msquebanh, 21 days ago to humanrights

Members of #Canadian #parliament heard #testimony Tuesday from #Iranian human rights #advocates, #dissidents, #victims and an #exiled artist on the brutality of the #IslamicRepublic, and called on Ottawa to take more action.

#HumanRights advocate and founder of #StopChildExecution Nazanin Afshin-Jam told the House of Commons Subcommittee on Human Rights that #Iran is "waging a war on #women and #girls."

https://www.iranintl.com/en/202405214155

asakiyume, 3 months ago to random

Accused of rotting the fibers of society, the southern poet An Mei was #exiled to the northern steppes to contemplate her life choices.

"How will you continue in this barren land?" she was asked on her first night on the windy plains. A good question for one whose words of dissent came clothed in the wet heat and ten thousand colors of her tropical district.

"I'll remake myself and my work," she replied, eyes on the vast horizon, the mercilessly bright stars.

#wss366 #microfiction