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"Prominent Iranian women’s rights advocate Narges Mohammadi has won the 2023
Nobel peace prize for her long fight against the oppression of women in Iran.
Mohammadi is serving multiple prison sentences in Evin prison in Tehran on
charges which include spreading propaganda against the state. She was named by
the committee for “her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her
fight to promote human rights and freedom for all”.
The award comes as women across Iran and around the world continue to protest
the treatment of women in Iran after the death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of
morality police, for allegedly violating the Islamic Republic’s dress code for
women.
The committee said: “The motto adopted by the demonstrators –
"Woman-Life–Freedom” – suitably expresses the dedication and work of Narges
Mohammadi.“
That the Woman-Life-Freedom protests have endured so long in the face of
Iranian state repression is in itself remarkable. But this year-long protest,
the latest wave of decades of battles fought by women against religious
authoritarianism in Iran sparked, seems to be turning into an unprecedented
shift in the decades of struggle against one of the most repressive regimes in
modern history."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
