Canadians across the country came out on Saturday to show support for the people of Iran as they protest the country’s morality police.
It was sparked by the death of a 22-year-old Iranian woman who died just over two weeks ago in police custody.
She had been detained by the morality police in Tehran for allegedly wearing her mandatory headscarf too loosely.
Protesters in the country have vented their anger over the treatment of women and wider repression in Iran.
The demonstrations rapidly escalated into calls for the overthrow of the clerical establishment that has ruled Iran since the 1979 Islamic revolution.
Iranian state TV has reported that at least 41 protesters and police have been killed since the demonstrations began Sept. 17.
An Associated Press count of official statements by authorities tallied at least 14 dead, with more than 1,500 demonstrators arrested.
In Winnipeg, hundreds gathered Saturday outside the Canadian Museum for Human Rights.
People from all walks of life came to the Museum to hold signs, sing revolutionary songs, chant, and stand in solidarity with those protesting for freedom and women’s rights in Iran.
Just north of Toronto, thousands gathered outside Richmond Hill’s Central Library.
In Ottawa, about 1,000 people marched through the downtown core to the National Gallery of Canada — the second straight weekend protesters have taken to the streets of the nation’s capital.
