Women's rights in Iran
From Al Arabiya:Experts slam Iran crackdown on women's rights
"U.N. human rights investigators called on Iran on Thursday to end what they called a 'crackdown' on women's rights activists who have been harassed and detained for seeking equal status in the Islamic Republic.
"Women and men involved in a grassroots movement to collect 1 million signatures to demand full equality between women and men in Iran have been 'particularly targeted', they said.
"'Over the past two years, women's rights defenders have faced an increasingly difficult situation and harassment in the course of their non-violent activities,' said Margaret Sekaggya and Yakin Erturk, the U.N. special rapporteurs on human rights defenders and violence against women...
"Dozens of activists were detained since the launch of a campaign in 2006 to demand changes to laws denying women equal rights in matters such as divorce and child custody. Most were freed after a few days or weeks.
"Iran says it follows sharia, Islamic law, and denies accusations that it discriminates against women...
"Earlier this month the Iranian Nobel Peace laureate Shrin Ebadi criticized Tehran's new Islamic penal code, saying it remains unfair to women and uses an 'incorrect' interpretation of Islam..."
Labels: gender, human rights, Iran
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