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Nobel Peace Prize honours Iranian activist

Ms Mohammadi is deputy head of the Defenders of Human Rights Center. Credit: Reuters

The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi.  Previously featured on the BBC's 100 Women list, Ms Mohammadi has been imprisoned in Iran at various points since 2010, having opposed the death penalty, and has been vocal about torture and use of sexualised violence against prisoners. She is currently being held in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison, from where she documented abuses suffered by women incarcerated for taking part in the anti-government protests that swept Iran last September, following the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody.  In awarding the prize, the Norwegian Nobel committee said it wished to honour her fight for “human rights, freedom and democracy” in Iran and to recognise the efforts of the demonstrators who called for a change in Iran’s stance on women’s rights at great personal risk.