Iran jails another feminist
Posted on May 28, 2008
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Iran - the greatest and most powerful country, where women enjoy freedom like nowhere else and no gays are lurking around (all according to the president of this country) - Iran cracks down on another feminist, sentencing him to 1 year in prison
Tehran: A male Iranian feminist has been given a one year jail term, Iran’s Kargozan newspaper said on Monday.
Amir Yaqoubali was allegedly arrested while collecting signatures for a petition called “One Million Signatures,” launched in June 2006.
The campaign advocates change in Iran’s marriage, divorce, inheritance and child custody laws.
Iran frequently arrests feminists, many of whom are still in jail.
Recently, Tehran Revolutionary Court sentenced four feminists, Rezvan Moghadam, Nahid Jafari, Nasrin Afzali and Marzieh Mortazi Langueroudi, to six months in prison and 10 lashes each.
They were arrested in March 2007 for protesting the arrest of five feminists earlier.
The recent history of Iran, arresting feminists, gays, other human rights activists, imaginary foreign agents, tells a tale of who and what exactly this mightiest fluffiest (@)#$&(iest country is afraid of, and judging by this record, it appears that Iran is afraid of a hell of a lot of issues. Maybe it’s not so “-iest” after all?
