Tag: Amini
There are signs of low voter turnout in Iran
As of: March 2nd, 2024 9:10 a.m Voter turnout in Iran was already historically low in 2020. A new low is now expected. According to reports, only around 41 percent…
Sakharov Prize for Amini: “A symbol of freedom”
As of: December 12, 2023 2:08 p.m Jina Mahsa Amini died at the age of 22 – because she wore her headscarf incorrectly. Now the Iranian has been posthumously honored…
One year later Mahsa Amini, a teenager in a state of “brain death”
Is Armita Garawand the new Mahsa Amini? The Iranian high school student fell into a coma in controversial circumstances in early October in the Tehran metro. Her state of health…
Media report: Doctors say 16-year-old Iranian woman is probably brain dead
As of: October 22, 2023 1:15 p.m The case caused a stir at the beginning of October: an Iranian schoolgirl is said to have been seriously injured during a check…
Two journalists sentenced for covering the Mahsa Amini affair
In Iran, journalism is a dangerous profession. Elaheh Mohammadi and Niloufar Hamedi, two Iranian women imprisoned for helping to publicize the death in custody of young Kurd Masha Amini in…
Iranian Jina Mahsa Amini receives Sakharov Prize posthumously
As of: October 19, 2023 1:02 p.m The Iranian Jina Mahsa Amini was arrested in September 2022 for allegedly wearing her headscarf incorrectly – and died in police custody. Her…
Protests in Iran: Sakharov Human Rights Prize goes posthumously to Mahsa Amini
Protests in Iran Sakharov Human Rights Prize goes posthumously to Mahsa Amini A portrait of Mahsa Amini is held during a rally following the death of Mahsa Amini. photo ©…
Mahsa Amini posthumously honored with Sakharov Prize – Culture
This year’s Sakharov Prize from the EU Parliament goes posthumously to the Iranian Jina Mahsa Amini and the protest movement, especially among women in Iran, that was triggered by her…
The European Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought awarded to Mahsa Amini and the “Woman Life Freedom” movement
More than a year after her death, the memory of Mahsa Amini remains very vivid. The young woman was posthumously awarded the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, awarded by…
Girl in a coma in Iran: A new Amini case?
As of: October 4th, 2023 5:35 p.m In Iran, a young girl is in a coma after being beaten by moral police on a subway, according to human rights activists.…