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The New York Post reported on August 29 of this year that Iranian feminist Saba Kord Afshari, 20 years old, to 24 years in prison.
nypost.com
She received 15 years for "spreading corruption and prostitution by taking off her hijab and walking without a veil." The remaining nine years were added because she had been arrested for the same crime before and because she supposedly was "spreading propaganda against the state."
Iran has cracked down on women's protests after a movement started called "White Wednesday" in which women remove their compulsory hijabs briefly. Her mother, and other feminists - Shima Babail, Mojgan Lali and Shaghayegh Mahaki were arrested in July at about the same time as Afshari.
On August 9th, Amnesty International reported that two Iranian activists - Yasaman Aryani and Monireh Arabshabi had been sentenced to 16 years in prison each for "inciting and facilitating corruption and prostitution" by removing their hijabs in public, and for "spreading propaganda against the system." At the same time, Mojgan Keshavarz was sentenced to 23 years and six months on the same charges.
www.amnestyusa.org
So, where are the western feminist activists?
Shouldn't they defend them?
Shouldn't they create massive, global and worldwide # campaigns? Shouldn't they mobilize and demonstrate? Shouldn't they make calls on social medias?
Iranian civil rights activist gets prison for taking off hijab in public
Iranian civil rights activist Saba Kord Afshari has been sentenced to 24 years behind bars, including a 15-year term for taking off her hijab in public — an act that authorities say promoted …
nypost.com
She received 15 years for "spreading corruption and prostitution by taking off her hijab and walking without a veil." The remaining nine years were added because she had been arrested for the same crime before and because she supposedly was "spreading propaganda against the state."
Iran has cracked down on women's protests after a movement started called "White Wednesday" in which women remove their compulsory hijabs briefly. Her mother, and other feminists - Shima Babail, Mojgan Lali and Shaghayegh Mahaki were arrested in July at about the same time as Afshari.
On August 9th, Amnesty International reported that two Iranian activists - Yasaman Aryani and Monireh Arabshabi had been sentenced to 16 years in prison each for "inciting and facilitating corruption and prostitution" by removing their hijabs in public, and for "spreading propaganda against the system." At the same time, Mojgan Keshavarz was sentenced to 23 years and six months on the same charges.
Urgent Action Update: A Decade in Jail for Defying Forced Veiling (Iran: UA 96.19)
Two Iranian women’s rights defenders, Yasaman Aryani and Monireh Arabshahi, have each been sentenced to 16 years in prison, while a third, Mojgan Keshavarz, has been sentenced to 23 years and six months in prison. They are all prisoners of conscience jailed solely because of their peaceful...
www.amnestyusa.org
So, where are the western feminist activists?
Shouldn't they defend them?
Shouldn't they create massive, global and worldwide # campaigns? Shouldn't they mobilize and demonstrate? Shouldn't they make calls on social medias?
