The UK s Human Rights Ambassador, Rita French, signed a joint statement alongside ten other European Human Rights Ambassadors on the human rights situation in Iran.
Soheil Asefi - Zhina’s death has sparked hundreds of protests across the country while “Zhen, Zhian, Azadi,” the Kurdish slogan that means “Woman, Life, Freedom,” has spreads beyond Iranian borders.
The violent death of 22‑year‑old Zhina "Mahsa" Amini following in the custody of the Iranian morality police brings home the dramatic human rights situation in Iran. The victims of this extreme…
Originally published September 20 at internationalsocialist.net. Translation in Farsi available here.
The killing of Zhina (Mahsa) Amini, a young Kurdish woman, by the “morality police” in Iran provoked a new, bold and explosive movement from below, challenging the rule of the mullahs and th