Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi was awarded the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize by the Norwegian Nobel Committee for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all.
- As per Nobel Committee, “Ms. Mohammadi is a woman, a human rights advocate, and a freedom fighter. This year’s Peace prize also recognises the hundreds of thousands of people who, in the preceding year, have demonstrated against the theocratic regime’s policies of discrimination and oppression targeting women.”
About Narges Mohammadi
- Ms. Mohammadi is globally recognised for her efforts in advocating for women’s rights, prisoners’ rights, and freedom of expression.
- In 1998, she was jailed by the country’s authorities for the first time while protesting the rampant imprisonment of voices critical of the administration.
- In 2003, Ms. Mohammadi joined the Defenders of Human Rights Centre (DHRC) and worked closely with the founder Shirin Ebadi, an Iranian activist who was awarded the Nobel Peace prize in 2003.
- Over the years, Ms. Mohammadi was awarded several prizes like the Alexander Lang Award (2009), the Pen Anger Award (2011), the Andrei Sakharov Award (2018), and the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize (2023) for her fight against oppression of human rights in Iran.
