Tag: women’s rights

Iran’s protests are not an angry outburst, but the result of generations of trauma

NB: Iran’s brutal theocracy is killing and maiming hundreds of protestors for demanding freedom from the notorious band of thugs called the morality police. Shame on the Ayatollahs. All democratic minded people the world over should support the Iranian peoples struggle for democracy. DS Nasrin Parvaz Women, life, freedom. These words have become the rallying… Read More Iran’s protests are not an angry outburst, but the result of generations of trauma

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Another teenage girl dead at hands of Iran’s security forces, reports claim

In private message groups, schoolgirls across Iran said they were planning protests at the weekend to show solidarity with Esmailzadeh and Nika Shakarami, the 17-year-old schoolgirl who went missing on 20 September and was also allegedly tortured and killed by Iran’s security forces. Despite claims that Shakarami was beaten and raped, and that her body was stolen… Read More Another teenage girl dead at hands of Iran’s security forces, reports claim

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Iran arrests musician as anthem for protests goes viral

As demonstrations against the death of Mahsa Amini enter their third week in Iran, a protest song by one of Iran’s most popular musicians has become the soundtrack to the biggest civil uprising for decades, channelling the rage of Iranians at home and abroad. The lyrics to Baraye by Shervin Hajipour are taken entirely from messages that… Read More Iran arrests musician as anthem for protests goes viral

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‘Women, life, liberty’: Iranian civil rights protests spread worldwide

Patrick Wintour Worldwide protests were being held on Saturday in solidarity with the growing uprising in Iran demanding greater freedom and protesting against the death of Mahsa Amini following her arrest by Iranian morality police. Demonstrations under the slogan “Women, life, liberty” took place in many major cities, including Auckland, London, Melbourne, New York, Paris, Rome, Seoul,… Read More ‘Women, life, liberty’: Iranian civil rights protests spread worldwide

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Protests in Iran at death of Kurdish woman after arrest by morality police

Weronika Strzyżyńska NB: The Iranian theocracy is a brutal ideological tyranny. From their horrendous prison massacre in 1988 till today their approach to politics has remained unchanged. And we should all think as to why governments and man think they have the right to tell women how to dress. In India there’s an ongoing battle… Read More Protests in Iran at death of Kurdish woman after arrest by morality police

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Dear Arsehole

The French newspaper Le Monde described the book as “luminous” if also dense with ideas Angelique Chrisafis in Paris A novel depicting France’s #MeToo movement by the French punk feminist writer Virginie Despentes, irreverently titled Cher Connard – which roughly translates as Dear Arsehole – has become a bestseller, prompting a debate about sexual harassment and… Read More Dear Arsehole

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Terry Bell: South Africa is teetering on the brink of an abyss

The past few weeks have highlighted more clearly than ever, that the authority and the rule of law within South Africa’s constitutional parliamentary dispensation has gone beyond merely fraying at the edges.  Also how confusion can be spread, with potentially dangerous consequences, by the manipulation of news. This manipulation becomes possible because there are too… Read More Terry Bell: South Africa is teetering on the brink of an abyss

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Dánae Vílchez: Nicaraguan government outlaws feminist groups serving vulnerable people

NB: It seems there’s no difference between the totalitarian fantasies of ‘leftist’ and ‘rightist’ governments. DS Dozens of feminist groups in Nicaragua that provide crucial support to vulnerable women have been labelled “foreign agents” and outlawed by the government, meaning they can no longer operate. Reproductive healthcare services, shelters for survivors of gender violence, and… Read More Dánae Vílchez: Nicaraguan government outlaws feminist groups serving vulnerable people

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