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Trailblazing hijab-wearing barrister launches global women’s rights organisation

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Ms Tafadar, who has been working in human rights law since she was called …

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5 days, 11 hours ago

Iran puts new stricter hijab law for women on hold: ‘Not feasible at the moment'

Firstpost

The controversial law, which was approved by the parliament in September 2023, will not be sent to the government as planned this week, according to one of the country’s vice presidents Iran has paused the process of implementing a new, stricter law on women’s mandatory headscarf, or hijab, an official said — a bill that many believe could have reignited …

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5 days, 15 hours ago

We must stand up to hijab bans in all sports in France

Al Jazeera

I know very well the pain and trauma of being denied the right to play sport because of a hijab ban. “Laicite”, or “secularism”, which is theoretically embedded in the French constitution to protect everyone’s religious freedom, has often been used as a pretext to block Muslim women’s access to public spaces in France. An Amnesty International report published before …

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5 days, 15 hours ago

Iran pauses process to implement stricter headscarf law for women

LA Times

Iran has paused the process of implementing a stricter law on women’s mandatory headscarf, or hijab, an official said — a bill that many believe could have reignited the protests that engulfed the Islamic Republic after the 2022 death of Mahsa Amini. The law levies harsher punishments for women who refuse to wear the hijab and for businesses that serve …

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5 days, 20 hours ago

Iran pauses the process to implement a new, stricter headscarf law for women, official says

Associated Press

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran has paused the process of implementing a new, stricter law on women’s mandatory headscarf, or hijab, an official said — a bill that many believe could have reignited the protests that engulfed the Islamic Republic after the 2022 death of Mahsa Amini. The law levies harsher punishments for women who refuse to wear the hijab and …

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1 week, 1 day ago

How Iran’s hijab ‘treatment clinics’ use mental illness to control women

Firstpost

Iran is using psychiatry to curb dissent by sending women who refuse to wear the Islamic headscarf to ‘hijab removal treatment clinics’. It is a historical tactic to use mental illness to ‘treat’ women who challenge the system Iranian women walk on a street amid the implementation of the new hijab surveillance in Tehran, Iran, April 15, 2023. File Photo/Reuters …

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1 week, 1 day ago

Iran: Singer Arrested After Performing Virtual Concert Without Hijab

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A female singer has been arrested by Iranian authorities after she performed a virtual concert on YouTube without wearing hijab, said a lawyer, reported Associated Press. Parastoo Ahmady, 27, was arrested on Saturday in Sari City, the capital of the northern province of Mazandaran, said the Iranian lawyer Milad Panahipour. On Thursday, a case was filed by the judiciary against …

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Iranian singer Parastoo Ahmady performs without hijab in YouTube concert, arrested

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Iranian authorities have arrested 27-year-old singer Parastoo Ahmady after she performed a virtual concert on YouTube without wearing a hijab. Parastoo Ahmady was taken into custody in Sari City, the capital of Mazandaran province, just days after her performance, The video posted by Parastoo Ahmady has garnered over 1.4 million views on YouTube. In the YouTube concert, Parastoo Ahmady was …

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1 week, 1 day ago

Iran arrests singer for performing virtual YouTube concert without wearing hijab

India Today

Iranian authorities have arrested Parastoo Ahmadi, a 27-year-old singer, after she posted a virtual concert on YouTube in which she performed without wearing a hijab. Ahmadi's online concert, which featured her singing in a black strappy bodycon dress alongside four male musicians, has drawn significant attention, amassing over 1.4 million views. Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Iran has maintained strict …

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YouTube singer arrested in Iran after performing an online concert while not wearing a hijab

The Hindu

Iranian authorities have arrested a female singer who performed a virtual concert on YouTube, a lawyer said. On Thursday, the judiciary had filed a case regarding Ahmady’s concert performance, in which she performed wearing a long black sleeveless and collarless dress, but no hijab. Panahipour told The Associated Press: “Unfortunately, we do not know the charges against Ms. Ahmady, who …

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1 week, 2 days ago

Iranian singer who performed without hijab to face ‘appropriate action’, judiciary says

Hindustan Times

An Iranian singer who performed at an online concert without wearing a hijab in defiance of the strict dress code of the Islamic Republic faces prosecution after the country's judiciary took notice of the “violation of legal and religious standards” by her. Screengrab from Paroosa Ahmadi's online concert Parastoo Ahmadi streamed the concert on her YouTube channel late Wednesday. The …

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1 week, 2 days ago

Fact Check: Hindu woman beaten for not wearing Hijab on Bangladesh beach? Here's the truth

India Today

A shocking video of a group of men surrounding and hitting a woman with a stick and forcing her to do sit-ups while holding her ears has gone viral on social media. Those sharing this clip claimed that it showed radical Islamists beating a Hindu woman at Cox's Bazar beach for not wearing a Hijab. "Bangladesh: Radical Islamists beat up …

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Fact Check: Hindu woman beaten for not wearing Hijab on Bangladesh? Here's the truth

India Today

India's Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri recently visited Bangladesh to strengthen bilateral ties. Those sharing this clip claimed that it showed radical Islamists beating a Hindu woman at Cox's Bazar sea beach for not wearing a hijab. "Bangladesh: Radical Islamists beat up a Hindu tribal woman for not wearing a hijab on Cox's Bazar sea beach. As per these reports, Cox's …

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‘Questions to be answered’ over Sara Sharif’s ‘awful’ murder, Keir Starmer says

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2 weeks, 1 day ago

Syria greets new dawn as Bashar al-Assad flees amid rebel uprising: List of leaders who fled their countries

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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad boarded a plane and left for an unknown destination, as reported by Reuters citing officials. Dhaka: In this Monday, Aug. 5, 2024 file photo, Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina leaves the country in a helicopter as protesters storm the prime minister's palace, according to reports, in Dhaka. Rajapaksa President Gotabaya Rajapaksa: Fled Sri Lanka in July …

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2 weeks, 3 days ago

All the ways the Taliban are restricting lives of women in Afghanistan

The Independent

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

How Iran's new chastity law makes life even more difficult for women

Firstpost

Iran’s new hijab and chastity law has spurred much outrage from women, criticism from activists and opposition from its reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian. Iran’s Parliament passed the “Hijab and Chastity” Bill to much outrage from women and criticism from activists. As per Iran Primer, women have to get a judge’s order for a divorce, while a man can simply declare …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

Flogged for refusing to wear hijab: Iranian woman who defied strict Islamic dress code shows off horrifying injuries after being lashed by Iranian guards

Daily Mail

This horrific video shows the injuries an Iranian woman sustained after she was viciously flogged by guards more than 70 times when she refused to abide by the nation's strict Islamic dress code laws. Image shows a massive bruise on the woman's back as she holds a slogan that says: 'Woman, Life, Freedom' Footage shows how the woman's entire back …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

Threat of RSF invasion looms over el-Fasher in Sudan’s Darfur

Al Jazeera

Displaced people are taking up arms to defend themselves against the paramilitary and the atrocities it is known for. “Since 2004, the Janjaweed has been raping us and killing women and girls.” RSF closing in By November 2023, the RSF had conquered four Darfur states – South, East, West and Central – and looked like it would soon take the …

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Inside Mohammad Rasoulof’s harrowing escape from Iran for ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’

LA Times

“The process of leaving Iran was, in fact, quite harrowing, and it was very, very scary, especially the mountainous road that I had to take,” says Mohammad Rasoulof, director of “The Seed of the Sacred Fig.” Mohammad Rasoulof made it to the Cannes premiere of his film “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” but only after a perilous escape from …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

Iran passes controversial ‘chastity’ law imposing even harsher dress restrictions. The president doesn’t like it

CNN

Editor’s Note: A version of this story appears in CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a weekly look inside the region’s biggest stories. CNN — Iran’s parliament has enacted a harsh new modesty law, significantly tightening existing dress restrictions that have already fueled nationwide protests and posed a serious challenge to regime stability. Two years after protests against Iran’s …

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3 weeks, 1 day ago

Saudi Arabia’s liberalization is visible in its popular culture

Live Mint

Saudi Arabia’s unprecedented attempt to diversify from an oil economy to something more sustainable seems to be churning along nicely. As part of Vision 2030, Riyadh aims to lower the Saudi unemployment rate and increase small businesses’ contribution to the economy. In 2023, Norway’s largest pension fund KLP blacklisted some of Saudi’s telecom and real estate companies, citing “human rights …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Fascinating pictures of Iran in the 1970s show how sex and fashion thrived before the Islamic revolution - amid mounting outrage over arrest of woman who stripped in hijab protest

Daily Mail

When a young Iranian woman was arrested last week after she stripped down to her underwear in protest of the country's strict hijab laws, people around the world praised her for her courageous act. These pictures of women reveal just how much life, fashion and freedom has changed in Iran since the Islamic Revolution took place in 1979 A holiday …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Sara Sharif’s stepmother is ‘evil psycho’, father tells court

The Telegraph

Pointing at his wife in the dock, he said: “That poor girl was always being accused by that psycho sitting there.” He said: “I should not have believed her… I never knew I was living with this evil psycho.” Naeem Mian KC, his barrister, responded: “But according to her you’re the psycho?” Mr Mian asked him if he had ever …

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Trailblazing hijab-wearing barrister launches global women’s rights organisation

Iran puts new stricter hijab law for women on hold: ‘Not feasible at the moment'

We must stand up to hijab bans in all sports in France

Iran pauses process to implement stricter headscarf law for women

Iran pauses the process to implement a new, stricter headscarf law for women, official says

How Iran’s hijab ‘treatment clinics’ use mental illness to control women

Iran: Singer Arrested After Performing Virtual Concert Without Hijab

Iranian singer Parastoo Ahmady performs without hijab in YouTube concert, arrested

Iran arrests singer for performing virtual YouTube concert without wearing hijab

YouTube singer arrested in Iran after performing an online concert while not wearing a hijab

Iranian singer who performed without hijab to face ‘appropriate action’, judiciary says

Fact Check: Hindu woman beaten for not wearing Hijab on Bangladesh beach? Here's the truth

Fact Check: Hindu woman beaten for not wearing Hijab on Bangladesh? Here's the truth

‘Questions to be answered’ over Sara Sharif’s ‘awful’ murder, Keir Starmer says

Syria greets new dawn as Bashar al-Assad flees amid rebel uprising: List of leaders who fled their countries

All the ways the Taliban are restricting lives of women in Afghanistan

How Iran's new chastity law makes life even more difficult for women

Flogged for refusing to wear hijab: Iranian woman who defied strict Islamic dress code shows off horrifying injuries after being lashed by Iranian guards

Threat of RSF invasion looms over el-Fasher in Sudan’s Darfur

Inside Mohammad Rasoulof’s harrowing escape from Iran for ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’

Iran passes controversial ‘chastity’ law imposing even harsher dress restrictions. The president doesn’t like it

Saudi Arabia’s liberalization is visible in its popular culture

Fascinating pictures of Iran in the 1970s show how sex and fashion thrived before the Islamic revolution - amid mounting outrage over arrest of woman who stripped in hijab protest

Sara Sharif’s stepmother is ‘evil psycho’, father tells court