Iran police officers barred girls and women from biking in Mariwan
13:39 - 27 July 2017
Kurdpa Agency: Police officers and Kurdish women and girls’ bikers got into a quarrel in Mariwan.
According to reports received by Kurdistan Press Agency (Kurdpa), on the morning of Monday July 24, Kurdish women and girls’ bikers faced police assault and crackdown around lake“Zrebar” in Mariwan.
The police officers reportedly told the bikers that “Girls’ are banned from riding their bicycles in public areas”. They also according to an informed source, cracked down on the bikers and confiscated a number of bicycles.
Last year, the Iranian law enforcement officers also prevent women and girls from riding their bicycles in public areas and spaces in Mariwan. They also prevented women and girls’ bikers from participation in the“No Car Day” campaign. A number of women and girls who participated in the event were subsequently detained.
Their detentions however, lead to widespread protest by civil society activists in Mariwan which was followed by an open statement condemning the act signed by over 1,400 people.
Religious cleric “Mustafa Shirzadi”, in a Friday speech last August called on the law enforcements in the city to crack down on women and girls’ bikers and to take necessary steps in stopping them from riding their bicycles in public areas. The imam also called on the officials from the “Sports and Youth officials in the city to designate a suitable and an indoor area away from the public’s eye for women bikers”.
A park called “Lady’s Park” was soon created where women activist and bikers not only not used the space but also called an act that marginalized and humiliated women designed to curtail women’s most basic rights and freedom.
According to reports received by Kurdistan Press Agency (Kurdpa), on the morning of Monday July 24, Kurdish women and girls’ bikers faced police assault and crackdown around lake“Zrebar” in Mariwan.
The police officers reportedly told the bikers that “Girls’ are banned from riding their bicycles in public areas”. They also according to an informed source, cracked down on the bikers and confiscated a number of bicycles.
Last year, the Iranian law enforcement officers also prevent women and girls from riding their bicycles in public areas and spaces in Mariwan. They also prevented women and girls’ bikers from participation in the“No Car Day” campaign. A number of women and girls who participated in the event were subsequently detained.
Their detentions however, lead to widespread protest by civil society activists in Mariwan which was followed by an open statement condemning the act signed by over 1,400 people.
Religious cleric “Mustafa Shirzadi”, in a Friday speech last August called on the law enforcements in the city to crack down on women and girls’ bikers and to take necessary steps in stopping them from riding their bicycles in public areas. The imam also called on the officials from the “Sports and Youth officials in the city to designate a suitable and an indoor area away from the public’s eye for women bikers”.
A park called “Lady’s Park” was soon created where women activist and bikers not only not used the space but also called an act that marginalized and humiliated women designed to curtail women’s most basic rights and freedom.
