“Nasrin has frequently been imprisoned and kept in solitary confinement since 2010. Most recently, in 2018, she was convicted in absentia for charges including propaganda against the state, assembly and collusion, and espionage, and sentenced to five years in prison.”

Watch the speech of Dame Louise Richardson, Member of the Aurora Prize Selection Committee and President of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, at the ‘Tribute to the 2024 Aurora Humanitarians’ session that was held during the Human Rights and Humanitarian Forum on May 9, 2024. At the panel, Dame Louise introduced 2024 Aurora Humanitarian Nasrin Sotoudeh (Iran).