Iran: Where is the Feminist Solidarity?
March 4, 2007, 11:43 am |
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By Andrew L. Jaffee
Just where is Western feminist solidarity with Iranian women? As Michael Rubin puts it, “Western feminists march alongside Islamists who seek their subjection;” that’s where they are. Today, “almost all the leaders of Iran’s women’s movement were arrested.” And not just arrested once, but arrested twice — including their lawyer. Iran’s mullahs need not worry about minor details like double jeopardy, the right to counsel, or the right to being presented with the evidence against you; they probably don’t even know what these rights mean. From the BBC:
Iran’s authorities have arrested more than 32 women activists protesting outside a courthouse in Tehran.
The protesters were showing solidarity with five women on trial for organising a protest last June against laws they say discriminate against women.
The five have been charged with endangering national security, propaganda against the state and taking part in an illegal gathering. …
The BBC’s Frances Harrison, reporting from the demonstration, says almost all the leaders of Iran’s women’s movement were arrested.
The women held up banners outside the revolutionary court, saying: “We have the right to hold peaceful protests”.
The aim of the women is to draw attention to discriminatory Islamic laws on polygamy and child custody that often cause great suffering to women, our correspondent says.
When the five women on trial left the court building they were arrested again, along with their lawyer.
Parveen Adalan, one of those on trial, said her lawyer had not yet seen any of the evidence against her, although she has been questioned five times by the intelligence agencies.
“They didn’t give them our documents to read, so we don’t know what’s happening,” she told the BBC.
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April 29th, 2007 at 2:20 pm
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