Teenage Iranian Protester Nika Shakarami ‘Was Killed By Police’
New Age
Islam News Bureau
02 May
2024
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Teenage Iranian Protester Nika Shakarami
‘Was Killed By Police’
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Pakistan’s Dir College Girls
Stopped From “Birthday Parties And Other Extra-Curricular Activities”
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Afghanistan’s Female Inventor, Shahdukht
Jafari, Awarded ‘Dynamic’ Prize In Britain
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Jordan’s Princess Rajwa
Al-Hussein Turns Heads With Maternity Fashion Statement
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Saima Wazed, WHO Regional
Director, Calls For Collaborative Health Leadership In Southeast Asia
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Nobel Laureate, Narges Mohammadi,
Pays Tribute To Murdered Iranian TeenNikaShakarami
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Teenage
Iranian Protester Nika Shakarami ‘Was Killed By Police’
Nika Shakarami, 16, died during demonstrations over
the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini. (AFP)
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May
02, 2024
JEDDAH:
Iranian authorities ordered the arrest of activists and journalists on
Wednesday after a leaked Revolutionary Guard report revealed that secret police
had sexually assaulted and killed a teenage girl during Iran’s “hijab protests”
in 2022.
Nika
Shakarami, 16, died during demonstrations over the death in police custody of
Mahsa Amini, who had been detained for wearing her headscarf incorrectly.
Shakarami’s
death also sparked widespread outrage. Authorities said she died after falling
from a tall building, but her mother said the girl had been beaten.
In
a report prepared for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and leaked to the
BBC, investigators said Shakarami had ben arrested by undercover security
forces who molested her, then killed her with batons and electronic stun guns
when she struggled against the attack.
Iran’s
judiciary said on Wednesday that the BBC story was “a fake, incorrect and
full-of-mistakes report,” without addressing any of the alleged errors.
“The
Tehran Prosecutor’s Office filed a criminal case against these people,” a
spokesman said, with charges including “spreading lies” and “propaganda against
the system.” The first charge can carry up at a year and a half in prison and
dozens of lashes, while the second can bring up to a year’s imprisonment.
It
was not clear if prosecutors had charged the three BBC journalists who wrote
the report. Those associated with the BBC’s Persian service have been targeted
for years by Tehran and barred from working in the country since its disputed
2009 presidential election and Green Movement protests.
Iranian
Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi said the BBC report was an effort to “divert
attention” from protests at American universities over the Israel-Hamas war.
“The enemy and their media have resorted to false and far-fetched reports to
conduct psychological operations,” he said.
Source:
arabnews.com
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2503011/middle-east
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Pakistan’s
Dir College Girls Stopped From “Birthday Parties And Other Extra-Curricular
Activities”
Photo:
Dawn.com
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May
2, 2024
LOWER
DIR: The Government Postgraduate College, Timergara, has formally directed its
girl students not to “take part in political gatherings, birthday parties and
other extra-curricular activities” on the way to the campus and returning home.
The
directions issued by the college’s chief proctor, Prof Riaz Mohammad, were
circulated the other day.
He
also asked the parents of girl students to stay in contact with the
administration to help improve academic standards.
When
contacted, chief proctor of the college Prof Riaz Mohammad justified the move,
saying it was in the “best interests” of girl students and in line with local
customs.
He
said several unpleasant incidents were reported in some colleges with
co-education, so his college took the initiative to prevent them.
Meanwhile,
speakers at a function at the Government High School Adam Dherai in Adenzai
area here on Wednesday highlighted the importance of teachers in society.
The
event was held on the occasion of the retirement of teacher SyedulIbrar.
Former
district education officer Saeed Khan, principals Ayaz Khan and Bahadar Zeb,
former principal Gul Rehman, Dr Ihteshamul Haq, poet Jehan Bakht Jehan and Qari
Tahseenullah Qadri addressed the function.
They
lauded the services of the retiring teacher, who, they said, never made any
compromise on his official duties. Teachers, students, and friends also
presented gifts to SyedulIbrar.
Source:
dawn.com
https://www.dawn.com/news/1830968/dir-college-girls-stopped-from-attending-political-events
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Afghanistan’s
Female Inventor, ShahdukhtJafari, Awarded ‘Dynamic’ Prize In Britain
Fidel
Rahmati
May
2, 2024
ShahdukhtJafari,
the inventor and Afghanistan’s first female medical physicist has won the
“Dynamics” Prize for 2024 in Britain and has been recognized as the country’s
innovator of the year.
MsJafari
expressed her delight in receiving this award in a Facebook post on Wednesday,
May 1st.
According
to the Platinum website, four others have also reached the final stage of
receiving this award, alongside Ms. Jafari.
In
her Facebook message, MsJafari thanked the Surry Technology Center for the
nomination, the TrueInvivo team for their hard work, and all supporters.
MsJafari,
born in Dykundi province, currently resides in Britain. She migrated to Iran
with her family at six and moved to Britain in 2010 to continue her master’s
studies in physics at Surry University after returning to Afghanistan.
Additionally,
Ms. Jafari, recognized as Afghanistan’s first female medical physicist, has
written over 40 scientific articles and invented two major medical devices. In
2019, she invented the “Dosimeter” for recording radiation in cancer
radiotherapy and the “3D Radiation Dose Measurement” in 2021.
Previously,
Ms. Jafari won the Women’s Invention Prize in Britain in 2016 for inventing a
new cancer treatment method.
Source:
khaama.com
https://www.khaama.com/afghanistans-female-inventor-awarded-dynamic-prize-in-britain/
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Jordan’s
Princess Rajwa Al-Hussein Turns Heads With Maternity Fashion Statement
May
02, 2024
DUBAI:
Princess Rajwa Al-Hussein of Jordan was spotted shopping in Amman on Wednesday,
her growing baby bump proudly on show.
The
princess, who is from Saudi Arabia, wore a blue denim maternity jumpsuit from
the Tencel Denim Maternity range by British label Seraphine.
She
completed her look with white sneakers and accessorized with a BottegaVeneta
Mini Cabat Mini leather tote bag.
Princess
Rajwa, the wife of Crown Prince Hussein bin Abdullah II, celebrated her
birthday last week. The crown prince took to social media to send her birthday
greetings as an official portrait of the princess was unveiled.
“May
God continue to bless and nurture the bond between us. Happy Birthday Rajwa,”
he wrote on Instagram, sharing a new photo of the couple.
The
new official portrait of Princess Rajwa shows the princess wearing a blue
outfit from French label Rabanne against a matching blue background.
Earlier
this month it was announced that the royal couple, who married in June last
year, were expecting their first baby this summer.
Source:
arabnews.com
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2503181/lifestyle
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Saima
Wazed, WHO Regional Director, Calls For Collaborative Health Leadership In
Southeast Asia
May
2, 2024
Saima
Wazed, WHO regional director for Southeast Asia, has emphasised the creation of
a roadmap for the priority programmes that will guide the strategic direction
during her term.
She
said this while addressing the Regional Consultation on WHO South-East Asia
Priority Programme Initiative in New Delhi recently.
These
programmes were developed with contributions from member states, aiming to
address key health issues across the region and achieve transnational and
multigenerational benefits.
Wazed
shared her vision for the region, focusing on a holistic approach to health and
well-being. She emphasisedprioritising the health of women, children, and
marginalised groups such as persons with disabilities and underscored the goal
of achieving universal health coverage within primary health care.
She
also highlighted the need for strong partnerships and collaborations beyond
traditional health system boundaries to address determinants of health outside
these systems.
She
stressed that in working with a new and expanded range of partners, WHO's
technical leadership, drawn from an extensive network of health professionals,
could enrich all collaborations.
Wazed
stated, "The roadmap for these programmes is now in your hands. I urge all
of you to take ownership of it. This is not my roadmap -- it is ours. Please
give it the best of your intuition, experience, and expertise."
Source:
thedailystar.net
https://www.thedailystar.net/news/world/news/saima-wazed-calls-collaborative-health-leadership-southeast-asia-3600021
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Nobel
Laureate, Narges Mohammadi, Pays Tribute To Murdered Iranian TeenNikaShakarami
May
02, 2024
The
Instagram page managed on behalf of imprisoned human rights activist Narges
Mohammadi released a video memorializing NikaShakarami, a 16-year-old murdered
by the Iranian security forces.
Shakarami
became an icon of the Woman, Life, Freedom uprising after her death in 2022 amid
the nationwide protests after she was filmed burning her hijab.
The
post by the Iranian Nobel laureate condemned the actions of the Iranian regime,
stating, "Brave Nika, your stature embodies the power of the protesters
and the brutality of the aggressors.
“What
a scandalous regime the Islamic Republic is, arresting and imprisoning women
under the pretext of their hair, and sexually assaulting the same women.”
A
recent BBC investigation unveiled a "highly confidential" document
implicating three security personnel in the direct assault and murder of
Shakarami.
The
report detailed a disturbing account of the events leading to her death,
including an officer forcefully restraining her while others sexually
assaulting her and beating her with batons. Despite her resistance, the sexual
assault ended fatally, with the regime later falsely claiming she had committed
suicide.
Shakarami's
murder came after that of Mahsa Amini, whose death in September 2022 in police
custody for hijab defiance ignited nationwide protests.
Source:
iranintl.com
https://www.iranintl.com/en/202405011655
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