GLOBAL SOLIDARITY WITH MAHSA AMINI
80,000 rally in Berlin in solidarity with women-led protests in IranPosted on October 23, 2022 by Editorial Staff in Iran, Kurdistan
Some 80,000 people joined a Berlin rally in solidarity with women-led protests in Iran sparked by the death in custody of young Kurdish woman Mahsa Jina Amini, Berlin, Germany, October 22, 2022. Photo: Rudaw
BERLIN,— Some 80,000 people joined a Berlin rally Saturday in solidarity with women-led protests in Iran sparked by the death in custody of young Kurdish woman Mahsa Jina Amini, a police spokesman told AFP.
“Today, thousands of people are showing their solidarity with courageous women and demonstrators in Iran,” tweeted Germany’s Green Party minister for family affairs, Lisa Paus. “We are by your side,” she added.
Some marchers joining a rally called by a women’s collective brandished slogans such as “Women, Life, Freedom” with some waving Kurdish flags.
Participants peacefully made their way towards the city centre in radiant autumnal sunshine, as police followed their progress from helicopters.
Amini, a 22-year old Kurdish woman from Iranian Kurdistan, who was not allowed to use her Kurdish first name (Jina), died on September 16, three days after falling into a coma following her arrest by Iran’s notorious morality police over an alleged breach of the Islamic republic’s strict dress code for women.
Some 80,000 people joined a Berlin rally in solidarity with women-led protests in Iran sparked by the death in custody of young Kurdish woman Mahsa Jina Amini, Berlin, Germany, October 22, 2022. Photo: Rudaw
BERLIN,— Some 80,000 people joined a Berlin rally Saturday in solidarity with women-led protests in Iran sparked by the death in custody of young Kurdish woman Mahsa Jina Amini, a police spokesman told AFP.
“Today, thousands of people are showing their solidarity with courageous women and demonstrators in Iran,” tweeted Germany’s Green Party minister for family affairs, Lisa Paus. “We are by your side,” she added.
Some marchers joining a rally called by a women’s collective brandished slogans such as “Women, Life, Freedom” with some waving Kurdish flags.
Participants peacefully made their way towards the city centre in radiant autumnal sunshine, as police followed their progress from helicopters.
Amini, a 22-year old Kurdish woman from Iranian Kurdistan, who was not allowed to use her Kurdish first name (Jina), died on September 16, three days after falling into a coma following her arrest by Iran’s notorious morality police over an alleged breach of the Islamic republic’s strict dress code for women.
Some 80,000 people joined a Berlin rally in solidarity with women-led protests in Iran sparked by the death in custody of young Kurdish woman Mahsa Jina Amini, Berlin, Germany, October 22, 2022. Photo: Rudaw
Iran has seen some six weeks of growing women-led protests and on Saturday, shopkeepers and factory workers went on strike as citizens react angrily to the death in custody of Amini.
The protests are the biggest seen in the Islamic republic for years, harking back to 2019 rallies sparked by rocketing fuel price rises.
Young women have led the charge, removing their headscarves, chanting anti-government slogans and confronting the security forces.
Oslo-based Iran Human Rights group says at least 122 people — including some children — have died in the unrest.
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