IN a United Kingdom replete with Tory scheming and austerity, Scotland is our hope, our bastion of progressive politics.
Yet the biggest civil rights movement in the world is taking place right now. It has reached the streets of Scotland but many continue to look the other way.
She was brutally beaten and subsequently died in police custody. Jina’s murder sparked a protest movement that began in Iran’s Kurdistan region, rippled through the country and then sent shockwaves around the world. From Tehran to Edinburgh, Iranians and allies took to the streets to demand civil liberties for Iranian women and minorities.A year on from Jina’s death, in mainstream media and on our social media feeds a thin veneer of silence has settled in.
Communities of volunteers work tirelessly to ensure the world does not forget what is happening to the people of Iran. Diasporic Iranians in Edinburgh and Glasgow are especially active in organising marches, cultural events and social media campaigns. Seventy years ago, a joint CIA-MI6 mission led to the ousting of Iran’s democratically elected prime minister, Mohammad Mosadegh, laying the groundwork for the Islamic Revolution of 1979.
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