Women's activist
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World events
Kabul women protest against compulsory hijab
A number of female activists in Kabul protested against the Taliban's new order regarding women's face coverings and compulsory hijab.
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World events
Repression of women's rights activists continues in Afghanistan; Media: Taliban arrest two more women
News from Afghanistan indicates that armed members of the Taliban group entered the building on Wednesday evening, January 19, after breaking down the entrance door with…
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Iran News
Masih Alinejad after being nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize: Iranian women are subjected to cruel and systematic oppression and discrimination
Masih Alinejad, a journalist and female activist against compulsory hijab, has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by a Norwegian lawmaker…
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Iran News
Saba Kord Afshari was threatened in prison
The human rights website "HRANA" cites an informed source as saying that Saba Kord Afshari, a civil activist and opponent of compulsory hijab,...
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Iran News
A Kurdish language teacher in Kamyaran was sentenced to 3 years in prison.
This week, Sirvan Ebrahimi, a civil activist and Kurdish language teacher in Kamyaran, who was arrested by security forces last July,…
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Iran News
Bahareh Hedayat's transfer to Qarchak prison and her hunger strike continues
Bahareh Hedayat, a women's activist who was transferred to Qarchak Prison in Varamin on Sunday, February 16, is still on a hunger strike.
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Iran News
Letter from a female activist imprisoned in Iran on the occasion of the International Day against the Death Penalty
Atena Daemi, a human rights activist serving her sentence in Evin Prison, wrote an open letter on the occasion of…
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