Hijab

• Montreal officially replaces city hall welcome sign that included woman wearing hijab

  Montreal removed a controversial City Hall sign featuring a woman in a hijab due to secularism concerns. It will be replaced with a rotating exhibition of works by young artists.

  Canada

  Mar 25
  
• Iranian teen ‘brain dead’ after alleged morality police assault on train

  Armita Geravand, 16, was captured on video being dragged unconscious out of a subway car in Tehran without a hijab.

  World

  Oct 23, 2023
  
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• Rights advocates condemn ‘gender apartheid’ as Iran’s morality police ramp up enforcement

  Iran's Gen. Saeed Montazerolmahdi has said the morality police would resume notifying and detaining women not wearing hijab in public.

  Canada

  Jul 18, 2023
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• N.S. man arrested after threatening woman wearing hijab: RCMP

  RCMP have charged a 53-year-old man for allegedly threatening a woman wearing a hijab earlier this week, in what police say was a hate-motivated incident.

  Crime

  Apr 6, 2023
• Kelowna, B.C. residents rally in support of Iran for eighth consecutive week

  The event kicked off in the parking lot of UBCO, where demonstrators could be seen waving flags and attaching signs to their vehicles, before forming a convoy on Highway 97.

  Canada

  Dec 4, 2022
• Regina protesters form a ‘human chain’ in solidarity with Iranians

  The protest is part of a global movement as families of the victims of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 lent their voices to the worldwide calls for revolution in Iran.

  Canada

  Oct 29, 2022
• Nika Shahkarami: How a slain 16-year-old became a figurehead of the Iran protests

  Nika Shahkarami was a 16-year-old girl who died after going missing for 10 days after participating in anti-government protests in Iran.

  World

  Oct 6, 2022
• Hundreds join in solidarity for Iran’s Mahsa Amini in Kelowna

  The aim of the rally in Kelowna was to be another voice for the people of Iran and continue to fight for justice for Mahsa Amini and all Iranians.

  World

  Oct 1, 2022
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• 9 foreigners arrested in Iran over anti-hijab protests: state news agency

  Iran’s intelligence ministry says it has arrested nine foreigners over recent anti-hijab protests sweeping the country.

  World

  Sep 30, 2022
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• Death of Iranian woman while in police custody sparks protests in Toronto

  Rallies are being held across the country following the death of an Iranian women while in the custody of the country's morality police.

  Canada

  Sep 23, 2022