Published 2 years ago

Iran protests: Mahsa Amini's death puts morality police under spotlight

Summary by Ground News

Mahsa Amini, 22, was arrested by Iran's morality police for allegedly violating a religious law that mandates women to wear a headscarf. Iranian officials have said Amini died of a heart attack, not mistreatment at the hands of police. Dozens of protests have broken out across the country in the days since Amini's death, with demonstrators calling for greater freedoms and more rights for women.

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BBC News

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2 years ago·United Kingdom

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The Hindu

Iranians see widespread internet outages amid mass protests over Mahsa Amini’s death

Iran has seen nationwide protests over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who was detained for allegedly wearing the mandatory Islamic headscarf too loosely

2 years ago·India

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Reuters

Kurdish protesters rally in Erbil over Mahsa Amini's death

Dozens of Iraqi and Iranian Kurds rallied in Iraq's northern city of Erbil on Saturday over the death of Mahsa Amini, a young woman who died in the custody of Iranian police.

2 years ago·United Kingdom

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CNN

Young Iranians are rising up against decades of repression -- arguably bolder than ever

Iranian authorities say they will restrict internet access in the country until calm is restored to the streets, as protests over the death of a young woman in the custody of the morality police rock the Islamic Republic.

2 years ago·Atlanta, United States

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CBS News

Crowd gathers in Federal Plaza to protest death of Mahsa Amini in 'morality police' custody in Iran

Amini died after being arrested by the country's morality police for wearing her hijab incorrectly.

2 years ago

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The Times

Web blackout hits Iran as protests spread over Mahsa Amini’s death

Iran’s president has claimed publicly that a 22-year-old woman killed by morality police for wearing the wrong headscarf suffered “sudden heart failure”, as protests continued to threaten his regime’s grip on the country.Ebrahim Raisisaid that the death of Mahsa Amini, who had been picked up by the

2 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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