Shirin Ebadi on the legal obstacles Iran’s protesters face
The Nobel peace-prize laureate and former judge on the country’s rotten justice system
A YOUNG WOMAN died in hospital in Iran on September 16th after being detained by the morality police for showing too much of her hair. Mahsa Amini’s death ignited protests in more than 100 cities and street protesters openly declare that the Islamic Republic must go. The people of Iran are tired of theocratic tyranny. The movement’s chant is “Women, Life, Freedom.” But the realisation of this slogan will only be possible under a democratic and secular government.
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