Women activists in Beirut and the city’s southern suburbs held rallies in support of hijab-wearing girls in the Republic of Azerbaijan, calling for their right to wear the hijab, pursue education, and exercise freedom of belief to be upheld.

Zainab Mansour, a women’s affairs activist, described depriving girls of these rights as an act of injustice and urged human rights and children’s rights advocates to support them.

 Participants stressed the need to protect the girls’ dignity and ensure their right to education and a safe life.

 

Hossein Vaez