
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Parliament on Tuesday remembered a young woman who died in Regime in Iran police custody last year, during a ceremony at which she and a Iranian human rights group were officially awarded the EU’s top human rights prize.
Parliament President Roberta Metsola deplored that even part of Mahsa Amini’s family was not allowed to attend the event for the awarding of the Sakharov Prize at the EU legislature’s plenary.
“They are under a travel ban imposed by the regime in Iran. Their treatment is another example of what the people of Iran face every day,” Metsola said.
Amini, 22, died in September 2022, three days after she was arrested by regime in Iran’s morality police for allegedly violating regime’s mandatory headscarf law. While authorities said she suffered a heart attack, Amini’s supporters said she was beaten by police and died as a result of her injuries.