Mahsa Amini, who died in Iranian police custody, awarded Sakharov human rights prize
Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman who died in police custody in Iran last year, sparking worldwide protests against the country's conservative Islamic theocracy, was awarded the European Union's top human rights prize on Thursday.
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![In this photo provided by Kurdish-run Hawar News Agency,a Kurdish woman holds a portrait of Iranian Mahsa Amini, during a protest condemning her death in Iran, in the city of Qamishli, northern Syria, Monday, Sept. 26, 2022. Protests have erupted across Iran in recent days after Amini, a 22-year-old woman, died while being held by the Iranian morality police for violating the country's strictly enforced Islamic dress code. (Hawar News Agency via AP via AP) An older woman in a headscarf holds up a sign bearing the picture of a younger woman with the inscription on it, 'Jana Amini.'](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7001165.1697713449!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/syria-iran.jpg)
Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman who died in police custody in Iran last year, sparking worldwide protests against the country's conservative Islamic theocracy, was awarded the European Union's top human rights prize on Thursday.