Julia Parsi is the winner of the 2024 Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders

activists "fought for justice and equality in Afghanistan and Tajikistan and paid a heavy price."

The award ceremony is scheduled to be held on Thursday in Geneva, Switzerland. But Mrs. Parsi will not participate in this ceremony due to the travel restrictions.

After the return of the Taliban to power in Afghanistan, Julia Parsi organized street protests by creating a spontaneous women's movement against the Taliban's restrictions on Afghan citizens, especially women; However, due to these protests, Ms. Parsi was arrested by the Taliban in Kabul in September 2023, and after about three months, she was released from Taliban prison in 27 months of Qos.

Julia Parsi, a female protester in Afghanistan, and Manouchehr Khaliq-Nazarov, a human rights defender in Tajikistan, have been recognized as joint winners of the Annals Martin Foundation Human Rights Award for Human Rights Defenders in 2024, due to their activities in the field of human rights.

Farzana Ahmadi

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