Afghan woman teacher, jailed Tajik lawyer share top rights prize ...Kuwait

An Afghan teacher and a jailed lawyer from Tajikistan on Tuesday won the Martin Ennals Award, one of the world's most prestigious rights prizes, with the jury hailing their "exceptional courage". Zholia Parsi, a teacher from Kabul who began protesting for women's rights after the Taliban returned to power three years ago, shared the prize with lawyer Manuchehr Kholiqnazarov, who is serving a 16-year prison sentence in connection with his human rights work. The chairman of the prize jury, Hans Thoolen, said the pair were "exceptional laureates" who had "paid too big a price for justice and equality to be respected in Afghanistan and Tajikistan, and the international com

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