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Iran: Compulsory veiling bill a despicable assault on rights of women and girls

By Amnesty International
Reacting to the news that Iran’s parliament has passed a new bill that would impose further draconian penalties severely violating women’s and girls’ rights as well as increasing  prison terms and fines for defying Iran’s degrading and discriminatory compulsory veiling laws, Diana Eltahawy, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa […] The post Iran: Compulsory veiling bill a despicable assault on rights of women and girls appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>


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