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The Girls of Enghelab protests (Persian: دختران انقلاب) are protests against the compulsory hijab in Iran, part of the wider Iranian Democracy Movement. The protests were inspired by Vida Movahed, an Iranian woman known as the Girl of Enghelab Street (Persian: دختر خیابان انقلاب), who stood in the crowd on a utility box on Enghelab Street (Revolution Street) in ...
In August 2017, Senator Pauline Hanson arrived at the Senate wearing a burqa in protest, calling for the garment to be banned. Following the incident, ReachTEL polled 2,832 Australians and found that 56.3% supported banning the wearing of the burqa in public places.
The Mahsa Amini protests were preceded by several other political/social/economic protest movements in Iran, in 1999, 2009, 2011–2012, 2019–2020, and protests against compulsory hijab in 2017–18.
Public protests took place in several cities in Iran beginning on 28 December 2017 and continued into early 2018, sometimes called the Dey protests. [26] The first protest took place in Mashhad, Iran's second-largest city by population, initially focused on the economic policies of the country's government; as protests spread throughout the country, their scope expanded to include political ...
Protest signs stood against a sea of 'Make America Great Again' hats on Friday, as objectors and supporters flooded Washington on Inauguration Day. ... Updated January 20, 2017 at 10:58 PM.
People such as Tarek Fatah [91] [92] [93] and Ensaf Haidar [94] have called on the burka to be banned. In 2017 the mayor of Quebec City, Régis Labeaume, said he supports legislation banning the wearing of the niqab or burqa in public spaces. [95] [96] A 2017 Canadian poll found that 54% supported banning the burka. [97]
November 1, 2017 at 7:22 PM. Russian trolls organized a protest and counterprotest in the same place at the same time last May, Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Richard Burr said on Wednesday.
October 1, 2017 at 10:07 PM. Oct 1 (Reuters) - Several dozen NFL players, fewer than last week, chose to sit or kneel during the U.S. national anthem at the start of games on Sunday, a day after ...