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Source: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/n...for-peacefully-protesting-compulsory-veiling/
Iran: Dozens of women ill-treated and at risk of long jail terms for peacefully protesting compulsory veiling
26 February 2018, 18:26 UTC
A warning by Iranian police that women could be jailed for up to a decade for joining protests against compulsory veiling has put dozens at immediate risk of unjust imprisonment and represents an alarming escalation of the authorities? violent crackdown on women?s rights, said Amnesty International.
More than 35 women have been violently attacked and arrested in Tehran alone since December 2017 for taking part in ongoing peaceful protests against the discriminatory and abusive practice of compulsory veiling. In an official statement on 23 February, the police warned that women would now be charged with ?inciting corruption and prostitution,? which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison. One of the protestors, Narges Hosseini, was today put on trial before an Ershad (Moral Guidance) court in Tehran on charges that include this new charge...
Iran: Dozens of women ill-treated and at risk of long jail terms for peacefully protesting compulsory veiling
26 February 2018, 18:26 UTC
A warning by Iranian police that women could be jailed for up to a decade for joining protests against compulsory veiling has put dozens at immediate risk of unjust imprisonment and represents an alarming escalation of the authorities? violent crackdown on women?s rights, said Amnesty International.
More than 35 women have been violently attacked and arrested in Tehran alone since December 2017 for taking part in ongoing peaceful protests against the discriminatory and abusive practice of compulsory veiling. In an official statement on 23 February, the police warned that women would now be charged with ?inciting corruption and prostitution,? which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison. One of the protestors, Narges Hosseini, was today put on trial before an Ershad (Moral Guidance) court in Tehran on charges that include this new charge...