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Due to Iran’s continued violence against demonstrators, a United Nations body has decided to exclude the country from the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). The UN Economic and Social Council in New York on Wednesday voted by 29 votes from the 54 member states in favor of a corresponding resolution from the United States. Russia and China, among others, voted against the decision.

The Commission, with its 45 members elected for several years, aims to strengthen gender equality and the role of women.

The Economic and Social Council also expressed deep concern on Wednesday that “since September 2022, the human rights of women and girls, including the right to freedom of expression and expression, have been continuously undermined and increasingly repressed” in Iran.

Protests have been going on in Iran against the country’s political elite and political system since mid-September. The reason for the systemic protests, which have been going on for more than two months, were the actions of the vice squad against 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, because a few locks of her hair were allegedly stuck out from under her. headscarf. Amini died in the vice president’s custody on September 16. (saw/sda/dpa)