Narges mohammadi has been arrested 13 times, convicted five times and sentenced to a total of 31 years in prison. The Committee Said her brave struggle has come with tremendous personal cost. Irans state News Agency Says the decision is politicising the human rights issue. Caroline hawley reports. In iran last year, spearheaded by women, an extraordinary Rebellion Set off by the death in Police Custody of a young woman detained for allegedly not wearing her veil properly. The nobel Committee Said this award was for the hundreds of thousands of iranians who have stood up against the theocratic regimes policies of discrimination and oppression against women. Narges mohammadi is irans most prominent human rights activist. Here she was several years ago, criticising the regime for forcing women to wear the hijab while allowing corruption to run rampant. Shes currently serving a ten year sentence. Her brave struggle has come with tremendous personal cost. Altogether, the regime has arrested
And her efforts for promoting Human Rights And Freedom for all. Narges mohammadi has been arrested 13 times, convicted five times and sentenced to a total of 31 years in prison. The Committee Said her brave struggle, has come with tremendous personal cost. Caroline hawley reports. In iran last year, spearheaded by women, an extraordinary Rebellion Set off by the death in Police Custody of a young woman detained for allegedly not wearing her veil properly. The nobel Committee Said this award was for the hundreds of thousands of iranians who had stood up against a theocratic regimes policies of discrimination and oppression against women. Narges mohammadi is irans most prominent human rights activist. Here she was seven years ago, criticising the regime for forcing women to wear the hijab while allowing corruption to run rampant. She is currently serving a ten year sentence. Her brave struggle has come with tremendous personal cost. Altogether, the regime has arrested her 13 times, convi
Hello, im matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories and checking out the truth behind them. The us soldier travis king who was being held in north korea is back in us custody. Us Media Reports say he is now in china. Hours earlier, north korea said it would deport private king who ran into the country across the Demilitarized Zone injuly. He had been due to be flown to the us to face military Disciplinary Proceedings when he escaped his escort and entered north korean territory. Live now to our washington correspondent gary odonoghue. In terms of the very latest, take us through what we have learned over the last few hours . We now know that the last few hours . We now know that the United States has travis king in its custody. We dont know where he is at this moment in time. There are plenty of Media Reports here saying that he exited north korea via china. We cannot confirm that officially at that point in time. We are waiting to hear, i think perh
This is bbc news, the headlines. Ukraines Prime Minister warns the west of the threat of a Third World War, if they dont help to arm his country. Police take down an International Cyber crime gang based in the uk, accused of industrial scale fraud. And an end to fa cup replays from the first round onwards as of next season. Well get reaction from former footballer pat nevin. Sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, heres sarah mulkerrins. We start with european football and the quarter final second legs of the europa league, which kick off in just over four hours. Last weeks matches produced first leg leads for roma, benfica, Bayer Leverkusen and atalanta. Liverpool are in bergamo looking to overturn a 3 0 deficit. The odds are stacked against them, butjurgen klopp hasnt ruled out his liverpool side. Everybody thinks it is already decided but, you know, we are here. And we can be good. Obviously we can be not so good as well, so lets see what we can do on the pitch tom