FIFA may have clamped down on on-field player protests, but the Brazilian team made a huge statement as they touched down in Brisbane overnight for the FIFA Women’s World Cup.
after she was arrested by Iran’s morality police for her failure to wear a hijab.
An image of Mahsa Amini, who was killed last September after she was arrested by Iran’s morality police for not wearing a hijab, on the tail of the jet. Her death sparked months of protests which, according various human rights groups, have resulted in more than 460 civilian deaths at the hands of security forces.Iran’s crackdown on uncovered women has shown no sign of ending, with
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