Niloofar Hamedi has been arrested by Iranian authorities and is being held in solitary confinement in Iran’s Evin prison
, including 19 minors, have been killed, hundreds injured and thousands have been arrested by security forces, according to rights groups. The Iranian government says more than 20 security forces have been killed and that it will investigate civilian deaths.The Committee to Protect Journalists has called on Iranian authorities to “immediately and unconditionally release … all journalists arrested because of their coverage of Mahsa Amini’s death and the protests that have followed”.
Friends of Hamedi described her as a brave journalist who is passionate about women’s issues and rights. Her investigative articles covers topics such as self-immolation among women suffering domestic abuse, and she interviewed the family of Sepideh Rashno, an Iranian writer and artist, who was arrested in July for defying the Islamic dress code.
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