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Narges Mohamadi, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, begins a new hunger strike in prison

  • December 9, 2023
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Iranian activist Narges Mohamadiwinner Nobel Peace Prize 2023starts next Sunday new hunger strike V jail An Iranian from Evin, in Tehran, where he is serving his sentence. In

Narges Mohamadi, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, begins a new hunger strike in prison

Iranian activist Narges Mohamadiwinner Nobel Peace Prize 2023starts next Sunday new hunger strike V jail An Iranian from Evin, in Tehran, where he is serving his sentence.

In a message published on his official account instagramcarried by his relatives, Mohamadi announced that this would happen on December 10, which would coincide with International Human Rights Daywill be added to hunger strike undertaken by the Iranian authorities, Baha’i women, religion, apostates, imprisoned in Evin.

Hardly a day goes by when we don’t hear screams mothers and fathers of protesters in Iran, prisoners, detainees, tortured women, held in solitary confinement in security cells, attackers and oppressed women,” Mohamadi condemned.

Mohamadi, 51, spent most of the last 20 years of life in prison and it was convicted up to five times until a general fine of 31 years in prison.

Throughout his active career, Mohamadi founded women’s rights associations and books and articles have been written condemning especially abuse to which they are subject, especially in village prisons.

For her journalistic work, Mohamadi was awarded the UN World Press Freedom Awardtogether with his Iranian colleagues Nilufar Hamedi and Elahe Mohamadi.

His latest sentence added ten years and eight months to his prison sentence, as well 154 strokes of eyelashesfor committing “crimes related to national security and propaganda against the state”, which international humanitarian organizations condemn as conviction associated with his activities.

The activist’s relatives and friends have repeatedly asked for this. release of Mohamadi on humanitarian grounds behind acute cardiovascular disease which she suffered from last year and for which she had to undergo emergency surgery.

(Europe Press)

Source: Aristegui Noticias

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