the crime of being a human rights defender, a feminist and an opponent of the death penalty. [But] not only have my imprisonment and my recent 16-year sentence not made me feel any regret, they have actually strengthened my convictions and commitment to defending human rights more than ever before.”
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After serving 14 years in prison, Rahmani moved to France with the children, while Mohammadi remained to continue her human rights work
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In 2012, after serving 14 years in prison, Rahmani moved to France with the children, while Mohammadi remained to continue her human rights work.
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“They are only deceitful words that make a mockery of justice when a judicial system detains, convicts and punishes people according to the biased and malicious opinions of security-military agencies and denies prisoners their legal rights.”
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2011· 2 entries
Awarded Per Anger Prize (2011).
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Was sentenced to 11 years in prison for "acting against national security, membership of the DHRC and propaganda against the regime"
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2010· 1 entry
Mohammadi was arrested and held in solitary confinement for a month
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2009· 2 entries
Awarded International Alexander Langer Award (2009).
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Was fired from this post, under orders from authorities, due to her involvement with the Committee for the Defense of Prisoners' Rights, and the Defenders of Human Rights Center, where she was on the supervisory coun
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1999· 1 entry
Lost her job and went to work as an inspector for the Iran Engineering Inspection Company
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1998· 1 entry
Mohammadi married pro-reform journalist Taghi Rahmani
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1996· 1 entry
Writing about women's rights, human rights and the student movement in the progressive magazine Payam Hajar, where she became a member of the editorial board
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1972· 1 entry
Born 1972-04-21.
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