Cruel Punishment: Forcibly Dressed in Drag in Tehran……
“Amnesty International has called for the release of an Iranian student leader whose arrest and detention have inspired men to cover their hair in an online solidarity photo campaign. Majid Tavakkoli was arrested in student protests on 7 December and was later pictured wearing female clothes in an apparent attempt to humiliate him. Now many Iranian men inside and outside the country have taken pictures of themselves wearing various forms of hijab, such as headscarves or the chador, in protest and solidarity. Many pictures include the slogan "We are all Majid". As part of the online photo campaign, which has seen hundreds of images uploaded on Facebook, women have also pictured themselves with false moustaches, in a further gesture of solidarity and to rebut the authorities’ tactic to ridicule Majid Tavakkoli. Majid Tavakkoli's whereabouts are unknown and he is at risk of torture or other ill-treatment. Amnesty International believes he is a prisoner of conscience, held solely for his peaceful expression of his right to freedom of expression, association and assembly……….”
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