"Letters against forgetting – Amnesty International informs about the human rights situation in Iran"
Description
An information booth as part of the Sustainability Action Days.
As part of the Stadtbibliothek Bremen's "Sustainability Action Weeks", which this year focus on the topic of "Democracy", the Bremen-North regional group of Amnesty International is providing information about the human rights situation in Iran.
The information booth can be visited from September 18th to October 8th, 2024 in the Stadtbibliothek Bremen .
On September 16, 2022, Jina Mahsa Amini died a violent death. Three days earlier, she had been arrested in Tehran by the Iranian morality police on charges of not wearing her headscarf correctly. Jina fell into a coma while in the police station and died shortly afterward in a hospital. Her death sparked a wave of protests. Hundreds of thousands chanted "Woman. Life. Freedom." in the streets of Iran. Women were at the forefront of the protests. Members of the LGBTI community, Kurds, Baloch, Sunnis, Afghans, and other minorities who have been oppressed in the Islamic Republic for decades stood side by side. Even two years later, the cry of "Woman. Life. Freedom." has not been silenced. Amnesty International has documented serious human rights violations by the Iranian authorities.
Information materials are available to take away, and visitors to the Stadtbibliothek can use "Letters Against Forgetting" to advocate for the release of political prisoners.