SEQQIZ- A 22-year-old young woman named Jina Amini, who was with her family in Tehran, was attacked by the city’s “anti-hijab” police because her hair was a little visible. The Iranian regime police took Emini to the police station, tortured her on the way and hit her on the head with a hard tool, seriously injuring her. The young Kurdish girl was badly injured and succumbed to her injuries yesterday after 3 days in the hospital.
After the public learned that Jina Amini had succumbed to her injuries, there were mass protests by the population in Saqqiz, Rojhilat, which were met with massive violence by the fascist regime police. In Tehran, too, there were occasional protests by the population. Iranian government billboards were also set on fire during the protests in Saqqiz.
The regime forces wanted to bury the body in the early hours of the morning, but this was refused due to protests from the population and later in the morning the burial took place at the cemetery in Saqqiz, the town where the young Kurdish woman was born.
Jina Emini’s body was buried in Saqqiz City Cemetery during a funeral ceremony attended by hundreds of people. The funeral became a mass protest, with slogans such as “Şehid namirin” and “Death to the dictatorship” being shouted. Women took off their headscarves (hijab) and held them up in protest of the Iranian regime’s femicide and violence against women.
This is the second case in a short period of time in which a young woman has died due to the Iranian regime’s violence. Just recently, Şiler Rasûli threw herself out of the window of her neighbor’s house because her neighbor, who works for the regime, tried to rape her. Şiler Rasûli succumbed to her injuries, leading to mass protests in Merivan.
In Rojhilat, these feminicides clearly show the Iranian regime’s misogynistic attitude and its attacks on Kurdish society. However, the protests that take place due to these horrific causes also show the importance of women in Kurdish society in Rojhilat and their leadership during the protests, which mobilize thousands of people, whether male or female, whether young or old, to take to the streets go and protest for women’s rights and against violence, at risk of life and limb.
