The women say that they have suffered lasting trauma from the episode and are pushing for policy changes.
Tag: Human Rights and Human Rights Violations
Iranian Climber Elnaz Rekabi Is Welcomed by Crowds in Tehran
Elnaz Rekabi, whose appearance without a head scarf at an event in Seoul raised fears about her future, was welcomed home by crowds in Tehran. Her motivations, and her fate, however, remain unclear.
How Security Forces Cracked Down in Southeastern Iran
A New York Times analysis of witness testimony and videos reveals a bloody scene that unfolded last month in Zahedan during Friday Prayer, with mats as stretchers and bodies piled in cars.
Protests in Iran Spread, Including to Oil Sector, Despite Violent Crackdown
Human rights groups say at least 185 people have been killed and thousands injured or arrested, but demonstrations that began after the death of Mahsa Amini have continued nearly a month.
Nobel Peace Prize Winners Share a Past Shadowed by Russian Abuses
Democracy advocates from Belarus, Russia and Ukraine were jointly awarded the world’s most prestigious peace prize, an implicit condemnation of the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine and repression at home.
Memorial Shed Light on Russia’s Past and Current Repressions
Members of the group have paid for their work with their lives and their freedom.
In Ukraine, the sharing of the prize prompts some backlash.
Some saw the decision to group a Ukrainian organization with human rights defenders from Russia and Belarus — two of the country’s aggressors — as an affront.
In Ukraine, Sharing the Nobel Peace Prize Prompts Backlash
Some saw the decision to group a Ukrainian organization with human rights defenders from Russia and Belarus — two of the country’s aggressors — as an affront.
Who Is Ales Bialiatski, the Belarusian Nobel Peace Prize Laureate?
Ales Bialiatski was part of a dissident group that helped lay the groundwork in the late Soviet period for a movement calling for the independence of Belarus.
Ukraine’s Center for Civil Liberties Among 2022 Nobel Peace Prize Winners
While the invasion added greater urgency to their work, the group has been tracking disappearances and war crimes for years.