Documentary: Nika’s Last Breath
Source: BBC World Service That day, pictures taken of her burning her hijab made her an icon in the eyes of Iran’s protestors and a target in the eyes of …
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Aida Shakarami: Iran morality police arrests dead protester’s sister, mother says
Source: BBC News By David Gritten The elder sister of Nika Shakarami, a 16-year-old girl who was killed during the 2022 anti-government protests in Iran, has been arrested for allegedly …
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Iranian Women’s Rights Activists Sentenced To Long Prison Terms
Source: RFE/RL’s RadioFarda Lawyers for 11 women’s rights activists who were detained in August in Iran’s northwestern Gilan province say their clients have been sentenced to long prison terms amounting to more …
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Iran: Institutional discrimination against women and girls enabled human rights violations and crimes against humanity in the context of recent protests, UN Fact-Finding Mission says
Source: United Nations Human Rights Office of The High Commissioner GENEVA (8 March 2024) –The violent repression of peaceful protests and pervasive institutional discrimination against women and girls has led to …
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Iran: Security forces used rape and other sexual violence to crush “Woman Life Freedom” uprising with impunity
Source: Amnesty International Intelligence and security forces committed horrific acts of rape and other forms of sexual violence against protesters arbitrarily detained during Iran’s “Woman Life Freedom” uprising between September …
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Iranian women and girls face further violations of their rights under compulsory veiling bill
By Pegah Sadeghi, Amnesty International Research Assistant on Iran Source: Amnesty International Armita Garawand, a 16-year-old schoolgirl, remains in a coma after falling unconscious on 1 October 2023 at a …
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French President Praises Iranian Women For Their Fight Against Oppression
Source: Iran International Emmanuel Macron, the President of France sent a message in support of Iranian women and their fight for freedom against the Islamic Republic of Iran. On Thursday, …
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From the Frontlines in Iran: Our Fight for Human Rights and Gender Equality
By Nasrin Sotoudeh Source: Ms. Magazine “I will try everything I can to give the women of Iran the society they deserve,” wrote human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh in her …
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In Brazen Lie, Raisi Tells UN Iranian Women’s Rights Are ‘Unparalleled’
Source: Iran International In spite of having one of the world’s worst records for human rights, Iran’s president told the UN’s secretary general that attention to women’s rights are “unparalleled” in …
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Iranian art school students beaten and arrested for defying headscarf rules
Source: France24 A group of Iranian students, incensed at rules imposed on June 12 requiring female students to wear a maqna’a – a conservative Islamic headscarf in black that covers …
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