Join us on International Women’s Day, 8 March 2018
#FreeIranGirlsOfRevolutionStreet
Have you heard about ‘The Girls of Revolution Street’ in Iran?
Have you seen these photos?
Following the recent protests in Iran from December 2017 to January 2018, one woman began a new wave of protests against the Hijab (Islamic dress code) by performing a symbolic act. She courageously took her Hijab off and stood high on the top of a utility box in the middle of a crowded Revolution Street in Tehran. She tied her Hijab to a stick, and waved it to the crowd below her, symbolising her protest again the Islamic dress code. Since this brave act, many women have been inspired by her. Tens of women in different cities have boldly protested the Hijab in the same symbolic way. More than 35 of these women have been arrested and many attacked by security forces for partaking in what is now known as the ‘The Girls of Revolution Street’ protest. Despite all the attacks, harassment and imprisonment, ‘The Girls of Revolution Street’ movement has spread in several cities in Iran. The regime has not been able to silence the women in Iran in their fight against the Hijab and the misogynist Islamic laws that have been enforced for four decades.
Over the past four decades, hundreds of thousands of women have been assaulted, imprisoned, tortured and some raped and executed by the government in Iran for defying the Islamic regime’s laws and policies. Following the revolution of 1979, the Islamic regime hijacked the revolution and started its first attack against freedom by attacking women’s right in the form of imposing the compulsory Hijab. As time went on, the regime made misogynist policies and violence against women legal. The Islamic regime in Iran, including Rouhani’s regime, continues to deny basic human rights to women wherever possible. Tens of female political and civil rights activists are currently suffering in prison, some of them along with their young children, without their stories being heard.
‘The Girls of Revolution Street’ are the strong and invincible voices of the women in Iran and their continuous fight for freedom and equal rights. They are the voices of the people in Iran against the Islamic regime and its misogynistic laws. On this International Women’s Day, we ask you to be the voice of ‘The Girls of Revolution Street’ and all jailed women’s rights activists.
How you can help:
– SEND a letter to the authorities in Iran.
[Sample Letter]
[On this International Women’s Day, I/we demand the unconditional and immediate release of all jailed women’s rights activists and all political prisoners in Iran.]
You can send your letter to:
Head of the Judiciary, Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani
c/o Public Relations Office
Number 4, 2 Azizi Street intersection
Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
Email: info@dadiran.ir
Hassan Rouhani
Email: media@rouhani.ir
Twitter: @HassanRouhani (English) and @Rouhani_ir (Persian)
Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations
Email: iran@un.int
– Join us on Twitter and participate in the tweetstorm on March 8th 2018 7:30- 9:30 Central Europe to show your solidarity with The Girls of Revolution Street in Iran. Please use #FreeIranGirlsOfRevolutionStreet to @Rouhani_ir @khamenei_ir
Campaign o Free Political Prisoners in Iran (CFPPI)
For more information please contact:
Shiva Mahbobi, Spokesperson for CFPPI
+44(0) 7572356661 , shiva.mahbobi@gmail.com
Join us in our rallies in the following cities:
Sweden
Stockholm, in front of Åhlèns ( 2 events)
Friday 02 March
Time: 17.00
Thursday 08 March
Hötorget(Norra Latins)
Time: 16.30
Tell: 0046707777313
Gothenburg, Balladgatan, Folket Hus Backa
Saturday 03 March
Time: 19.00
Tell: 0046737178819
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Finland
Espoo, Merisaapas 1A 02320
Saturday 03 March
Time: 17.00 – 21.00
Tell:0504054443
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Netherland
Utrech, Bartholomeus in de wijk, Lange Smeestraat 40
Information desk
Sunday 11 March
Time: 12.00
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Canada
Toronto, OISE Auditorium at 252 Bloor street west
Saturday 03 March
Toronto, Tornhill, Community center Room B6 Bayview Ave 7755
Saturday 10 March
Time: 18.00 -20.00
Ottawa, front of parliament
Thursday 08 March
Time: 12.00 -13.00
Tell: 6138504939
Campaign to free political prisoners in Iran
