Leading Iranian human rights defender Fariba Davoodi Mohajer will be awarded the Human Rights First Award at the organisation's annual award dinner in October in New York .

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Posted 04/09/2007 Fariba Davoodi Mohajer believes that her rights as a woman, mother, human rights activist, and Iranian citizen are indivisible. She has dedicated her life to challenging laws that discriminate against Iranian women, including the lack of legal recourse for victims of violence against women. As a founder of the One Million Signatures Campaign for women’s rights, Fariba has been a leading voice in this struggle. As a result of her activism, she has been detained and beaten, and her family has been threatened. Despite this persecution, she continues to devote herself to the cause of human rights in Iran. Source Human Rights First.