Narges Mohammadi released details of sexual harassment of women in detention centers
Narges Mohammadi, a human rights activist, shared a letter from Evin Prison, exclusively obtained by the BBC, revealing new details of the sexual and physical abuse of women detained during the recent months’ protests.
In this letter, Ms. Mohammadi described the assault on protesting women as crimes of the government, stating that not exposing them perpetuates this oppressive method against women.
She wrote that although exposing these assaults might intimidate families, it is necessary to widely and powerfully recount the assaults on active, fighting, and protesting women in Iran on a global level so that revealing it becomes a factor in stopping it.
In her letter, she not only published details of the assault and sexual harassment of several protesting women but also testified that she, as a female civil activist striving for the peaceful transition of people from a religious, authoritarian, and misogynistic government, experienced the bitter taste of assault as a woman on December 24, 2019, in Evin Prison.