Kurdish activist Warisha Moradi, a member of the Eastern Kurdistan Free Women's Community (KJAR), has been in Iranian custody since August last year and is currently being held in the women's section of Tehran's notorious Evin Prison. The reason given for the sentence is the 38-year-old Kurdish woman's membership of KJAR, the umbrella organisation of the Kurdish women's movement in East Kurdistan and Iran. To remind, Warisha Moradi is a brave feminist activist in the field of defending women's rights, which Iran considers a threat to its oppressive Islamic regime. We, the North Africa and Middle East region of the World March of Women, denounce these policies that manipulate the fate of women and children, making them fuel for wars and conflicts. We will continue to struggle to stop these crimes, protect women's rights, and stand against anyone who seeks to extinguish the voice of free women.”

Source: The North Africa Journal November 17, 2024 22:48 UTC