[ad_1] DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A mysterious injury suffered by a 16-year-old girl who boarded a Metro train in Iran’s capital without a headscarf has reignited anger just after the one-year anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini and the nationwide protests it sparked. What happened in the few seconds after Armita Geravand entered the train on Sunday remains in question. While a friend told Iranian state television that she hit her head on…
"Mysterious injury of teen girl not wearing a headscarf on Tehran Metro sparks anger"Tag: anger
[ad_1] PARIS (AP) — Pressure is mounting on a French government minister to quit over comments stigmatizing homosexuality and LGBTQ people, in the latest challenge to President Emmanuel Macron’s leadership. Caroline Cayeux’s remarks have hurt and angered many – including her colleagues — and prompted broader discussion around persistent discriminatory attitudes by people in power. More than 100 prominent figures published an appeal Sunday in the newspaper Journal du dimanche questioning why she’s still in…
"‘Those people’: French minister’s LGBTQ remarks spark anger"
[ad_1] FATEHGARH SAHIB, India (AP) — Amandeep Kaur Dholewal rose from a traditional Indian cot and began speaking to a small gathering of men and women who sat cross-legged in a park opposite a white-domed gurdwara, a place of worship for Sikhs. The 37-year old doctor was accompanied by twelve of her supporters. These were mostly protesters who last year stood on the edges and protested against controversial farm laws. If elected, Dholewal told the…
"Farmer anger will test Modi as India’s ‘grain bowl’ votes"