“Shout her name: Jina Amini”
Protests were held across the world to mark the first anniversary of the murder in custody of Mahsa Jina Amini, killed on 16 September 2022. Jina was beaten by Iran’s so-called morality police, the Guidance Patrol, after being detained for allegedly “improperly” wearing her hijab. Jina was a 22 year-old Iranian Kurd born in Saqqez, north-west Iran. She was killed in Tehran, Iran’s capital after travelling with her family to visit her brother. The Iranian Islamic regime that killed Jina lied to cover up the crime, claiming she had died of an underlying health condition. Her parents insist that...