Iran Sentences Women's Rights Activists to Jail

[AFP] Iran has sentenced four women's rights activists to six months in jail over articles written on feminist websites, the Korgozaran newspaper reported on Wednesday. The four are active members of an initiative that seeks to change Iran's Sharia-based laws for women by collecting one million signatures.


2008-09-04 01:00:00

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