Human Rights
Dail Éireann — 2022-10-06
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Mick Barry (PBP), Cork North-Central

I express my solidarity with the powerful social movement in Iran, led by women, which has erupted since the state murder of 22-year-old Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini. Iran Human Rights has put the death toll at 133 since the state started trying to violently repress this movement, and more than 1,500 have been arrested. Still, this movement grows. The slogan "Woman, Life, Freedom" echoes from one corner of Iran to another. Mahsa Amini was murdered by Iran's notorious morality police, who took her into custody accusing her of violating the super-strict hijab dress code. She died from cardiac arrest after suffering a head injury and a three-day coma. The killing of Mahsa was not an accident. Her murder is a continuation of the systematic, misogynistic and repressive policies of Islamic capitalism. What further action does the Minister intend to take to show this country's revulsion at the actions of the regime in Tehran?

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Sitting date: 2022-10-06