Woman Life Freedom
Title: World News #79 – Woman Life Freedom (Iran)
Created: 2022
Medium: Graphic Design
Software: Adobe Illustrator CC, Adobe Photoshop CC
Dimensions: 36″x48″
Articles (Maha Amini & Nika Shahkarami)
“As the protests in Iran over the death of Mahsa Amini enter their second month, one of the distinguishing characteristics between this wave of demonstrations and past movements has been the prominent role of Gen Z protesters, particularly young women.
The big picture: The protesters have faced an increasingly hardened government crackdown, including deadly violence by security forces, internet restrictions and mass arrests. But young people continue to go to the streets — and find ways to protest online — to demand greater social freedoms and a government that better serves the interests of the Iranian public.
Catch up quick: The protests began in mid-September, just days after Amini died while in the custody of Iran’s morality police, who arrested the 22-year-old for allegedly violating a religious law requiring women to wear a headscarf. Authorities say Amini wasn’t mistreated — a claim her family has cast doubt on.”
– Axios, “No going back”: Gen Z at the forefront of protests in Iran.
“The mother of Nika Shahkarami, a 16-year-old protester who was found dead in Tehran last month, says her daughter was killed by Iranian security forces at a protest.
In interviews with Iranian newspaper Etemad and BBC Persian and a video message published by US-funded Radio Farda, Shahkarami’s mother, Nasrin Shahkarami, rejected official explanations that her daughter fell off a roof.
“It’s clear that my daughter was at the protests and killed there,” Nasrin Shahkarami said, according to the interview with Etemad, an independent Iranian newspaper.
Etemad removed the interview from its website on Tuesday.
Nika Shahkarami’s death comes amid ongoing nationwide protests against a regime accused of corruption and stamping out dissent with arbitrary detentions and even mass executions.
The protests were first ignited by the death of another young woman, Mahsa Amini, after she was detained by morality police in September.”
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