Iranian authorities interrogated the lawyer of young Mahsa Amini’s family and confiscated the Sakharov Prize awarded by the European Parliament, which he transferred to Iran. Hengaw NGO For the human rights of the Kurds in that country.
Lawyer, Salih Nikbajt, The Norway-based organization said that he returned from France with the award this Friday, was detained by security forces at Tehran’s Khomeini airport, and his passport and mobile phone were confiscated.
Since Amini’s family was not authorized to leave the country, Nikbajt represented their relatives at the ceremony. Strasbourg Where the award was presented to the deceased and the movement on December 12 “Women, Life and Freedom.”
A Kurdish lawyer who represented several political prisoners and death row inmates was sentenced to one year in prison in October this year for allegedly “conducting counter-propaganda activities”. Islamic Republic of Iran“Hengaw reported.
With a sister, Nikbajt Hadith Najafi, A 20-year-old girl killed by security forces during a protest and Mersedeh Şahinkar, A person who loses an eye in a demonstration.
Amini died last year after being arrested by the so-called morality police for not wearing the mandatory veil. protest movement For women’s rights in Iran, especially in Kurdish-majority regions.
The demonstrations disappeared only after the repression it was speculated to have caused. 500 dead, arrest of at least 22,000 people and execution of seven protesters.
Sakharov Prize rewards outstanding contribution to conservation freedom of conscience and represents the maximum respect paid by the European Union to work in the field of human rights.