End Women Slavery in Iran - in Recognition of Mahsa Amini
End Women Slavery in Iran - in Recognition of Mahsa Amini
The Issue
Call on Congress to take action now!
On 16 September 2022, Iranian Kurdish Mahsa Amini was arrested in Tehran by Iran’s so-called “morality” police. Eyewitnesses reported seeing her being violently beaten in a police van. Within hours, she was taken to hospital in a coma, and three days later she died.
The “morality” police routinely subject women and girls to arbitrary detention, torture and other ill-treatment for not complying with Iran’s abusive, degrading and discriminatory compulsory veiling laws. Mahsa’s death sparked widespread protests across Iran. But, as we've seen so often, the protests have been met with a deadly government crackdown.
Security forces have repeatedly used unlawful force. They have fired live ammunition and metal pellets at protesters at close range, misused tear gas and water cannons, and severely beaten people with batons. Since Mahsa’s death, there have been scores of deaths of men, women and children.
Hundreds of others have sustained painful and serious injuries, including at least two who have been blinded in one or both eyes. Most are not seeking hospital treatment for fear of arrest, increasing the risk of infection and other health complications. Iranian authorities are shutting down the Internet to hide their crimes.
It is time to stand-up for basic Human Rights for the Iranian people.
Sign the petition so we can urge Congress to cut-off financial support to all Iranian government officials and affiliations, and hold the regime accountable!
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The Issue
Call on Congress to take action now!
On 16 September 2022, Iranian Kurdish Mahsa Amini was arrested in Tehran by Iran’s so-called “morality” police. Eyewitnesses reported seeing her being violently beaten in a police van. Within hours, she was taken to hospital in a coma, and three days later she died.
The “morality” police routinely subject women and girls to arbitrary detention, torture and other ill-treatment for not complying with Iran’s abusive, degrading and discriminatory compulsory veiling laws. Mahsa’s death sparked widespread protests across Iran. But, as we've seen so often, the protests have been met with a deadly government crackdown.
Security forces have repeatedly used unlawful force. They have fired live ammunition and metal pellets at protesters at close range, misused tear gas and water cannons, and severely beaten people with batons. Since Mahsa’s death, there have been scores of deaths of men, women and children.
Hundreds of others have sustained painful and serious injuries, including at least two who have been blinded in one or both eyes. Most are not seeking hospital treatment for fear of arrest, increasing the risk of infection and other health complications. Iranian authorities are shutting down the Internet to hide their crimes.
It is time to stand-up for basic Human Rights for the Iranian people.
Sign the petition so we can urge Congress to cut-off financial support to all Iranian government officials and affiliations, and hold the regime accountable!
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Petition created on October 20, 2022