Masih Alinejad, Iranian journalist and women’s rights activist, received the 2026 Courage Award on behalf of the heroes of Iran at the 18th Annual Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy on February 18th, 2026. Click here to view the presentation of the award by Alice Teodorescu Måwe.
18th Annual Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy, U.N. Opening, Monday, February 17, 2026
Key Quotes:
“In my country in 24 hours they killed 40,000 people in Iran and I am here at the United Nations while the killers are walking here,”
“I want to ask Geneva to host a peace conference. Invite the opposition from Iran. Invite the leaders of Europe. Invite the leaders from European countries and the free world here to talk about an Iran without the Islamic Republic”
