Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you so much for the question. What we're seeing in terms of trends, while we're not documenting it very closely, is that the more there is a sort of rapprochement with repressive states—whether that is Saudi Arabia, like we've seen just recently with the Biden administrati

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you. While protests began as a response to Mahsa Amini's death and the oppressive hijab laws, they've transformed into broad-based grievances against repressive, unrepresentative and corrupt ruling authorities. Iranian authorities have ruthlessly cracked down on these p

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you so much. Thank you, Mr. Chairperson and honourable members of Parliament, for inviting me to appear before this subcommittee. I'll start my remarks today by addressing Afghanistan, a situation that is devastatingly grim, especially for women and girls. Severe food in