An MEP repeats the gesture in the European Parliament as the wave of global solidarity grows after the murder of a young Iranian woman for incorrectly wearing the Islamic headscarf
Armed with scissors, French actresses, singers and activists cut locks of hair and distributed it in a video on social networks to show their support for the fight for the freedom of Iranian women after the death in Tehran of young Mahsa Amini for wearing it incorrectly. of the Islamic headscarf.
“For Freedom!” French actress Juliette Binoche proclaims at the beginning of the video, before cutting her hair with scissors. This gesture is repeated in front of the camera by, among others, actresses such as Marion Cotillard, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Isabelle Adjani or Charlotte Rampling, and singers such as Jane Birkin and Angèle. They all cut their hair, while the song ‘Bella Ciao’ is played in the background, performed in Persian by the Iranian singer Gandom.
“The Iranian people, starting with the women, are demonstrating by risking their lives. Those people only want access to the most essential freedoms. These women, these men, ask for our support,” these French stars explain in a post on Instagram. “It is impossible not to denounce this terrible repression time and again. We have decided to heed the call which they do to us by cutting a few locks as well,” they add.
Actress Julie Gayet thinks it is important that Iranian women know that “they are not alone”. “Silence can be worse than violence,” Gayet adds. The actress, who is married to former French President François Hollande, explained in statements to the France Inter network that with this video they want to “show solidarity” and “send a signal to say: ‘we are here’. I hope (Iranian women) can see it somehow.”
Swedish MEP Abir Al-Sahlani also cut her hair while standing in front of the lectern during a speech at the European Parliament. To the cry of “Women, live, freedom!” has joined the campaign against the death of young Masha Amini. “The peoples and citizens of the European Union demand a categorical and immediate cessation of all violence against women and men in Iran,” he stressed.
Cutting a lock of hair is a symbolic way of showing solidarity with Iranian women. In Iran there are protests in the streets after the death of young Mahsa Amini, 22, who died on September 16 of a beating after being arrested by the so-called moral police in Tehran for incorrectly wearing the Islamic veil and displaying of a few locks of hair, violating the strict dress code for Iranian women.
Source: La Verdad
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