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Added on the 19/09/2023 17:44:36 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Thousands of people gather in Vancouver to commemorate the first anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini. Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurd, died a few days after her arrest by religious police for allegedly violating the strict dress code for women in force since shortly after the 1979 Islamic Revolution. IMAGES
Several thousand people demonstrate in Paris in support of Iranian women. The protests follow the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman arrested in Tehran for "wearing inappropriate clothing" by the morality police. She died three days later in the hospital. IMAGES
Protesters gather near the United Nations headquarters in New York to call out the attendance of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi at the UN General Assembly. At least eight people have been killed in a crackdown on protests in Iran over the death of Mahsa Amini after the young woman was arrested by morality police, according to a combined toll. IMAGES
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi as both of them attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. IMAGES
Hundreds of Ukrainian-Americans and US residents rally outside the White House in Washington, DC to protest Russia's invasion of Ukraine. "Please arm Ukraine," one woman shouts through a microphone. "Please help us. Please support us." IMAGES