Iran’s Mahsa Amini awarded EU’s Sakharov human rights award posthumously | Oneindia News
Mahsa Amini. The 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman died in police custody in Iran last year. Her death sparked worldwide protests against the country’s conservative Islamic theocracy. Her demise ignited a fire among women in Iran who went against the authorities to demand their basic rights. On Oct 19, more than a year after her death, Mahsa Amini was awarded the EU’s top human rights prize posthumously.
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00:00 Mehsa Amini, the 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman, died in police custody in Iran in 2022.
00:08 Her death sparked worldwide protests against the country's conservative Islamic theocracy.
00:13 Her demise ignited a fire among women in Iran who went against the authorities to demand
00:18 their basic rights.
00:19 On October 19, more than a year after her death, Mehsa Amini was awarded the EU's top
00:25 human rights prize posthumously.
00:27 Amini died on 16 September 2022, three days after being arrested for allegedly violating
00:33 Iran's mandatory headscarf law.
00:36 The European Parliament president said that they would live in infamy and Amini's brutal
00:40 murder marked a turning point.
00:43 Iranian authorities said that Amini had a heart attack but Amini's supporters said
00:47 that she was beaten by police and died as a result of her injuries.
00:51 Her death triggered protests that spread across the country and rapidly escalated into calls
00:55 over the overthrow of Iran's four-decade Islamic theocracy.
01:00 Authority responded with a violent crackdown in which more than 500 people were killed
01:04 and 20,000 detained.
01:06 The demonstrations largely died down early this year but there are still widespread signs
01:10 of discontent.
01:11 For several months, women could be seen openly flouting the headscarf rule in Tehran and
01:16 other cities, prompting a renewed crackdown over the summer.
01:19 The award, named for the Soviet dissident Andrei Zakharov, was created in 1988 to honour
01:25 individuals or groups who defend human rights and fundamental freedoms.
01:29 Zakharov, who was a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, died in 1989.
01:34 Other finalists this year included Wilma Nunes de Escorcia and Rolando Alvarez.
01:39 They are the two emblematic figures in the fight for the defence of human rights in Nicaragua.
01:43 Then there are three women from Poland, El Salvador and the US leading a fight for free,
01:48 safe and legal abortion.
01:50 The awards ceremony will take place on 13th December.
01:53 Last year's prize was awarded to the people of Ukraine and their representatives for their
01:57 resistance to Russia's invasion.
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