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A group of UN Human Rights Council-appointed experts expressed their grave concern on Friday over a new draft law in Iran sanctioning new punishments for women and girls who fail to wear the headscarf, or hijab, in public.“The draft law could be described as a form of gender apartheid, as authorities appear to be governing […]

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