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New Delhi [India], November 22 (ANI/SRV): Keeping in mind the glorious 75 years of independence of progressive India and the glorious history of its people, culture, and achievements, Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav was initiated by the Government of India.
are ignoring that, something that was unthinkable weeks ago. chanting. and every night, people still open their windows and chant, death to the dictator a message they re aiming at iran s supreme leader. these protests were sparked by the death of mahsa amini. she was 22. she s buried in saqez in the north west of iran and with wednesday marking a0 days since her death, security forces tried to block access to the city, but the protesters would not be denied. i have never been as hopeful as i am today. woman, life, freedom. jin, jiyan, azadi. and all of these protests and acts of defiance come at a cost. videos on social media, verified by the bbc, show people being beaten by security officials. here, we see women without headscarves, defying police.
since her death, security forces tried to block access to the city, but the protesters would not be denied. i have never been as hopeful as i am today. woman, life, freedom. jin, jiyan, azadi. and all of these protests and acts of defiance come at a cost. videos on social media, verified by the bbc, show people being beaten by security officials. here, we see women without headscarves, defying police. in this video, security forces gathered at a girls school in tehran on monday. one of them shouts, we have permission. beat them, beat them all. nationwide, one human rights group estimates that more than 13,000 people have been arrested and that at least 250 people have been killed, including children. and if we go back to 1979, ayatollah khamenei founded iran s islamic republic, and these protests are a direct challenge to the islamic laws that date back to then. listen to this bbc report at the time. there is undoubtedly genuine concern
stripping off their hijabs and waving it in open defiance of authority. the catalyst for this movement was mahsa amini s death. the protesters resulting from it had not been about head coverings, but life itself zindagi. haunting the souls of her own s fundamental rulers. zindagi means life. in these protests about women in their rights and life itself more than 200 people including 23 children are believed to have lost their lives. that s according to iran human rights group. they are risking their lives for the rights of women and for something else not commonly associated with a rock, liberty. that is the final word in the chat. azadi. it translates into liberty or freedom. must amini s death is about much more than a head scarf in a dress code that she wrote, it s about more than modesty and religious rules. the protests in iran are now about zan, zindagi, azadi. most of us take for granted the