The World Economic Forum…ranked Iran 140 out of 144 countries for gender parity. Other studies give Iran low marks for women’s rights and privileges. Morality police patrol the country. So, it only makes sense that the UN would put Iran on the Women’s Global Human Rights Commission.
“A day after the regime sentenced women’s rights lawyer Nasrin Sotudeh to 38 years prison & 148 lashes.”
While the UN claims, at the same time, a global regression in the rights of women. I wonder if they added Iran to get pointers on how and why that regression was taking place?
Sotoudeh’s husband, Reza Khandan, wrote on Facebook on March 11, 2019, that his wife has been sentenced to 38 years in prison and 148 lashes (five years for one case and 33 years for a second case involving a combined total of nine charges). In January 2019 Khandan was also sentenced to six years in prison.”
Our own Percy Blakeney has a more detailed look at the charges here (and international reaction).
“assembly and collusion against national security,” “propaganda against the state,” “encouraging corruption and prostitution,” “appearing at the judiciary without Islamic hijab,” “disturbing public peace and order,” and “publishing falsehoods with the intent to disturb public opinion.”
She is being made an example. Which makes clear the point that Iran’s modern era record, which is to say its post-1979 revolution position on women’s rights is horrible.
All the more reason for the geniuses at the UN to put them on the commission in charge of improving women’s rights.
