Iran using drones and apps to enforce women's dress code, UN says
Iranian officials are encouraging people to report women who refuse to obey the Islamic republic's dress code, according to a UN report.
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Iran electronically surveilling women to find headscarf violations, U.N. says
Iran increasingly relies on electronic surveillance and the public to inform on women refusing to wear the country's mandatory headscarf in public, U.N. report says.CBS News - 11h -
Iran electronically surveilling women to find headscarf violations, U.N. says
Iran increasingly relies on electronic surveillance and the public to inform on women refusing to wear the country's mandatory headscarf in public, U.N. report says.CBS News - 11h -
Iran increasingly electronically surveils women looking for headscarf violations, UN report warns
Iran increasingly relies on electronic surveillance and the public to inform on women refusing to wear the country's mandatory headscarf in public, even as hard-liners push for harsher penalties ...ABC News - 15h -
Taliban insist Afghan women's rights are protected as UN says bans cannot be ignored
The Taliban say Afghan women live in security with their rights protectedABC News - 6d -
Israeli attacks on Gaza maternity wards and IVF clinic ‘genocidal acts’, says UN
Israeli forces have used sexual violence as weapon to ‘dominate and destroy’ Palestinian people, report also says. Israel’s systemic attacks on women’s healthcare in Gaza amount to “genocidal ...The Guardian - 1d -
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Colombia urges UN to remove coca leaf from harmful substances list
Foreign minister says legalisation of main ingredient of cocaine is only way to stop drug trafficking and violence. Colombia , whose president, Gustavo Petro, is a vocal critic of the US-led war ...The Guardian - 4d -
Drone attacks killing hundreds of civilians across Africa, says report
Calls grow to control military use of unmanned aerial vehicles which, despite claims of precise targeting, are claiming civilian lives. Almost 1,000 civilians have been killed and hundreds more ...The Guardian - 4d -
Iran’s supreme leader rails against Trump’s ‘bullying’ military threat
Ayatollah Khamenei says US demand to reopen talks on Iran’s nuclear programme is aimed at domination. Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has criticised what he described as bullying ...The Guardian - 6d
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