Children Accept Nobel Peace Prize on Behalf of Iranian Human Rights Activist in Prison

2023-12-11 05:02:17

The Norwegian Nobel Committee held a Peace Prize award ceremony on the 10th. However, the Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi who won this year was sentenced to 31 years in prison and is still in prison. Therefore, her twin children received the award on her behalf. They also read the acceptance speech on behalf of their mother. Mohammadi condemned the Iranian government for its violence in governing the country, but also firmly believed that the Iranian people would eventually defeat the dictatorship.

Nobel Peace Prize winner’s children accept award on behalf of prisoner on hunger strike

They received the Nobel Peace Prize certificate and medal. They are the twin children of Mohammadi, the Iranian human rights activist. Since their mother is still imprisoned in an Iranian jail, they received the award on their behalf. They also read out their mother’s request at the award ceremony. Sneaking out of prison acceptance speech.

When his son Ali read his mother’s acceptance speech, he said, “Through their persistence, the Iranian people will defeat the authoritarian system. There is no doubt that this is certain.”

The Nobel Peace Prize winner went on a hunger strike in prison, and his children accepted the award on his behalf.Photo/CNN, Associated Press, Archyde.com

Mohammadi’s speech criticizing Iran’s tyranny was applauded by the audience

The Norwegian Nobel Committee held the 2023 Peace Prize Award Ceremony in Oslo on the 10th. The winner Mohammadi condemned the Iranian government’s violence in governing the country, but also firmly believed that the people will eventually defeat the dictatorship. Perseverance in the fight for freedom received a standing ovation.

Arrested 13 times and sentenced to 31 years in prison: Daughter: I fear she will never see her mother again

Mohammadi was arrested 13 times and sentenced to a total of 31 years in prison because he opposed forcing women to wear headscarves and campaigned for the abolition of the death penalty. He has not seen his children for nine years since he was imprisoned in 2010. Now the twins are living in exile in France with their father, and the daughter is worried that she will never have the chance to see her mother again.

Daughter Kiana said that maybe she can see her mother in 30 to 40 years, but she thinks she will never see her again, but it doesn’t matter, because her mother will always live in the hearts of the family.

Iranian women’s rights activist Mohammadi goes on hunger strike to protest hijab policy

Last year, Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman, was allegedly beaten to death by religious police just because she did not wear a headscarf. People took to the streets dissatisfied, and Mohammadi played a key role. Her children revealed that their mother had launched a new round of hunger strike on the 10th in order to support the Baha’i community, a minority sect. Although in prison, he continued to focus on human rights in Iran.

International Center/Compiled by Chen Weiren and Editor/Wu Yizhen

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