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Iranian singer’s 74 lashes for performing without a hijab ‘a form of torture’, say rights groups
(www.theguardian.com)
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FYI be very carefully of anti-Iran articles like this. It's propaganda.
Obviously treating her like this is abhorrent. Just remember that the media is not your friend.
How about the crazy shit France enforces about what muslim kids can wear in school and how hamfisted and discriminatory it is?
How about Israel now trying to push to expel ANY Arabs from its government?
The spin is hard to perceive because nothing about this article is necessarily wrong and yes of course the Iranian government has some serious problems, I see no reason to doubt for example that several thousand protestors were killed in Iran but it is not in the high tens of thousands like is so confidently reported in western media with little if any inspection of the credulity of the claims.
It is difficult and confusing but also if you just remember the enemy of your enemy is not necessarily your friend and that falling into believing so is dangerous, all of this comes back to that in the end.
Choose your enemies based on how they behave not who their enemies are.