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The UN experts said arrests of women's activists have risen in recent weeks in Iran, where the government issued an official warning that those who do not wear a veil will face severe punishment. [AFP]
A group of UN human rights experts on Friday called for the immediate release of three Iranian women given long jail terms for protesting laws compelling women to wear veils.
The trio were charged after a video posted online showed them handing out flowers on Tehran's metro on March 8, International Women's Day, according to a statement co-signed by five United Nations special rapporteurs and another expert.
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