Amnesty International reports on the “disturbing” conditions of compulsory hijab in the daily lives of Iranian women
Amnesty International has pointed out in a report the difficulties Iranian women face in facing the mandatory hijab and the criminal treatment of women who remove their headscarves.
The report, which was published on the website of this human rights organization on Tuesday, June 27, recounts the role of compulsory hijab in the daily lives of Iranian women and girls, and also points out the sometimes very violent treatment of women who do not wear a full hijab by moral security police officers.
In this report, Amnesty International refers to the symbolic protest movement of the girls on Enghelab Street against the mandatory hijab in January 2017, stating that this movement gradually became widespread and even some men joined this protest movement.
The report notes that the movement to protest the compulsory hijab prompted a response from the judicial and security apparatus, and since then, 48 people have been arrested in connection with it.
Amnesty International has also pointed to the arrest of a group of women's rights activists and defenders of protesters against compulsory hijab, including Nasrin Sotoudeh, Reza Khandan, Farhad Meysami, and Yasman Ariani, and the prison sentences against them.
The organization has finally called on everyone to share a message on Twitter to the Leader of the Islamic Republic in support of activists opposing the compulsory hijab of Iranian women, declaring that compulsory hijab laws are discrimination against women and that women should choose their own clothing without facing coercion.
Source: Voice of America
