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Remarks by Shaparak Shajarizadeh on Receiving the Morris B. Abram Award
Jailed anti hijab protester Shaparak Shajarizadeh goes on hunger strike
Shaparak Shajarizadeh Twice Arrested For Allegedly Removing Her Headscarf in Public in Iran
Western Apathy Toward Iran’s Religious Dictatorship
‘In Iran there are no differences between fundamentalists and reformists’
Iran: Dozens of women ill-treated and at risk of long jail terms for peacefully protesting compulsory veiling
Mauritanian Anti-Slavery and Iranian Women Rights Activist Presented Awards
This Iranian Lawyer Saved My Life. Now We Must Save Hers
UN Watch Announces Human Rights Award For Iranian Women's Rights Activist Shaparak Shajarizadeh
Mauritanian Anti-Slavery and Iranian Women Rights Activist Presented Awards
GENEVA (IDN) – Biram Dah Abeid, a descendant of former slaves who has been called “the Nelson Mandela of Mauritania”, and Shaparak Shajarizadeh,...
A Year After Mahsa Amini’s Death, Iran’s Women’s Rights Activists Won’t be Stopped
One year ago, Iran's “morality police” detained and brutally attacked a 22-year old Kurdish woman - Mahsa (Jina) Amini - for allegedly...
Remarks by Shaparak Shajarizadeh on Receiving the Morris B. Abram Award
Remarks by Shaparak Shajarizadeh upon receiving the Morris B. Abram Award UN Watch Online Gala, November 1, 2020. YouTube player.
Jailed anti hijab protester Shaparak Shajarizadeh goes on hunger strike
Anti-hijab protester Shaparak Shajarizadeh who has been detained for the second time has started a hunger strike protesting her extrajudicial detention.
Shaparak Shajarizadeh Twice Arrested For Allegedly Removing Her Headscarf in Public in Iran
Shaparak Shajarizadeh has been arrested again for allegedly allowing her hair to show in public in Iran. Her lawyer, prominent human rights...
This Iranian Lawyer Saved My Life. Now We Must Save Hers
Nasrin Sotoudeh, a lawyer who defended women who removed their hijabs in Iran, is facing a 38 year prison sentence and 148 lashes.
Western Apathy Toward Iran’s Religious Dictatorship
Iranian people look to the outside world for support but hear only silence, says one exiled Iranian activist in an interview with Elan...
UN Watch Announces Human Rights Award For Iranian Women's Rights Activist Shaparak Shajarizadeh
Today she lives in Toronto, where she continues to fight against Iran's discrimination of women, testifying at the Canadian Parliament and...
‘In Iran there are no differences between fundamentalists and reformists’
Shaparak Shajarizadeh is an Iranian activist and co-author of "Freedom is not a crime". She relates how she got “fed up with living a lie” and decided to take...
Iran: Dozens of women ill-treated and at risk of long jail terms for peacefully protesting compulsory veiling
A warning by Iranian police that women could be jailed for up to a decade for joining protests against compulsory veiling has put dozens at immediate risk of...
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Iranian activist who publicly removed her headscarf as an act of civil disobedience and campaigned against mandatory hijab arrested in Iran and later left the country.