The Iranian woman Narges Mohammadi It's on Sunday with Nobel Prize of Peace It was awarded. On behalf of the 51-year-old woman, who is stuck at home, her children Kiana and Ali Rahmani received the award at Oslo City Hall. The 17-year-old twins read a speech written by their mother in Tehran's notorious Evin prison. There was a symbolic empty chair on the stage for Mohammadi.
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The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the prize to Mohammadi in early October “for her fight against the oppression of women Will and its struggle to promote human rights and freedom for all.” On Saturday, the human rights activist explained on her Instagram page, which acquaintances abroad maintain for her, that she had gone on a three-day hunger strike. day of the Nobel Prize ceremony “I can be the voice of Iranians who protest against injustice and oppression,” wrote the 51-year-old.
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Nobel Prize traditionally awarded on December 10
Nobel Prizes go to Swedish chemist, inventor and entrepreneur Alfred Nobel (1833 to 1896) and are traditionally awarded on the anniversary of his death, December 10th – the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, the other prizes for literature, medicine, physics, chemistry and economics in Stockholm.
This year, each award category has a monetary prize of eleven million Swedish kronor (just under 980 thousand euros).