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The Women, Life, Freedom movement is a protest slogan that affirms that the rights of women are at the center of life and liberty. It is best known in English-language media for its use within the context of Iran and Mahsa Amini protests. [12] The originate of this slogan comes from Kurdish women right movements. [13][14][15]
Appearance. Main article: Mahsa Amini protests. This incomplete list is frequently updated to include new information. This is a broad timeline of the ongoing series of protests against the government of Iran, sparked by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini (Persian: مهسا امینی) on 16 September 2022.
Civil unrest and protests against the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran associated with the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini (Persian: مهسا امینی) began on 16 September 2022 and carried on into 2023, but were said to have "dwindled" [ 15 ] or "died down" [ 16 ] by spring of 2023. As of September 2023, the "ruling elite ...
The protests that followed the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who died in detention after being arrested by the country's morality police for not wearing her hijab correctly, have become Iran's ...
Gunmen attacked a major Shiite holy site in Iran on Wednesday, killing at least 15 people and wounding dozens. The attack came as protesters elsewhere in Iran marked a symbolic 40 days since a ...
On 16 September 2022, 22-year-old Iranian woman Mahsa Amini, [a] also known as Jina Amini, [b] [1] [2] [3] died in a hospital in Tehran, Iran, under suspicious circumstances.The Guidance Patrol, the religious morality police of Iran's government, arrested Amini for allegedly not wearing the hijab in accordance with government standards.
The 2023 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi for “her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom ...
In December 2022, Iran was expelled from membership of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, following the death of Mahsa Amini and the violent crackdown against women's rights protesters in Iran. This was the first time a member had been expelled over its treatment of women in the history of the commission. [44] [45]