French actress Isabelle Adjani has called on Muslim women wearing hijabs and other head coverings to remove them in solidarity with “those who are being slaughtered for doing the same” .
Adjani, whose father is Algerian and whose mother is German, is one of several French actresses, including Juliette Binoche and Marion Cotillard, who had their hair cut last month to protest Masa Amini’s death on Sept. 16. I took a picture of him cutting off part of it.
Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman, died in hospital under suspicious circumstances after being arrested by the Religious and Ethical Police for not wearing a hijab in accordance with government standards. Authorities said Amini had suffered a heart attack, but her witnesses claimed she had been severely beaten.
French actresses, including Juliette Binoche and Isabelle Huppert, cut off their hair in protest against the death of Masa Amini, who died in Iran’s moral police custody https://t.co/zf6916dsjw pic.twitter.com/10VBh7F1qY
— Reuters (@Reuters) October 5, 2022
As anti-government protests continue in Iran, Adjani said in a speech on Franceinfo radio this morning (7 November): In solidarity with those being killed and slaughtered for doing the same. ”
She also said that cutting part of her hair “sends a message to Iranian women that can give them a little bit more power in a fight that goes beyond what we understand by courage.” simply means ”.
“The world is not doing well,” Adjani said, adding that “never before have so many mentally ill people been in power in so many countries.”
Adjani’s comments elicited hundreds of critical reactions on social media, with one woman tweeting: I refuse to be forced to wear a headscarf, and equally refuse to be taken off if I decide to wear it tomorrow.
“My freedom is a choice, not a man or Isabel forcing me!”
J’sui une femme, je reject qu’on m’oblige à’porter un voile et reject également qu’on m’oblige à enlever mon voile si demain je decision d’en porter. ‘un homme ou isabelle m’oblige!
—S (@S_bound_) November 7, 2022
Another Twitter user wrote, “I call on women to wear what they want and how they want, in solidarity with those who are being slaughtered for the same reasons.
On Sunday (November 6), demonstrations were held in universities and Kurdish areas in northeastern Iran.
According to UN updates, at least 250 people have been killed by security forces during or as a result of these demonstrations.
Iran ➡️ “Ce n’est pas nous qui allons changer la politique des mollahs mais elles ont fait un appel : il n’est pas question de ne pas l’entendre”, affirming Isabelle Adjani. Le mouvement “me donne envie d’attendre des femmes qui portent le voile de l’enlever par solidarité”. pic.twitter.com/GxNZlZvhHQ
— France Info (@franceinfo) November 7, 2022
Adjani is the only actor in history to win five César Awards for acting. He was awarded a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor in 2010 and a Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters in 2014.
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