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- Mahsa Amini has been posthumously awarded the European Union’s top human rights prize.
- She was a Kurdish-Iranian woman. She died in police custody last year in Iran.
- She has been posthumously awarded the European Union’s Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.
- She died on 16 September 2022 after she was arrested for violating Iran’s mandatory headscarf law.
- The award ceremony will be held on December 13. The award was started in 1988.
- It recognizes individuals or groups who defend human rights and fundamental freedoms.
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