In the days when #Parastoo_Ahmadi challenged the boundaries of oppression and coercion with her courageous concert, we cannot forget #Zara_Esmaili—a woman who, for singing without a hijab on the street, has been left in limbo in prison for nearly six months.

What kind of government, anywhere in the world, imprisons a woman simply for singing a song?

But these voices cannot be silenced. You have chained Zara, and Parastoo has risen. You threaten Parastoo, but rest assured, thousands of other women will rise, singing even louder. These voices are the echoes of freedom, and no chain can silence them.

#IranianWomen against gender apartheid
#MandatoryHijab
#Hamava