On Instagram the protest of fifty French actresses and singers: “Impossible not to denounce the ongoing repression.” In the background the Iranian version of “Bella ciao”
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PARIS – The first is Juliette Binoche: “For freedom”, for freedom, she says before cutting a strand of hair. Here are the pictures of Marion Cotillard, Isabelle Huppert, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Julie Gayet, Charlotte Rampling and about fifty other actresses and singers who have decided to launch the #HairForFreedom campaign on Instagram in solidarity with Iranian women.
“Our choice”
«It is impossible not to denounce the terrible repression in Iran again and again. The dead are already counted by the dozen, including children. The arrests only add to the number of prisoners already illegally detained and too often tortured. We have decided to respond to the call by also cutting off some of our tufts.” In the video posted on Instagram, Iranian singer Gandom’s “Bella ciao” can be heard, which has become the anthem of the revolt.
In memory of Mahsa
The protest by Iranian women and many men who joined them began after Mahsa Amini, 22, was arrested by police on September 13 for wearing the veil “improperly”, was beaten and died after several days in a coma. The movement of French artists was born on the initiative of Richard Sédillot, a lawyer specializing in the defense of human rights, Julie Couturier, President of the Paris Bar, and Christiane Feral Schuhl, President of the National Council of Lawyers. “Iranian women need to know that they are not alone, silence can be the worst form of violence,” actress and producer Julie Gayet, wife of former French President François Hollande, told France Inter. The world of cinema was also mobilized with an intervention published in Le Monde and signed by other stars such as Léa Seydoux and Louis Garrel.
October 5, 2022 (update October 5, 2022 | 11:53)
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