Amnesty Netherlands savaged by Iranian women’s rights activist over burqa ban

1/This is me, protesting against #ForcedHijab. I was pushed, badly injured&put into prison by men whose ideology promotes the burqa. Sadly,@amnesty compares us w/ our oppressors by putting freedom&equality-fighters alongside misogynists&enemies of freedom.pic.twitter.com/jiJQvjZKFD

— Maryam shariatmadari (@Maryamshariatm) August 3, 2019

3/I’m one of those Iranian women that fought against the backwards extremists laws and I’ve paid the price. I’ve been arrested, beaten & got convicted for fighting against the extremists & their inhumane views towards women.

— Maryam shariatmadari (@Maryamshariatm) August 3, 2019

5/Forced hijab is only one aspect of the extremists’ lifestyle & ideology that has been imposed on the Iranian society, & the main goal of the brave Iranian women is to fight against these extremists and their ideologies. pic.twitter.com/WwFrqxg4kB

— Maryam shariatmadari (@Maryamshariatm) August 3, 2019

7/And it’s a bigger mistake to compare them with the extremists & their ideology, the same ideology they’re fighting against!
It’s very sad that @amnesty undermines the efforts of the Iranian women against discrimination instead of supporting them.

— Maryam shariatmadari (@Maryamshariatm) August 3, 2019