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Mahsa (Jina) Amini

Mahsa (Jina) Amini, 22, — death in custody in Saqqez, Iran, 2022-09-16.

Age
22
City
Saqqez
Date
2022-09-16
Category
Death in custody

Kurdish-Iranian student visiting Tehran with her family, arrested by morality police for 'improper hijab' and declared dead three days later. Her name became the movement's first cry.

Primary source: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/09/iran-mahsa-amini-death/

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