Hindu girls' claim to Muslim mother's property denied in Ahmedabad
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Age Islam News Bureau
05 February 2023
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Will chop off your body into pieces like Shraddha Walkar if you don't convert
to Islam: Ali Khan to Hindu girl
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Hindu girls' claim to Muslim mother's property denied in Ahmedabad
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Child Marriage Crackdown: Over 2,000 People Arrested In Assam Including Hindu,
Muslim Priests
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Pakistan: Armed men rape girl in Islamabad’s park
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Police search for woman with pram in case of missing dog walker Nicola Bulley
•
Woman who claims she took Prince Harry’s virginity is ‘surprised’ he put it in
book
•
Protect, advance women for a better South Sudan, pope says
•
'Glimmer Of Hope': Afghan Women Turn To Virtual Learning Amid Education Ban,
But Obstacles Remain
•
How Iran’s Ayatollahs could lose to the champions of ‘women, life, freedom’
•
Women's T20 World Cup: Indian team focussed on Pakistan clash despite WPL
auction, says Harmanpreet Kaur
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Hindu
girls' claim to Muslim mother's property denied in Ahmedabad
Feb
5, 2023
AHMEDABAD:
A local court dismissed a suit filed by three Hindu daughters claiming their
mother's retirement benefits after her death because she had converted to
Islam.
The
court said her Hindu children cannot be her successors according to Mohammedan
laws and held the woman's Muslim son was her Class I heir and rightful
successor.
According
to the case details, in 1979, Ranjan Tripathi lost her husband, an employee of
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) leaving behind a pregnant wife and two
daughters. BSNL accommodated the widow in service as a clerk on compassionate
grounds. However, she did not live with her family for long, and her three
daughters were taken care of by their paternal family.
Ranjan
left her family to live with a Muslim man. The three daughters sued her for
maintenance in 1990 on the grounds of abandonment, claiming that she was given
the job by the department to look after the children as well. The daughters won
the case. The dispute, however, was settled later, but the daughters claimed
that they did not forgo their rights in her retiral benefits.
Ranjan
married the Muslim man in 1995 after converting to Islam and changed her name
to Rehana Malek in her service records the next year. The couple had a son.
Before she died in 2009, she named her son as her nominee in her service book.
After
Ranjan alias Rehana's demise, her three daughters filed suit in the city civil
court, asserting their right to their mother's provident fund, gratuity,
insurance, leave encashment and other benefits, by claiming that being
biological daughters, they are Class I heirs.
The
three sisters presented contradictory claims regarding their mother's
relationship with the Muslim man, her conversion to Islam and her son's
legitimacy to succeed her. But the court rejected their arguments on factual
aspects on the principle of estoppel and based on material evidence establishing
her conversion through a notarized affidavit, her marriage registration and the
entry of the nominee in her service records.
On
the aspect of law, the court said that if the deceased was Muslim, her Class I
heirs cannot be Hindus. A deceased Muslim's direct heirs can only be Muslims.
The mother converted to Islam and married a Muslim man and gave birth to a son.
Since she converted to Islam and the daughters are Hindu, "therefore the
Hindu plaintiffs despite being heirs to the deceased Ranjan alias Rehana, they
are not entitled to inheritance".
The
court cited the Gujarat high court's judgment in the NaynaFirozkhan Pathan
alias Nasim Firozkhan Pathan case, which ruled, "All Mohammedans are
governed by Mohammedan law even if they are converts to Islam. Their previous
religious and personal law is substituted by Islam... According to Mohammedan
law, a Hindu cannot succeed to the estate of a Mohammedan."
The
court also said that that according to Hindu inheritance laws too, Hindu
daughters are not entitled to any right from their Muslim mother.
Source:
Times Of India
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Will
chop off your body into pieces like Shraddha Walkar if you don't convert to
Islam: Ali Khan to Hindu girl
By
Oneindia Staffer
February
5, 2023
Shraddha
Walkar
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Lucknow,
Feb 05: A man in Uttar Pradesh is facing allegations of threatening a minor
girl of raping, blackmailing and threatening to kill her by chopping off her
body into pieces like the way Shraddha Walkar was brutally murdered by her
live-in partner in Delhi.
Shashi
Tharoor condoles Musharraf's death, calls him 'foe-turned-real force for
peace'; BJP slams CongShashi Tharoor condoles Musharraf's death, calls him
'foe-turned-real force for peace'; BJP slams Cong
A
case has come to light where Ali Khan allegedly trapped a class 11 girl in love
with a false identity. He introduced himself as Aman after getting in touch
with her by calling her and stalking her. The case has been filed at at the
Gadhmukteshwar police station on February 3 in Uttar Pradesh, according to a
report.
According
to the complaint, after getting friendly with her, he took her to Gautam Budh
Nagar, intoxicated the victim before raping her. He also recorded the heinous
act which he started using it to blackmail her while repeatedly sexually
assaulting her.
The
girl then realised that his name was not Aman and Ali Khan. She then told her
family about the rape and sexual assaults by Ali Khan, but they feared filing
complaint as they worried the incident might hit their reputation.
Did
you know Ex-Pak president Pervez Musharraf was branded a great man in Indian
school textbook?Did you know Ex-Pak president Pervez Musharraf was branded a
great man in Indian school textbook?
On
January 23, he dared to kidnap the girl again when she was on her way to school
and raped her again. He allegedly had unnatural sex and then threatened her to
convert to Islam failing which he would cut her body into pieces like Shraddha
Walkar.
Based
on the complaint, the cops arrested the accused and got sufficient evidence
against him. ASP Mukesh Chandra Mishra said that Ali Khan has also used
casteist slur against the victim. "At Garhmukteshwar police station, a
girl's mother registered a complaint that a young man coaxed her daughter,
raped her, and threatened her. Based on this complaint, a case has been
registered and the accused has been arrested, Further legal action is being
taken," Twitter Hapur police shared details about the development in the
case.
Shraddha
Walkar was brutally murdered by her live-in partner Aftab Amin Poonawala. He
strangled her to death on May 18 last year and the incident came to light only
in November 18 after the victim's father, who had lost touch with his daughter
after she decided to move in with him, filed a missing complaint. During the
interrogation it was revealed that the accused had cut her body into 35 pieces,
stored it in fridge and disposed of in Mehrauli forest piece by piece for the
next 18 days.
Source:
One India
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Child
Marriage Crackdown: Over 2,000 People Arrested In Assam Including Hindu, Muslim
Priests
04
FEB 2023
Assam
govts crackdown on child marriages Photo: PTI
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In
a massive crackdown on child marriage in Assam, the police on Friday arrested
2,044 people including Hindu and Muslim priests who conducted such weddings
which, the authorities said, will be declared illegal.
As
the police said they have a list of 8,000 accused and the drive will continue,
women protested against the move in various districts saying they will face
problems without livelihoods.
The
police had registered 4,004 cases of child marriage in less than a fortnight
since the state cabinet decided on January 23 to arrest offenders, besides
launching an extensive awareness campaign against the menace.
We
have a list of 8,000 named accused and so far we have arrested only 2,044
people. The drive against child marriage will continue over the next three to
four days and after we get all the data, a proper district-wise analysis can be
done, Director General of Police G P Singh said.
Till
Friday evening, the highest number of 137 arrests have been made in Biswanath
district, followed by 126 in Dhubri, 120 in Baksa, 114 in Barpeta and 96 in
Kokrajhar.
Besides
members of families that married off their underage children, the police
arrested 51 purohits' and kazis' who conducted such wedding rituals in
religious institutions, the DGP said.
He
said the arrests were made after verification of inputs received from family
members, the child welfare society, local people and the police personnel.
The
state cabinet recently decided that those having married girls below 14 years
of age will be booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences
(POCSO) Act, and cases under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 will
be registered against those who have married girls in the 14-18 years age
group.
Chief
Minister HimantaBiswaSarma said he has directed the police to act with a
''spirit of zero tolerance against the unpardonable and heinous crime on
women''.
Why
take only the men? How will we and or our children survive? We have no means of
income, said 55-year-old NirodaDoley of Majuli district.
Jehira
Begum of Dhubri said that her 19-year-old son had brought home a girl who
studied in college with him but they were not married yet.
A
woman of Barpeta district, who did not wish to be named, said her son had
eloped with a minor girl. He made a mistake, but why arrest my sick husband?
Monowara
Khatoon of Morigaon said, My daughter-in-law was 17 when she got married. Now
she is 19 and five months pregnant. Who will look after her?''
Pointing
out that campaigning against child marriage is a welcome step, college student
Ananya Barua said, But it will create a lot of problems for those who are
already married and have children.
All
Assam Minority Students Union (AAMSU) president Rejaul Karim Sarkar claimed
they were working to end child marriage in minority-dominated areas for the
last five years and had submitted several memoranda to the government but did
not get any response from the authorities.
Just
arresting people and asking the police to file cases will not solve the
problem. All sections of the society must be involved in the campaign against
child marriage so that people are convinced that it is a wrong practice, Sarkar
said.
The
chief minister on January 28 had said, Thousands of husbands will be arrested
in the next five-six months as it is a crime to have sexual relations with a
girl below 14 years of age, even if he is her legally wed husband... Many (men
who marry girls) could face life imprisonment, Sarma said.
Assam
has a high rate of maternal and infant mortality, with child marriage being the
primary cause as an average of 31 per cent of marriages registered in the state
are in the prohibited age, according to reports of the National Family Health
Survey.
Source:
Out Look India
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Pakistan:
Armed men rape girl in Islamabad’s park
5
February, 2023
Islamabad
[Pakistan], February 5 (ANI): In a shocking incident, two armed men raped a
girl in Islamabad’s F-9 area at gunpoint, police said on Saturday, reported Geo
News.
The
incident took place Thursday night when two armed men approached the victim at
a park in F-9, who was there with her male colleague, according to the first
information report (FIR).
A
forensic checkup of the victim confirmed bruises consistent with sexual
assault. Meanwhile, suspects are being traced through CCTV footage and Safe
City cameras, said police, reported Geo News.
The
gun-toting aggressors took the two to a nearby thicket at gunpoint and
separated them, according to the FIR. The attackers beat the young woman up
when she pleaded with them to let her go and even offered them money in
exchange for her safety, the FIR reads.
The
victim, when she tried to raise her voice, was beaten and threatened by the
attackers they would call their “friends” to join them. Her attempts to run away
were also foiled by the attackers, the FIR stated.
As
they were leaving into a nearby thicket, the alleged culprits returned “all our
things and gave us Rs 1,000 to stay quiet” while also telling the victim that
she should not be in the park at this time of the night, according to the FIR,
reported Geo News.
The
incident has caused national outrage and activists are demanding swift justice
for victims. People have taken to Twitter to express their shock and disgust at
the attack in the country’s capital.
One
user wrote: “News about a heinous incident in Islamabad. A girl is raped by two
armed men inside F9 park who told her after rape not to go for walk after
sunset. What country Pakistan has become? How armed men entered Park & why
no staff caught them @ICT_Police? please find them & arrest them.”
Another
user said that those responsible for the “heinous incident” should be
immediately arrested and brought to justice. “What is happening?”
Others
expressed concern about whether the culprits would be discovered and punished
for their crime, and professed a lack of trust in the police department of the
capital city.
“The
incident of alleged gang rape of a woman in Islamabad F-Nine Park is very
worrying. Will this case be investigated on its merits? Will the accused be
traced?”
“The
government should not be a party to such cases and severe punishment should
also be meted out, otherwise powerful people are easily acquitted. Usman
Mirza’s case is an example of this.”
Violence
against women in Pakistan has become a problem that cannot be neglected, as it
has become a social norm in households. The country is regarded as the sixth
most dangerous country for women to live in.
Analysts
have observed that hitting a woman or exercising domestic violence is much more
prevalent in Pakistani households where men consider it a tool to control
women.
Rights
activists suggest that a woman in Pakistani society faces multiple threats
because of her gender. She is seen being publicly harassed, raped, or killed in
the name of honour by men who commit such crimes without having fear of being
punished and charged guilty, Mehmil Khalid wrote for Dunya news.
The
Human Rights Watch in its Annual World Report 2022 cited allegations of
extensive rights abuses against women along with children in Pakistan, which
ranks 167 out of 170 countries on the Global Women, Peace and Security Index.
“Violence
against women and girls, including rape, murder, acid attacks, domestic
violence, and forced marriage is endemic throughout Pakistan. Human Rights
defenders estimate that roughly 1,000 women are killed in so-called honour
killings every year,” said the HRW report.
Source:
The Print
https://theprint.in/world/pakistan-armed-men-rape-girl-in-islamabads-park/1355406/
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Police
search for woman with pram in case of missing dog walker Nicola Bulley
By
Luke O'Reilly
05-02-2023
Officers
searching for Nicola Bulley want to trace a “key witness” who was seen pushing
a pram in the area near where the dog walker went missing, Lancashire Police
said.
In
a statement published on Facebook, the force said that the woman was seen on
Garstang Road/Blackpool Road, St Michael’s, on the morning of January 27
pushing a pram.
“Officers
leading the search for Nicola Bulley, who is missing in St Michael’s on Wyre,
need to trace a key witness who they believe was in the area on the morning of
Nicola’s disappearance,” the force said.
“She
was seen walking from the direction of Allotment Lane towards The Grapes public
house at approximately 8.22am and is seen again walking on Allotment Lane
towards Garstang Road at 8.41am.
“It
is believed that the female in question may have walked along the river path
during these times and so detectives want to speak to her and urge her to get
in touch.
“We
are also appealing to anyone who was driving down Blackpool Lane/Garstang Lane
on the morning of Friday January 27 between the times of 9am and 10am who has
dash cam footage on their vehicles to make contact.”
Police
believe the 45-year-old mortgage adviser went missing in just “a 10-minute
window” while she was walking her dog, Willow, close to the RiverWyre, after
dropping off her daughters – aged six and nine – at school.
She
was seen by another dog walker at 9.10am – the last known sighting – and police
traced telephony records of her mobile phone as it remained on a bench
overlooking the river at 9.20am.
It
comes as Search teams from Lancashire Constabulary are continuing to trawl the
River Wyre near St Michael’s, working on the hypothesis that the missing
mother-of-two, from nearby Inskip, could have fallen in.
In
a Facebook post, Ms Bulley’s sister, Louise Cunningham, urged people to “keep
an open mind” as there is “no evidence whatsoever” that the dog walker fell in
the river.
“Off
the back of the latest Police media update, please can I add there is no
evidence whatsoever that she has gone into the river, it’s just a theory,” she
said.
“Everyone
needs to keep an open mind as not all CCTV and leads have been investigated
fully, the police confirmed the case is far from over.”
The
police search has been aided by specialists and divers from HM Coastguard,
mountain rescue, and Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service – with sniffer dogs,
drones and police helicopters deployed.
Detectives
are also working behind the scenes to analyse CCTV and dashcam videos, and
members of the public with footage which could be useful have been urged to
come forward.
Source:
Standard.Co.Uk
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/nicola-bulley-police-microsoft-sky-news-facebook-b1057994.html
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Woman
who claims she took Prince Harry’s virginity is ‘surprised’ he put it in book
By
Niamh Shackleton
5
FEB 2023
A
woman who claims she is the person Prince Harry lost his virginity to has told
of her surprise that he included the detail in his book.
Sasha
Walpole, who has been interviewed by the Mail on Sunday, has claimed that she
is that woman and is now telling the story in her own words.
The
40 year old said she was only going public, having kept it a secret for two
decades, because Harry, 38, wrote about the episode.
In
a video interview she said: “I’ve kept this a secret for 21 years. I would
never have said anything if he hadn’t have put it in his book.”
Source:
www.ok.co.uk
https://www.ok.co.uk/royal/prince-harry-virginity-book-surprise-29136857
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Protect,
advance women for a better South Sudan, pope says
REUTERS
February
04, 2023
JUBA:
Pope Francis joined other Christian leaders and the UN on Saturday in urging
the protection and advancement of women in South Sudan, where rape has been a
weapon of war, child brides are common and most girls do not reach secondary
education.
The
rights of girls and women was a recurring theme on the penultimate day of the
pope’s visit to South Sudan, an unprecedented joint “pilgrimage of peace” with
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and Church of Scotland Moderator Iain
Greenshields.
“Please,
protect, respect, appreciate and honor every woman, every girl, young woman,
mother and grandmother. Otherwise, there will be no future,” the pope said
during a meeting of the three leaders with people displaced by conflict.
Later,
Welby returned to the theme in his address to about 50,000 people at an
ecumenical prayer vigil at a mausoleum to South Sudan’s liberation hero John
Garang.
“Young
men, you will value and honor women, never raping, never violent, never cruel,
never using them as if they were there to satisfy desire,” he said.
“Women
of South Sudan, I know that on top of the grief of conflict and the
responsibility to provide for your families, many of you live with the trauma
of sexual violence and the daily fear of mistreatment in your own homes.”
A
United Nations report on South Sudan issued last March condemned widespread
sexual violence against women and girls in conflict and said it was “fueled by
systemic impunity.”
The
report said “widespread rape is being perpetrated by all armed groups across
the country, often as part of military tactics for which government and
military leaders are responsible.”
South
Sudan broke away from Sudan in 2011 but plunged into civil war in 2013 with
ethnic groups turning on each other. Despite a 2018 peace deal between the two
main antagonists, bouts of inter-ethnic fighting have continued to kill and
displace large numbers of civilians.
At
the event where the three religious leaders heard accounts from children living
in displaced persons camps, the resident UN humanitarian coordinator in South
Sudan, Sara BeysolowNyanti, also raised the issue of pervasive sexual violence
against women and girls.
Francis
said that if women are given opportunities “they will have the ability to
change the face of South Sudan, to give it a peaceful and cohesive
development!“
Sister
Orla Treacy, an Irish member of the Loreto Sisters religious order who runs a
school in Rumbek, north of the capital, and works to prevent child marriages,
said less than 5 percent of girls finish secondary school. About 10 percent of
15-year-old girls and 52 percent of 18-year-old girls in South Sudan are
married, she said.
Treacy
and a group of students had walked about 200 km (125 miles) from Lakes State to
see the pope. She said the governor of that region had recently signed a decree
promising to stop child marriages.
South
Sudan has the world’s highest maternal mortality rate, according to the World
Bank, and poverty and hunger are rife across the country, with two thirds of
the population needing humanitarian assistance as a result of conflict as well
as three years of catastrophic floods.
Source:
Arab News
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2244771/world
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'Glimmer
Of Hope': Afghan Women Turn To Virtual Learning Amid Education Ban, But
Obstacles Remain
By
KhujastaKabiri
February
04, 2023
ZarghonaPamiri
gave up on her education when Afghanistan's Taliban rulers banned women from
attending university in December.
She
is among the thousands of women who have joined the Afghanistan Online
University, a new virtual-learning platform that offers free university courses
and degrees to women.
"It
has given Afghan women a glimmer of hope," Pamiri, who was a postgraduate
student at Kabul University, told RFE/RL's Radio Azadi. "Online education
is beneficial. We learn a lot from the lessons over the Internet."
Since
seizing power in 2021, the Taliban has imposed dozens of restrictions on
women's appearances, freedom of movement, and their right to work and receive
an education.
Only
girls below the sixth grade are allowed to attend school. High schools for
girls have been closed, despite repeated promises to reopen them. In a major
blow, the Taliban banned women from attending university on December 20.
The
militant group said its latest ban was necessary to prevent the mixing of
genders at universities. The Taliban also claimed that women were not adhering
to a strict Islamic dress code.
Afghanistan
Online University was founded by Afghan academics living in self-imposed exile
in Europe. It offers degrees in everything from psychology and economics to
computer science, and has over 400 staff members.
The
university's website says it provides education and research opportunities
"by and for Afghans and anyone interested in studies relevant to
Afghanistan."
"The
aim is to fill the educational gap in Afghanistan," Afghan academic
FarhadArianfar, one of the founders of the online university, told Radio Azadi.
Some
6,000 students are currently enrolled at the university. They were chosen from
the around 15,000 women who applied for a place at the virtual campus after it
was launched last month.
The
university, however, is not without its challenges. Widespread electricity cuts
and weak Internet connection in Afghanistan have undermined its reach and
impact.
The
Taliban has also refused to grant accreditation to the university. The militant
group did not respond to repeated requests from Radio Azadi for comment.
In
the meantime, Afghanistan Online University is seeking accreditation in the
European Union. Its website says it is aiming to establish a campus in Europe
and needs more than $33 million per year to fund its activities.
Arianfar
says the university will continue to offer free courses. To mitigate the impact
of electricity and Internet disruptions, he says the university is recording
lectures.
Farida
Mohmand, a former minister of higher education in Afghanistan, says the online
university's efforts are commendable. But she says virtual learning will not
solve the country's education crisis. "The fundamental solution is to
reopen universities for Afghan women as soon as possible," she told Radio
Azadi.
Shala,
a Kabul University student who signed up for a course at Afghanistan Online
University, says she is grateful that she is able to resume her studies.
"God willing, I will earn a bachelor's degree from this university,"
Shala, who did not reveal her full name for fear of retribution, told Radio
Azadi.
The
Herat Online School, which provides several thousand school-age girls in
Afghanistan with online classes, was launched just weeks after the Taliban
seized power. The courses are available free of charge to girls anywhere in
Afghanistan or elsewhere with access to the Internet, including Afghan refugees
in Iran who have been denied an education.
Source:
Rferl.Org
https://www.rferl.org/a/afghanistan-women-online-education/32255645.html
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How
Iran’s Ayatollahs could lose to the champions of ‘women, life, freedom’
SALLY
ARMSTRONG
05-02-2023
Sally
Armstrong is a journalist, author and human-rights activist whose books include
Power Shift: The Longest Revolution.
It
began with a single spark – the death of 22-year-old JinaMahsaAmini after being
arrested by Iran’s morality police for wearing her scarf incorrectly. That
combusted long-smouldering embers in Iran, now in its fifth month of protests,
that have spread to every ethnicity, every religion, and every corner of the
country.
Iran
is no stranger to protest. But this time it’s different. The revolution is
being driven by young people who are filling the streets with rage and led by
women who are cutting their hair and burning their hijabs. It’s being broadcast
across the country – by those able to circumvent the internet shutdown – on
TikTok and Instagram. The young people in the streets are well-educated,
tech-savvy, worldly and are outright rejecting a retrograde, hateful ideology.
Despite
the odds against beating the viciously brutal regime of the Ayatollahs, who
hijacked Islam for political opportunism 44 years ago, this time the Ayatollahs
may lose.
“This
is actually the beginning of the end of the Islamic Republic of Iran,” says
Shirin Ebadi, the Iranian Nobel laureate, lawyer and judge who is living in
exile in Britain. “People unanimously want a secular and democratic government.”
An
epic change. A win for women everywhere. And a clear message to countries that
mix religion and governance. Shouts of “Death to America” heard back in 1979
have been replaced with the rallying cry of “Woman, life, freedom.” Contingency
plans for an interim government, a new constitution and a revamped court are
already under way.
The
protesters are relentlessly fighting for their future and are willing to give
their lives for it. More than 41 per cent of the arrests being made by the
revolutionary guards are of people under the age of 20, and 48 per cent are
between 20 and 35. They are willing to go to jail, to the torture chambers, to
be executed. They seem to think that death is better than living under the
Ayatollahs’ regime.
Human
Rights Watch has reported that as of early January, at least 516 protesters had
been killed since the protests began, including 70 children. More than 15,000
were arrested for charges such as “enmity against God” and “corruption on
Earth,” which both carry the death penalty.
Homa
Hoodfar, a professor emeritus at Concordia University in Montreal, knows the
statistics too well. She was at home in Iran visiting family in 2016 when the
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps first confiscated her passport and later
arrested her for “dabbling in feminism and security matters” and put her in
Evin Prison and held her there for 112 days.
“The
regime has no legitimacy, moral or otherwise, today,” she says. “Apart from
corruption, they can’t govern. They have the second biggest supply of oil in
the world and yet the people have no gas for heat or cooking this winter.” She
sees a major shift in that past protests elicited sympathy from the rest of the
world. This one produced solidarity. “I think this is the time for change,” she
told me.
Source:
The Globeand Mail
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Women's
T20 World Cup: Indian team focussed on Pakistan clash despite WPL auction, says
Harmanpreet Kaur
Feb
5, 2023
CAPE
TOWN: The Women's Premier League (WPL) auction is just around the corner but
India are firmly focussed on their T20 World Cup opener against Pakistan as
they aim to emulate the U19 girls' title-winning feat, insisted skipper
Harmanpreet Kaur.
"Before
that [the auction], we have a very important game and we are just going to
focus on that," Harmanpreet said at the T20 World Cup captains' press
conference.
"The
World Cup is more important than anything else. Our focus is on the ICC trophy.
These things will keep coming, and as a player, you know what's important for
you and how you need to keep your focus.
Led
by Shafali Verma, the Indian team won the inaugural U19 T20 World Cup last
month and the senior side wants to add another ICC title in India's trophy
cabinet.
"After
watching the U19 World Cup, we are motivated to do what they have done. They
have motivated us to do well, they have done it and we have not done it
yet," Harmanpreet said.
"It
was a very special moment for all of us and after watching the U19s many of the
girls back home will also want to play cricket and that's always our aim to
motivate young girls who can come and play cricket."
The
flamboyant Indian skipper hoped that the WPL will play a similar role in
contributing to the growth of Indian women's cricket like the Women's Big Bash
and The Hundred have done in Australia and England.
"It's
a really big day for all of us because we have been waiting for years and years
now. The next two or three months are very important for women's cricket. We
have seen how the WBBL and the Hundred have helped their countries improve
their cricket. Hopefully, the same will happen for our country."
Having
played in the Kia Super League, WBBL and Hundred, Harmanpreet is keen to see
Indian youngsters getting the opportunity to rub shoulders with international
stars.
"That
is something which has a very different feeling. When I got that opportunity,
it was the biggest life-changing moment. Other girls will also experience this.
It will be a great opportunity to improve cricket and grow the game."
New
Zealand skipper Sophie Devine and her Australian counterpart Meg Lanning feel
the WPL auction being held in the first week of the T20 World Cup will be
awkward.
All
Indians competing in the T20 World Cup, which starts on Friday, and several
internationals players have put in their names for the WPL auction.
"It's
going to be awkward … some people are going to get picked up, some won't, and
you're going to get a value attached to what you're worth, which as human
beings isn't the nicest thing, but it's also a job and it's what we've put our
names in for," Devine said.
"It's
such a unique experience, I think you'd be naive to think that it's not going
to be a distraction, it's just how you handle that. But I just think it's such
an enormous step forward for women's cricket and I'm really looking forward to
it (but) there's a World Cup going on at the same time, so how we manage that
is (going to be important)."
"As
Soph said, it's a little bit awkward, but it's just trying to embrace that and
understanding it's actually a really exciting time and you actually don't have
a lot of control over most of it, so you've just got to wait and see.
The
entire Australian 15-member World Cup squad has registered for the auction. Up
to seven overseas players, of which one must be from an Associate nation, can
be picked per team.
"It's
a new experience for us and at the same time we are focusing on what we're
trying to do here which is the most important thing.
"I
think it's important that you're always working as a team, but also letting
people deal with it how they feel is best," Lanning added.
Source:
Times Of India
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