Iranian women could face death penalty for defying new morality laws (www.theguardian.com)
from MicroWave@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 11 Dec 12:31
https://lemmy.world/post/23015588

Summary

Iran’s new “chastity and hijab” laws impose severe penalties, including the death penalty, for women who defy mandatory veiling or engage in related activism.

Repeat offenders face up to 15 years in prison or heavy fines, while those deemed to commit “corruption on Earth” by sharing protests abroad could be executed.

Amnesty International and activists have condemned the law, citing intensified repression and risks to women’s rights.

The legislation follows protests after Mahsa Amini’s death in 2022, with critics warning it further entrenches Iran’s authoritarian crackdown on dissent and gender equality.

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Slotos@feddit.nl on 11 Dec 12:45 next collapse

Could?

eran_morad@lemmy.world on 11 Dec 13:10 next collapse

Backward degenerates.

atro_city@fedia.io on 11 Dec 13:56 collapse

A glimpse of the future in the US when the Y'all Qaida gets to dominate.

Buelldozer@lemmy.today on 11 Dec 15:38 collapse

Shush, this article isn’t about US Politics.

wise_pancake@lemmy.ca on 11 Dec 13:11 next collapse

I hope this backfires on the government

I’ve met many excellent Iranian people who were incredibly smart and fun to be around. They had left and come to Canada or the US for work and built a life here.

It’s a tragedy how their government treats women.

HootinNHollerin@quokk.au on 11 Dec 13:14 next collapse

Rrrrrrrrrevolllluuuuuuttioonnnn

deadcream@sopuli.xyz on 11 Dec 13:42 collapse

You mean, counterrevolution? Iran is already communist.

catloaf@lemm.ee on 11 Dec 14:35 next collapse

Either you vastly misunderstand what communism is or you’re smoking some real bad weed, because Iran is in no way communist.

deadcream@sopuli.xyz on 11 Dec 16:02 collapse

Anyone who fights against American imperialism is at the very least a honorary communist.

HootinNHollerin@quokk.au on 11 Dec 16:10 collapse

I heard they’re going full on swiftie

riskable@programming.dev on 11 Dec 13:25 next collapse

Nothing says, “moral” than murdering people for what clothing they wear.

bassomitron@lemmy.world on 11 Dec 13:45 next collapse

The US really set the Iranian people up for failure by playing a key role in the 1953 coup that overthrew Mohammad Mosaddeq. Just imagine how different things there would be today. But nope, CIA had to fuck around and heavily contribute to screwing over an entire population for generations.

Edit: I shouldn’t have forgotten Britain’s SIS role, either. It was their oil industry that Mohammad was campaigning to nationalize, after all.

atro_city@fedia.io on 11 Dec 13:58 collapse

The US has fucked up so many governments, and yet people still believe they are all about "freedom" and are a force of good in the world.

bassomitron@lemmy.world on 11 Dec 14:12 collapse

I don’t think anyone believes that anymore besides the MAGA cultists.

atro_city@fedia.io on 11 Dec 15:49 next collapse

You'd be surprised how positively USA is viewed around the world. The influence of US media cannot be underestimated.

Sabata11792@ani.social on 11 Dec 16:24 collapse

The marketing team is a major backbone of our economy and makes the entire wold cool with us killing poor people for oil.

SattaRIP@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 11 Dec 16:52 collapse

Plenty of Americans STILL think their crumbs of democracy will save them from their own government.

technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 11 Dec 15:11 next collapse

Ofc empire going to scare monger about what might happen in a colonial target.

But they never write this stuff about their allies in saudi arabia.

Buelldozer@lemmy.today on 11 Dec 15:37 collapse

But they never write this stuff about their allies in saudi arabia.

Who exactly is the “they” you are referring too?

Here’s the BBC from last year.

Here’s Amnesty International in September.

Here’s the AP News in March of 2022.

Your Conspiracy Theory is rejected.

recentSloth43@lemmy.world on 11 Dec 16:25 collapse

As someone who grew up Muslim, this goes against some very basic pillars of islam. This country, and all “religious” governments in fact, never actually follow the religion they use to control their people. It’s corruption to the root. If those religions were real (me being a god has the same Probability) then they’re all burning in hell forever without redemption. Not what I would’ve done as a god, but I’m not an asshole.