Current Events > Women protesting against wearing the hijab in Iran will be charged with inciting

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PROSTITUTION and jailed for up to ten years as regime cracks down on growing dissent.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5440775/Anti-hijab-protesters-Iran-inciting-PROSTITUTION.html

Iranian women protesting the compulsory headscarf by taking off their hijab in public could be facing up to a decade in jail for 'inciting prostitution', police has warned.

Authorities in Iran are desperately trying to stem the growing protests across the country against the dress code enforced on women since the Islamic revolution of 1979.

More than 35 women have been arrested in the capital Tehran alone in the past two months, with several reportedly subjected to torture while in custody.

At least two of the arrested protesters, Narges Hosseini and Shaparak Shajarizadeh, are being charged with 'inciting corruption and prostitution', Amnesty International reports.

Ms Shajarizadeh was arrested last Wednesday and has reportedly been subjected to beatings in prison.

Activists claim she was also 'injected with an unknown substance by the prison authorities' upon her arrest.

Ms Hosseini was arrested just over a month ago and has since been in custody in unknown conditions.

If they are found guilty of inciting corruption and prostitution, they could face up to ten years in prison.

'This is a deeply retrograde move by the Iranian authorities in their ongoing persecution of women who dare to speak out against compulsory veiling,' said Magdalena Mughrabi, Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International.

It places many women at serious and immediate risk of unjust imprisonment while sending a chilling message to others to keep quiet while their rights are being violated.

Very tragic
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Religion of
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Quite harsh but if you break the law you should expect consequences.
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Brave Women because they knew what was going to happen. :( Note to Western SJW's: That's real oppression and real activism.
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yes i agree very tragic now excuse me while i condemn black people in my country for protesting against police brutality
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Vyrulisse posted...

Brave Women because they knew what was going to happen. :( Note to Western Christians: That's real oppression and real activism.

Just as accurate.
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mario2000 posted...

yes i agree very tragic now excuse me while i condemn black people in my country for protesting against police brutality

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Vyrulisse posted...

That's real oppression and real activism.

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UnfairRepresent posted...

Vyrulisse posted...

That's real oppression and real activism.

Also agree, and I hope they win.
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Ummmm someone tell these bigots the hijab is not oppressive.
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as a sheltered middle class white male who has never had to struggle for equal treatment i alone know what real oppression and real activism is
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mario2000 posted...

yes i agree very tragic now excuse me while i condemn black people in my country for protesting against police brutality

Poor mario, he gets emotional and tries to deflect like this whenever topics trigger him.
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Vyrulisse posted...

Brave Women because they knew what was going to happen. :( Note to Western SJW's: That's real oppression and real activism.

Absolutely, that Muslim woman should be honored for her bravery. If there was ever a place that was in need of a #metoo movement, it's the Arab-Islamic world.
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