Tolerance.ca
Director / Editor: Victor Teboul, Ph.D.
Looking inside ourselves and out at the world
Independent and neutral with regard to all political and religious orientations, Tolerance.ca® aims to promote awareness of the major democratic principles on which tolerance is based.

Iran: Authorities target women’s rights activists with arbitrary arrest, flogging and death penalty

By Amnesty International
Iranian authorities have escalated their crackdown on women’s rights defenders, journalists, singers and other activists demanding equality or who defy compulsory veiling using arbitrary detention, unjust prosecution, flogging, and even the death penalty in a bid to quash Iran’s women’s rights movement, Amnesty International said today. Since International Women’s Day (IWD) on 8 March, the […] The post Iran: Authorities target women’s rights activists with arbitrary arrest, flogging and death penalty appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>


Read complete article

© Amnesty International -
Subscribe to Tolerance.ca


Follow us on ...
Facebook Twitter