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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

‘Women, life, liberty’: Iranian civil rights protests spread worldwide

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Protesters in Rome on Saturday 1 October hold a banner reading ‘Women, life, liberty’. Photograph: Alessandra Tarantino/AP

Worldwide protests were being held on Saturday in solidarity with the growing uprising in Iran demanding greater freedom and protesting against the death of Mahsa Amini following her arrest by Iranian morality police.

Demonstrations under the slogan “Women, life, liberty” took place in many major cities, including Auckland, London, Melbourne, New York, Paris, Rome, Seoul, Stockholm, Sydney and Zurich.

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