source: Human Rights Watch

published: 16 September 2024

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(New York) – Iranian authorities’ brutal repression against women has only continued in the two years since the death in morality police custody of Mahsa Jina Amini sparked nationwide protests, a dozen human rights organizations including Human Rights Watch said in a statement released today.

Iranian authorities have continued their brutal repression of peaceful dissidents, civil society, women, and religious and ethnic minorities, while failing to hold those responsible for torture, rape, and unlawful killings accountable. The Iranian authorities should immediately and unconditionally release all the women human rights defenders imprisoned in Iran and end all systematic violence and discrimination against women.

“The authorities have failed to answer for the killing of hundreds and the arrest of thousands, and they have systematically continued their suppression of opponents, civil society, and human rights defenders,” said Nahid Naghshbandi, acting Iran researcher at Human Rights Watch.

“A change in government and a new president have so far done nothing to alter the authorities’ repressive actions towards dissent.”

Iranian authorities have intensified their suppression of women in public spaces by reintroducing the morality police under the so-called “Noor Plan” and carrying out punitive measures, such as impounding vehicles of women not wearing the compulsory hijab.

A 'Bill for the Protection of Chastity and Hijab Culture' is on the verge of being approved by Iran’s parliament. If passed, this law will formalize the repression of women and girls who defy mandatory wearing of the hijab, significantly widening the gender gap.

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