Noble Prize 2023 For Peace Awarded To Narges Mohammadi (image-twitter/nobleprize)
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize to Narges Mohammadi for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all. 2023 peace laureate Narges Mohammadi is a human rights advocate, and a freedom fighter. This years award also recognises all who have demonstrated against the theocratic regimes policies of discrimination and oppression targeting women.
The motto adopted by the Iranian demonstrators “Women-Life-Freedom” suitably expresses the dedication and work of Narges Mahmoudi, the Royal Swedish Academy said. She is one of the leading activist who had protested for women”s right and the abolition of death penalty. Narges is now currently serving multiple sentences in Tehran prison. The charges which has been filed against her includes spreading propaganda against the state. She was arrested for the first time in 2011 for her efforts to assist incarcerated activities and their families. On her release on bail, she campaigned against the death penalty which led to her re-arrest in 2015.
“Her brave struggle has come with tremendous personal costs. Altogether, the regime has arrested her 13 times, convicted her five times, and sentenced her to a total of 31 years in prison and 154 lashes,” Berit Reiss-Andersen, the head of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, said in Oslo during the prize announcement on Friday.
In September 2022, a young Kurdish women Mahsa Amini was killed while in the custody of Iranian morality police. This triggered largest political demonstration against Iran”s theocratic regime. Thousands of Iranians took part in the peaceful protest against the authorities.
The Academy stated that “the award to Narges Mohammadi follows a long tradition in which the Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the Peace Prize to those working to advance social justice, human rights, and democracy. These are important preconditions for lasting peace.”
The Norwegian Noble Committee picked this year”s winner for the world”s most significant peace prize from 351 candidates, including 259 individuals and 92 organisations. Last year, the noble prize was awarded to human rights advocate Ales Bialiatski from Belarus, the Russian human rights group Memorial and the Ukrainian human rights organisation Center for Civil Liberties.
