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Iran:8 women activists released,24 on hunger strike

Categories: Middle East & North Africa, Iran, Digital Activism, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Women & Gender

Accordng to Khorshidkhanoum, Eight women’s rights activists who were arrested in the peaceful demonstrations [1] in front of Tehran’s Revolutionary Court Sunday were released today.The 24 women who are still in section 209 of Evin Prison have started a hunger strike in protest to their illegal confinement [2].