EU awards Sakharov human rights prize to Mahsa Amini, Iranian woman who died in police custody

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The EU said Amini's death triggered a women-led movement in Iran, and representatives of the Woman, Life, Freedom movement in Iran were in Strasbourg, France, to attend the solemn ceremony.

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00:00 Masa Ramini, the 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman who died in custody last year, has been

00:07 awarded the European Parliament's Sakharov Prize for Human Rights, posthumously.

00:12 Her case made headlines worldwide, causing heavy protests throughout the country and

00:17 sparking the Women, Life, Freedom movement globally.

00:22 Their treatment is another example of what the people of Iran face every day.

00:28 Let me say that the courage and resilience of Iranian women in their fight for justice,

00:33 liberty and human rights will not be stopped.

00:38 Their voices cannot be silenced.

00:41 And while they are not here today, their presence will be felt.

00:45 Amini was arrested for not wearing the Islamic headscarf correctly and ended up dead.

00:51 The repression of this movement resulted in hundreds of deaths and thousands of arrests.

00:55 A lawyer of Amini's family says Iran banned them from travelling to France to collect the top prize.

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