Fourteen women testify to the shocking human rights abuses in Iranian prisons WINNER OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE 2023 'A must-read for anyone concerned with human rights in Iran. A gripping, moving and utterly shocking account.' Kylie Moore-Gilbert Iranian prisons systematically violate human rights. In White Torture, fourteen women, including Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, share their experiences of imprisonment: harassment and beatings by guards, total blindfolding and denial of medical treatment. Angry interrogators threaten their families and lie about their whereabouts. One prisoner is even told she is dead. None of the women have committed crimes – they are prisoners of conscience or held hostage as bargaining chips. Through torture, the Iranian state hopes to remake their souls. These interviews, carried out by Narges Mohammadi while each woman was in prison or facing charges, are astounding documents of resistance and integrity. As Iranians still fight for Woman, Life, Freedom, White Torture indicts the regime for its crimes.
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Female prisoners of conscience and activists speak out against torture in Iranian prisons
'The testimonies of 14 women collected in White Torture read like a charge sheet against the Islamic Republic. Fortunately for future prosecutors, this book is full of inquisitors’ names. Should the ayatollahs and their bully boys fall, it will surely form part of the case against them. And, as it did for Mr Khamenei, the torment of Iran’s prisons might yet propel their inmates to power.' Economist
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Female prisoners of conscience and activists speak out against torture in Iranian prisons
Narges Mohammadi is the winner of the prestigious Swedish government Per Anger Prize for human rights and democracy and the Andrei Sakharov Prize for outstanding leadership and achievement in upholding human rights. She was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2021
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780861548767
Publisert
2023-11-30
Utgiver
Vendor
Oneworld Publications
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
20 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
288

Forfatter
Oversetter

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Narges Mohammadi is a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and one of Iran's leading activists for democracy. In the thick of the Woman, Life, Freedom movement, she organised an International Women's Day rally in Evin Prison. She campaigns for the abolition of the death penalty, women’s rights and the right to protest. She has spent over nine years in Iranian prisons and has been incarcerated since November 2021 serving her latest sentence. Her work has been praised by Amnesty International, Reporters Without Borders, and PEN. Her family now lives in France.