Iranian film director Jafar Panahi, left, and Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, were just awarded the Sakharov Prize for their defense of human rights against an oppressive regime. They’ve each been jailed in the notorious Evin Prison and banned from practicing their respective careers.
“The award…is a message of solidarity and recognition to a woman and a man who have not been bowed by fear and intimidation and who have decided to put the fate of their country before their own.”
Read more about it here.
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