Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi begins hunger strike in Iranian prison

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : The vice-president of the Defenders of Human Rights Centre in Iran, Mohammadi is the 19th woman to win the prize, and the second Iranian woman after human rights activist Shirin Ebadi won in 2003.
46% : Her award follows more than a year of women-led protests in Iran in the wake of the death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of the country's morality police.
41% : A leading human rights activist with a history of protest against Iran's mandatory hijab law, Mohammadi has been imprisoned 13 times and convicted five times during her years of campaigning.
39% : In their statement, Mohammadi's family said that she was refusing to eat in protest against "the Islamic Republic's policy of delaying and neglecting medical care for sick inmates, resulting in the loss of the health and lives of individuals", and "the policy of 'death' or 'mandatory hijab' for Iranian women".
34% : Please try again later{{ /verifyErrors }}Iranian Nobel laureate and activist Narges Mohammadi has gone on hunger strike in protest against her conditions in the notorious Evin prison.

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