The Islamic Republic of Iran banned members of Jina Mahsa Amini’s family from travelling to receive the European Union’s top human rights prize on her behalf, a civil rights group has reported.
The Kurdish-Iranian woman’ death in police custody in 2022 sparked nationwide protests that rocked the Iranian regime.
The US-based HRANA said that authorities have refused to allow Ms Amini’s father, Amjad, and two of her brothers to fly out to Strasbourg, France, to receive the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.
The EU award, named after Soviet dissident and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Andrei Sakharov, was created in 1988 to honour individuals or groups who defend human rights and fundamental freedoms.
