Iranian woman to fight asylum refusal

 An Iranian woman is seeking protection in Australia, claiming she will face persecution and be denied the opportunity to live with the basic freedoms afforded Western women, including more liberal dress and the opportunity of freedom of political ­association.
The woman says she cannot hide her anti-regime views and Western values, nor does she wish to.
Australian officials met an Iranian delegation last week to discuss the return of failed asylum-seekers. Iran says asylum-seekers wanting to return to Iran must not be under duress.
The woman, who asked not to be identified, came to Australia in 2007 and applied for a protection visa in 2013. Her application was refused in the Federal Circuit Court last week but the woman plans an appeal.
She told The Australian she began making public statements against the Iranian regime and Islamic laws on the internet after her sister was detained and ­assaulted at a party in 2012, and she values the freedoms women have in Australia.
“We are not able to see a simple volleyball match (in Iran). Are we not decent? Are we not human?” she said.
The woman said Australia was asking her not to be herself in order to stay safe in Iran.
“I don’t want to get raped, I don’t want to go to jail, I don’t want to be tortured,” she said.
“If Australia wants to deport me, can they guarantee that I’m safe? It made me quite angry about the situation of women in Iran. I have been talking about what is in my mind for the last three years. I can’t hide it any more.”
The woman said the situation in Iran had worsened since the election of President Hassan Rouhani in 2013.
Human rights lawyer George Newhouse said he had heard similar arguments that homosexual asylum-seekers would be safe if they hid their sexuality.
“I find the suggestion that if a woman shuts up about her personal views and religious beliefs that it’s unlikely that she will be arrested and subjected to violence or persecution abhorrent,” he said. “No sensible decision-maker would ever suggest that a woman could return to a violent domestic environment on the suggestion that she shut up about her personal views and ­religious beliefs.’’
Amnesty International Australia spokeswoman Wendy Bruere said women in Iran were denied equal rights in marriage, child custody, inheritance, travel and choice of clothing.
This month Atena Fargh­adani was sentenced to 12 years and nine months in jail in Iran on charges including “spreading propaganda against the system” and “insulting members of parliament through paintings”.
The artist-activist had drawn a cartoon depicting members of parliament as animals.

 Bron: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/immigration/iranian-woman-to-fight-asylum-refusal/story-fn9hm1gu-1227420716129


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