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Rashno Razmkhah, a junior transfer student majoring in sociology, is running for ASUC Senate with the top endorsement from the Transfer Student Caucus. This semester, she has served as Chief of Staff intern to ASUC Senator Yasamin Hatefi.

As someone who has struggled to accept themselves, I now embrace my identity as a woman. But I still understand that we aren’t given as many rights in this country. 

Amini, a 22-year-old university student, was arrested in Tehran while wearing her hijab out of accordance with Iran’s mandatory hijab law.

More than three weeks after a vigil held by the local Iranian community for Mahsa Amini, Iranian students persist in asking for direct support from UC Berkeley as protests continue to escalate around the world. 

Students and community members gathered on Sproul Plaza Monday in a joint march of solidarity for the Afghan and Iranian communities at UC Berkeley, following weeks of demonstrations on campus and in the city of Berkeley.

More than 500 Iranian students and community members gathered in solidarity Friday on Sproul Plaza to hold a candlelight vigil for Mahsa Amini, a woman who died in Iran more than a week ago after allegedly being beaten by the police.

With more than 200 pavilions occupying an enormous space — twice the size of Monaco — the expo is basically a trip around the world.

A study from Berkeley Law’s International Human Rights Law Clinic and the Gulf Centre for Human Rights identified a trend of violation of freedom of open expression and the use of surveillance technology against human rights defenders in Gulf regions and neighboring countries.

Amid a second wave of COVID-19 cases in India, U.S. President Joseph Biden added the country to the COVID-19 travel ban list in a proclamation effective Tuesday.

It is time to transform economic pressure into economic cooperation and regional integration that can have a boosting effect on the Afghan peace process.