EU honors Iran protest icon Jina Mahsa Amini with Sakharov Prize
The European Parliament has given the EU’s Sakharov Prize to the late Iranian protest figure Jina Mahsa Amini and a…
Iran bans Mahsa Amini’s family from travelling to accept EU’s Sakharov human rights prize
The family of Mahsa Amini, the Iranian Kurdish woman who died in custody, have been banned from travelling to France…
Amini wins Sakharov Prize: Will it help Iranian women?
The Sakharov Prize being awarded to Jina Mahsa Amini, and the Woman, Life and Freedom Movement sparked by her death,…
Jina Mahsa Amini wins EU’s Sakharov Prize
Amini’s death in custody after her arrest by Iran’s morality police sparked mass protests. The prize is awarded by the…
Russia closes human rights group Sakharov Center
The organization, dedicated to Nobel Peace Prize winning rights activist Andrei Sakharov, was accused of illegally hosting conferences and exhibitions.…