Euronews reported on 19 October 2023 that Mahsa Amini and the Woman, Life and Freedom Movement in Iran were awarded the European Parliament’s Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.
“The 16 September 2022 is a date that will live in infamy and the brutal murder of 22-year-old Jina Mahsa Amini marked a turning point. It has triggered a women-led movement that is making history,” European Parliament President Roberta Metsola said after announcing the winner.
Two other nominees made it on the finalist shortlist: Women rights’ defenders and Nicaraguan activists. See: https://humanrightsdefenders.blog/2023/10/18/sakharov-prize-2023-finalists-announced/
Hans Thoolen on Human Rights Defenders and their awards 
December 10, 2023 at 19:42
[…] Amini have been banned from flying to France to collect the 2023 EU’s Sakharov Prize [see https://humanrightsdefenders.blog/2023/10/19/mahsa-amini-and-woman-life-and-freedom-movement-in-iran…%5D. In 2009, as chairman of the MEA, I had to deal with the Martin Ennals Award laureate, Emad Baghi, […]
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May 10, 2026 at 16:51
[…] During the Woman, Life, Freedom movement in fall 2022, protests erupted in Iran and in the diaspora after Mahsa Jina Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman, was arrested on charges of breaking Iran’s modest dress code. Amini was then beaten to death while in custody. [https://humanrightsdefenders.blog/2023/10/19/mahsa-amini-and-woman-life-and-freedom-movement-in-iran…] […]
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