Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Activist’s bookstore sealed over ‘non-compliance with Islamic hijab’

Municipal authorities in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, today sealed off a bookstore called Zhira, citing "non-compliance with Islamic hijab", the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. The bookstore, run by Zhina Modares Gorji, a former political prisoner and women's rights activist, was closed under Articles 27 and 28 of the Guild Regulation Law. On 15 April, the authorities notified Modares Gorji of the impending closure, giving...

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