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The Fifth Floor: Iran protests: The ripple effect

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Female demonstrators in Iran

21/10/2022 GMT

Iran protests: The ripple effect

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‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ - how a slogan chanted in Iran is echoing across the region

How the protests in Iran are resonating with women and minorities, from Saudi Arabia to Afghanistan, and from Syria to Turkey.

The protests in Iran are now the longest and most widespread in the 43 years of the Islamic Republic.  What began as a reaction to the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, a 22 year old Kurdish woman, arrested for allegedly violating strict hijab rules, quickly changed into a wider protest against the regime.  What's happening in Iran has had a ripple effect for women across the region.  To find out more we brought together Selin Girit from BBC Turkish, Mariam Aman from BBC Persian, who's from Afghanistan, and Lina Shaikhouni, a Syrian journalist with the BBC, who has an overview of the Arab region. 

Eritrea's military call up 
Military mobilisation has intensified in Eritrea. While the government claims a 'tiny number' of reservists are being called up, the picture on the ground suggests a much larger operation, with door to door searches for draft dodgers, and their families punished for concealment. BBC Tigrinya's Bekit Teklemariam shares their findings with us.      

The changing portrayal of North Korea in South Korean film 
Movies about North Korea are not new in South Korea. But over the years, the genre has shifted from hostile anti-communism to more nuanced depictions of the country, including romance and friendship. Hyunjung Kim of BBC Korean charts this evolution. 

(Photo: Demonstrators shout slogans during a protest in support of Iranian women and against the death of Mahsa Amini, near the Iranian consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. Credit: REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya/File Photo)

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