16-year-old girl dies from brain damage after alleged beating by Iran's morality police over hijab

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45% : "She's a hero," Alinejad said.Geravand's death comes just a year after the death of another young woman in a hospital in Tehran.
45% : "Yet we do know that in a climate where Iranian authorities severely penalize women and girls for not adhering to the state's forced-hijab law, Armita courageously appeared in public without one."By doing so, Geravand "stood in solidarity with the 'Woman, Life, Freedom' movement, which was sparked by the killing of Mahsa Jina Amini.
40% : "The teenager first made headlines on Oct. 1, after she was allegedly assaulted by Iranian authorities for refusing to wear a mandatory headscarf -- or hijab -- at a subway station in Tehran.
36% : ""Armita's voice has been forever silenced, preventing us from hearing her story," the New York-based Center for Human Rights in Iran said in a statement.
31% : "The circumstances of Geravand's fatal encounter with authorities drew comparisons to that of Amini, whose death sparked months of violent demonstrations across Iran, which were met with a "deadly crackdown," according to Amnesty International.
27% : On Saturday, the Hengaw Organization said Garavand was "another victim of mandatory hijab and government murder in Iran.

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