Iran protests: Detained women face sexual abuse in prison

Tehran : Iranian women detained in jail in the ongoing anti-government protests are facing sexual and physical abuse.
Narges Mohammadi, woman human rights defender, and deputy director and spokesperson of the Defenders of Human Rights Centre (DHRC), is serving a long prison sentence in Iran’s Evin Prison.
She wrote a letter to the BBC detailing how the women are being physically and sexually abused, following their arrests as a result of protests across the country, which began in September following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini.
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She says that another woman who was arrested also faced sexual assault while being transferred to prison on a motorbike by two security officers.
Narges Mohammadi, woman human rights defender. Photo: Twitter The activist stated that, not revealing these crimes would contribute to the continuation of application of this repressive methods against women.