Protests follow appearance of ‘tortured’ writer on state television, while human rights group warn forced confessions on the rise as hijab laws hardened
There were protests and condemnation last week after an Iranian woman who was arrested for defying newly hardened hijab laws appeared on state television to give what observers claimed was a forced confession as a result of torture.
Iranian women have been required to wear the hijab in public since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, but president Ebrahim Raision 15 August to enforce the country’s dress code law with a new list of restrictions.
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