Source: Amnesty International Iranian authorities are waging a large-scale campaign to enforce repressive compulsory veiling laws through widespread surveillance of women and girls in public spaces and mass police checks …
Draconian campaign to enforce compulsory veiling laws through surveillance and mass car confiscations Read More
Source: Amnesty International **On 14 December 2024, state media reported that the promulgation of the law has been temporarily paused.** Iranian authorities have adopted a new draconian law that further …
New compulsory veiling law intensifies oppression of women and girls Read More
Source: Amnesty International People in Iran continue to endure the devastating consequences of the authorities’ brutal crackdown on the “Woman Life Freedom” uprising amid systematic impunity for crimes under international …
Two years after ‘Woman Life Freedom’ uprising, impunity for crimes reigns supreme Read More
Source: Amnesty International UK At least six cases since April, including one where state broadcaster forcibly filmed detained mother and daughter Tactics come in response to popular ‘White Wednesdays’ …
Iran: women activists forced to make filmed ‘confessions’ over veiling laws Read More
Source: Amnesty International Iranian authorities must stop harassing, arresting and imprisoning women’s rights defenders peacefully protesting against Iran’s degrading and discriminatory forced veiling laws, and release those detained …
Iran: Release women’s rights defenders detained for peacefully protesting against forced veiling Read More