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== Protests == |
== Protests == |
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A series of protests have broken out after her death, the most violent one took place in [[Saqqez]], her hometown<ref>/https://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iran/170920221</ref>. Some shouted slogans such as “Jin - Jiyan - Azadi: Women, Life, Freedom” and “death to the dictator” |
A series of protests have broken out after her death, the most violent one took place in [[Saqqez]], her hometown<ref>/https://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iran/170920221</ref>. Some shouted slogans such as “Jin - Jiyan - Azadi: Women, Life, Freedom” and “death to the dictator”.<ref>/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/17/iran-protests-death-kurdish-woman-mahsaa-amini-morality-police</ref><ref>/https://news.italy-24.com/trends/amp/92180</ref>. These demonstrations were suppressed by Iran's special police forces.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/17/iran-protests-death-kurdish-woman-mahsaa-amini-morality-police Protests in Iran at death of Kurdish woman after arrest by morality police ], The Guardian, 17 Sep 2022</ref><ref>[https://edition.cnn.com/2022/09/16/middleeast/iranian-woman-dies-police-intl/index.html Woman, 22, dies after falling into coma while in custody of Iran's morality police], CNN News, 17 Sep 2022</ref> |
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== Reactions == |
== Reactions == |
Revision as of 10:51, 18 September 2022
Mahsa Amini | |
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مهسا امینی | |
Born | 2000 Saqqez, Iran |
Died | 16 September 2022 (aged 22) Tehran, Iran |
Resting place | Saqqez |
Known for | Torture and brain death by Guidance Patrol, Morality Police of Iran's Islamic republic[1] |
Mahsa Amini (Persian: مهسا امینی; –; 2000 in Saqqez[2] – 16 September 2022 in Tehran[3]), also known as Jina Amini,[4] was an Iranian woman who was arrested and tortured by the Guidance Patrol of the Iranian government, a special police squad in charge of public implementation of Iran's hijab regulations, for not wearing her hijab properly. She was arrested for alleged "Islamic guidance" by Iran's government police. After two hours of subsequent beatings to her head and severe frightening by the Morality Police of Iran's behavior, she suffered both a brain and a heart attack and went into a coma.[5] She is one of the most famous victims of aggression and violence against women in Iran.[6][7][8][9][10]
Biography
Mahsa Amini was an 22-year-old Iranian citizen originally from Saqqez in Kurdistan province. She was brought up by an intellectual family and lived in a Kurdish city where people have been suppressed by the Iranian government.[11][12][13]
Detention and death
Amini was arrested by Morality Police officers at around 6 o'clock in the evening on Tuesday, 14 September, near Shahid Haqqani metro station located on Shahid Haqqani highway in Tehran while she was with her brother. After her brother Kiaresh Amini protested, Kiaresh was told that she would be taken to the detention center to undergo a "briefing class" and would be released in an hour. But something happened differently and Mehsa's half-life body was taken to Kesra hospital by ambulance.[14][15][16]
After two days fighting for her life, Amini was in a coma in Kasra hospital in Tehran and in this way her suffering aroused the feelings of the general public and once again provoked people's protest against the Iranian Morality police and the law on hijab.[17][18]
She died at the intensive care unit of Kasra Hospital in Tehran.[19] The semi-official Fars News Agency reported that Amini died on 16 September 2022.[3][20]
Protests
A series of protests have broken out after her death, the most violent one took place in Saqqez, her hometown[21]. Some shouted slogans such as “Jin - Jiyan - Azadi: Women, Life, Freedom” and “death to the dictator”.[22][23]. These demonstrations were suppressed by Iran's special police forces.[24][25]
Reactions
Amnesty International requested a criminal investigation into the suspicious death of Mehsa Amini in Iran. According to this organization, "all responsible officers and officials" in this case must be brought to justice and "the conditions leading to her suspicious death, which include torture and other ill-treatment in the detention center, must be investigated criminally".[15][26][27]
Human Rights Watch also called the death of Mehsa Amini "cruel" and wrote: "Iranian authorities should cancel the mandatory hijab law and remove or amend other laws that deprive women of their independence and rights.[28][29]
Center for Human Rights in Iran: Mahsa Amini considered as another victim of the Islamic Republic's war against women and requested that violence against women in Iran should be strongly condemned all over the world in order to prevent such preventable tragedies.[30]
Javaid Rehman, United Nations Special Rapporter also expressed his regret for the behavior of the Islamic Republic of Mehsa Amini and added: "This incident is a sign of widespread violation of human rights in Iran.[31]
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See also
References
- ^ Iranian woman said to be in coma after arrest by morality police, The Times of Israel, 2022
- ^ Zhina Amini goes into coma 2 hours after arrest by Guidance Patrols, women.ncr-iran, 2022
- ^ a b "Iranian woman 'beaten' by police for 'improper hijab' dies after coma: State media". Al Arabiya English. 2022-09-16. Retrieved 2022-09-16.
- ^ IranWire Exclusive: Morality Patrol Beats a Woman into a Coma, IranWire, 2022
- ^ Arrest by hijab police leaves woman comatose, Al Monitor, 2022
- ^ Young woman in coma after detained by morals police in Iran , NRT, 2022
- ^ Iranian Woman In Coma After Morality Police Arrest: Activists, Barron's, 2022
- ^ Young Iranian woman in coma two hours after morality police arrest, activists say, Mena, 2022
- ^ Iranian woman in coma after police arrest, International The News, 2022
- ^ Iranian woman dies ‘after being beaten by morality police’ over hijab law, The Guardian, 16 Sep 2022
- ^ Woman in Coma in Custody by Hejab Enforcement Causes Uproar in Iran, Student Hearts, 2022
- ^ Indignación en Irán por el coma de una joven tras ser detenida por la Policía, SwissInfo.ch, 2022
- ^ Iran: Woman in coma after her arrest by Tehran's morality police , The News Arab, 2022
- ^ Fury in Iran as young woman dies following morality police arrest, BBC News, 2022
- ^ a b Iran woman's death after morals police arrest sparks protests, Reuters, 2022
- ^ s Iranian woman in coma after morality police arrest: activists, France24, 2022
- ^ Mahsa Amini: Arrested For Islamic Guidance, Ended Up Brain Dead!, Iran True, 2022
- ^ Mahsa Amini, who has gone into a coma due to severe brain damage after being assaulted by Mullahs regime's "morality police" passed away, County First News, 2022
- ^ Iran: Kurdish woman dies after arrest and tortutre by morality police in Tehran , Kurdistan Human rights Network
- ^ Iranian woman dies after beating by ‘morality police’ for not wearing headscarf , The Telegraph, 2022
- ^ /https://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iran/170920221
- ^ /https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/17/iran-protests-death-kurdish-woman-mahsaa-amini-morality-police
- ^ /https://news.italy-24.com/trends/amp/92180
- ^ Protests in Iran at death of Kurdish woman after arrest by morality police , The Guardian, 17 Sep 2022
- ^ Woman, 22, dies after falling into coma while in custody of Iran's morality police, CNN News, 17 Sep 2022
- ^ Mahsa Amini: Woman dies after arrest by Iran’s morality police, Aljazeera, 2022
- ^ Condemnations Follow Death Of Young Woman In Iranian Police Custody , Iran International, 2022
- ^ Woman Dies in Custody of Iran's 'Morality Police', Human Right Watch
- ^ The Murder of Mahsa Amini; Iran Human Rights Calls for ..., Iran Human Right
- ^ Mahsa Amini is Another Victim of the Islamic Republic's War on Women, Center for Human Rights in Iran, 2022
- ^ Mahsa Amini's mother: Zhina! People have come for you!, women.ncr-iran.org
- ^ @omid_m (September 15, 2022). (Tweet) https://twitter.com/omid_m/status/1570527656801865728. Retrieved 2022-09-16 – via Twitter.
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