EU Parliament awards Sakharov Prize posthumously to Mahsa Amini
Amini's death sparked an unprecedented protest movement in Iran under the slogan "Woman, Life, Freedom". Amini's parents and her brother were originally supposed to receive the award in Strasbourg on her behalf, but Tehran refused to allow the family to leave the country and confiscated their passports.
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Source: www.stern.de
