2022-10-01 Protest in solidarity with women in Iran
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London, UK. 1st October, 2022. Thousands of people holding Iranian flags and images of Mahsa Amini fill Trafalgar Square in solidarity with those protesting across Iran. Using the slogan #WomanLifeFreedom, the demonstrators in London included many women, monarchists and Kurds. Protests against the Iranian government demanding more civil liberties, including an end to the strict dress code for women, began in mid-September after the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini, 22, from Kurdistan, who had been detained by Iran's morality police during a visit to Tehran for allegedly wearing her hijab incorrectly. According to Iran Human Rights, an NGO based in Norway, 133 people have been killed in Iran, and many more arrested, during a crackdown on protest by the government.