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Mahsa Zhina Amini

Six Sentenced to Death in Connection with Iran Protests

Six men are sentenced to death in Iran, accused of being behind a murder of a member of Iran's notorious militia Basij. The Basij member was stabbed in the Ekbatan area of Tehran in November 2022, in connection with protests against the regime that were triggered when 22-year-old Mahsa Zhina Amini died after being taken into police custody for not being considered to have followed the strict hijab rules sufficiently.

Six Sentenced to Death in Connection with Iran Protests

They receive the EU's finest prize

Venezuela's opposition leaders María Corina Machado and Edmundo González Urrutia receive this year's Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought – the EU Parliament's finest human rights prize. .

They receive the EU's finest prize

Women Defying Power – Two Years After Amini's Death

The religious dictatorship in Iran may have struck down the wave of protests that followed Mahsa Zhina Amini's death, but two years later, many continue to defy the country's moral police. On the streets, women who do not wear the mandatory veil are increasingly visible.

Women Defying Power – Two Years After Amini's Death

Iranian hunger strike ahead of Mahsa Amini's death anniversary

34 political prisoners in Iran, including the Nobel laureate and human rights activist Narges Mohammadi, have begun a hunger strike in the notorious Evin prison in Tehran. .

Iranian hunger strike ahead of Mahsa Amini's death anniversary