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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
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Craig Meighan

Glasgow Girl pressures UK to react to death of Iranian Kurd

SCOTLAND’S first refugee councillor has urged the UK Government to stop doing “nothing” and make a formal statement on the death of Mahsa Amini who died in the custody of Iran’s morality police.

A motion was passed in Glasgow City Council on Thursday October 27 expressing the authority’s solidarity with Iranian protesters.

The Glasgow Girl wants the UK Government to advocate for a joint statement to set up an independent UN body to investigate the death of Amini.

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