Nobel Peace laureate Narges Mohammadi goes on a hunger strike

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57% : The head of the Nobel Peace Prize, Berit Reiss-Andersen (pictured) said Ms Mohammadi was honoured with the prestigious award 'for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all'Mohammadi was arrested in May 2015 when she was spokeswoman for the Defenders of Human Rights Centre in IranFrom her cell, Mohammadi has continued to rally against the state, organising inmates and even managing to smuggle out an article, published in the New York TimesIranian officials and its state-controlled television network did not acknowledge Ms Mohammadi's hunger strike, which is common with cases involving activists thereThe journalist had 'lodged a complaint against her immoral and illegal transfer,' her lawyer said.
52% : Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize this year (Magali Girardin/Keystone via AP, File)Ms Mohammadi, 51, a journalist, was honoured with the prestigious award 'for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all,' according to Berit Reiss-Andersen, the head of the Norwegian Nobel Committee in Oslo.
48% : Mohammadi was arrested in May 2015 when she was spokeswoman for the Defenders of Human Rights Centre in Iran, which was founded by lawyer and Nobel Peace price laureate Shirin Ebadi.
40% : 'Just last week, Mohammadi was denied access to medical treatment at an outside hospital due to her refusal to adhere to compulsory hijab requirements during the transfer to the medical facility,' the group Human Rights Activists in Iran said.
37% : Iranian officials and its state-controlled television network did not acknowledge Ms Mohammadi's hunger strike, which is common with cases involving activists there.Iran's mission to the United Nations did not respond to a request for comment.

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