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Volume 159 No. 14 SERVING SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1934
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Protesters call for justice in Iran By Nathan Canilao MANAGING EDITOR
Chants including “Down with Islamic Republic” and “Human rights for Iran” could be heard in front of San Jose City Hall by teary-eyed protesters Wednesday afternoon. The demonstration was held by the Iranian Society of Human Rights in Northern California in opposition to Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi about the Sept. 16 death of Zhina (Mahsa) Amini, a 22-year-old woman who was arrested for allegedly violating Iran’s mandatory hijab law.
I see what happens in my country to people who are younger than I am, who are living a normal life and they get killed for it. It’s just, it’s just not OK. Rojin
SJSU nutritional science senior
The Iranian Society of Human Rights in Northern California is a nonprofit organization that represents Iranian Americans in Northern California, according to its website. Amini, who goes by her Kurdish name Zhina, was from Saqquez, a Kurdistan Province in Western Iran. Rojin, San Jose State nutritional science senior, said it was important IRAN | Page 2
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In front of San Jose City Hall Wednesday, a demonstrator holds up two flyers, one of which is an illustration of Zhina (Mahsa) Amini, a 22-year-old woman who was arrested for allegedly violating Iran’s mandatory hijab law and died on Sept. 16 after being detained by police.
SJSU professors talk Puerto Rico hurricane tragedy By Nick Zamora STAFF WRITER
Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory, is in the midst of a humanitarian and natural disaster. Hurricane Fiona, a Category 1 storm, made landfall Monday, knocking out power to almost the entire island and dumped more than 30 inches of rain in some areas of the island, according to a Monday Politico article. “Just so [Spartan Daily] readers know, we are talking about a full blown disaster in Puerto Rico,” said William Armaline, San Jose State sociology associate professor and director of the Human Rights Institute, an SJSU research and policy program. The hurricane came almost five years to the anniversary of Hurricane Maria, a Category 5 hurricane that made landfall on Sept. 20, 2017 and left 3,000 people dead and damaged 80% of the power grid, according to a Monday New York Times article. Hurricane Maria decimated Puerto Rico’s power, water and healthcare systems, which have never fully recovered, according to the Politico article. As of Wednesday night, more than a million Puerto Rican homes were without power, according to PowerOutage.us, a website that says it collects, records and INFOGRAPHIC BY MYENN RAHNOMA, SOURCE: WEDNESDAY ARTICLE BY THE WASHINGTON POST
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