Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi faces death sentence for his role in 2022-23 unrest after Mahsa Amini s death due to police brutality. Salehi supported protests with his songs and was sentenced to six years in prison last year, escaping death penalty initially
Police said that the protesting girl students and their families have demanded an apology from the BJP MLA, and have also filed a complaint in this regard
On Monday morning, Acharya visited the Government Girls Secondary School in Jaipur’s Gangapol locality. In a video that surfaced afterwards, he can be seen pulling up a school administrator over some students wearing the hijab.
Iranian chess player Sara Khadem, who competed without a hijab and faced threats, has been granted citizenship by Spain. She had moved to Spain in 2023 after an arrest warrant was issued against her in Iran.
An all-woman panel spoke on ‘Hijab. Hate. And State: The fight for human rights. And feminist churn within the Muslim world’ at the India Today Conclave 2023.