Narges Mohammadi refuses to wear a hijab, even if it means prison officials won’t take her to the hospital for urgently needed medical treatment. Now the imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize winner is on hunger strike.
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.