The 2023 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Narges Mohammadi, an Iranian activist and supporter of Iranian women’s rights who is currently in prison. The theocratic regime arrested him 13 times, convicted him five times, and sentenced him to a total of 31 years in prison and 154 lashes. Today is a bright day for all women fighting for democracy.
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Norwegian Nobel Committee decides to award 2023 prize #NobelPeacePrize Thank you to Narges Mohammadi for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and for the promotion of human rights and freedoms for all.#Nobel Prize pic.twitter.com/2fyzoYkHyf— Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 6, 2023
Who is Narges Muhammedi?
“Norwegian Committee for Nobel In its statement at 11 am, as per tradition, the committee decided that the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize will be awarded to Narges Muhammadi for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and for her struggle to support human rights and freedoms. Mohammedi is one of Iran’s leading human rights activists; She led a courageous campaign for women’s rights and the abolition of the death penalty.
He is serving various sentences in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison, totaling nearly 12 years in prison, according to human rights organization Front Line Defenders; one of many periods during which he was held behind bars. Among the accusations is making propaganda against the state.
Mohammadi is vice president of the Human Rights Defenders Center, a non-governmental organization led by Laureate Shirin Ebadi. 2003 Nobel Peace Prize. Mohammadi became the 19th woman to win the award in 122 years, and the first since Filipino Maria Ressa, who won the award together with Russia’s Dmitry Muratov in 2021.
How does the Nobel Peace Prize work?
The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to more than 100 individuals and 30 organizations since its founding in 1901. It was shared in 2022 between human rights activist Ales Bialiatski of the Ukrainian Center for Civil Liberties, which documents war crimes, and Memorial, a banned rights group in Russia.
The award now has extraordinary political significance; Some awards are meant to reject and harshly criticize authoritarian governments, such as Aung San Suu Kyi’s against the Burmese junta in 1991, or Liu Xiaobo’s against the Chinese government in 2010. Other past winners include young Afghan activist Malala Yousafzai and Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed. There are organizations that have received the award several times: the International Committee of the Red Cross has won it three times, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has won it twice.
The names of the candidates are kept secret until the last moment, but more than 350 individuals and groups compete each year. The Nobel involves the giving of a sum of money. Until 2011 it consisted of 10 million crowns; Since 2012, this amount has been reduced by 20% but was later increased to 9 million crowns (869,000 euros) in 2017. The prizes are still funded by interest earned on capital donated by Alfred Nobel at the beginning of the 20th century. Unlike the other Nobel Prizes, the Peace Prize is awarded in Norway, not Sweden: this is because Norway was still united with Sweden at the time the Nobel Prizes were awarded. The winner of the award is selected by a Norwegian committee of five people elected by the parliament in Oslo.
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