THE HILL - In January, a young woman in Iran committed suicide. Now, sadly, suicides have become increasingly common among Iranian women due to a variety of social ills, including state-mandated misogyny. But, in Mahdis's case, it happened one day after she was released from prison. She was sexually abused by Iranian suppressive forces. At only 26, the aspiring engineer was taken into custody by intelligence agents on Jan. 24. She was not the same after being released.Her fate resembled that of a 23-year-old political science student who also took her own life after spending four months in prison.
Demonstration in London Seeks Justice for Victims of 1988 Massacre in Iran
On Saturday, 19 November, the Association of Women and Youth Against Fundamentalism including other Iranian organisations, the human rights activists will highlight and condemn the alarming rate of executions in Iran at a rally in Trafalgar Square.
The participants will also urge the British government to support the International Campaign for Justice by taking appropriate steps on the international level to bring the perpetrators of the 1988 massacre of political prisoners in Iran to justice.
MPs, prominent jurists and prominent human rights activists are to address the rally in support of the call for a halt to executions and an end to impunity for human rights abuses in Iran.
Women are banned from cycling in public in Iran and made to sign pledge
A group of female cyclists have been arrested in Iran for the crime of riding a bike in a public place and made to sign a pledge promising they will not cycle in public again.The women, who were planning on cycling in an event in the north-western city of Marivan, were told by security forces they were in breach of a new directive that bans women from cycling in public places.The news comes less than a week after 150 people were arrested for attending a mixed-sex party near Tehran. Colonel Mohsen Khancherli, police commander for the west of Tehran Province, told Tasnim news agency they had received a report of a mixed gender event taking place and had made dozens of arrests. "Some 150 boys and girls had gathered at the mixed-gender party under the guise of a birthday party in this garden which is situated next to a studio where unlawful music was produced and recorded," he said. "Upon arrival of the police, all those present were arrested and sent before the judiciary."
Amnesty International calls for prompt, independent investigation into Camp Liberty rocket attack
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
PUBLIC STATEMENT
6 July 2016
Index: MDE
14/4408/2016
Camp Liberty residents must be protected from attacks, said Amnesty International as it called for an independent, impartial and prompt investigation into the 4 July rocket attack on the camp, which is home to Iranian exiles.
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