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Suffragettes' sentences, 1910
Sixteen suffragettes have been sentenced to one or two months of imprisonment for their involvement in breaking the windows of government buildings
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Conviction of two suffragettes, 1909
Two suffragettes sentenced to three and four months of imprisonment for pouring ink and toxic chemicals into a ballot box in London
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Releasing suffragettes, 1910
Churchill ordered the release of one hundred and seventy suffragettes who had been arrested
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Zahra Sultan ‘Izzat al-Saltanah to Muhammad ‘Ali Nizam Mafi (Salar Mu‘azzam)
Zahra Sultan Nizam Mafi (‘Izzat al-Saltanah) writes to her brother, Muhammad ‘Ali Nizam Mafi (Salar Mu‘azzam), telling him their father (Riza Khan Nizam al-Saltanah)'s good news: the people he arrested in Kirmanshah have been turned over to the police and the newspaper Iran-i Naw always publishes positive reports about his government in Kirmanshah.
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Letter from wife of Hamd Allah Khan to Iran-i naw, 1911
Wife of Hamd Allah Khan complaining about his arrest; along with the related news regarding Hamid [Hamd] Allah's arrest published a few days earlier
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Encounter between suffragettes and police in London, 1910
Mr. Asquith's promise of supporting the suffragettes' initiative; suffragettes attacking Mr. Asquith's automobile and breaking the windows, an encounter with the police and the arrest of about one hundred women; suffragettes attacking the premises of Churchill and Kerry and breaking the windows, and the arrest of one hundred and fifty-eight women; Churchill's comments about the arrest of the women
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Suffragette's encounter with Churchill, 1909
Suffragette's arrest after attacking Churchill with a whip at a rail station in London
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Article about English suffragettes, 1911
Article by an English woman about a women's protest at Westminster and the arrest of women by the police; one of the representatives has questioned the Minister of Interior, Churchill, about police actions. Part of the article criticizes government actions and advocates for the participation of women in politics because of their tax contributions and their role in the economy, and emphasizes the need for law reforms.
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Complaint against Husayn Ra’uf Bayg and the Ottoman camp, 1915
Includes a petition to the Majlis regarding the harassment by Husayn Ra’uf Bayg and the Ottoman army in Karand, ruining and pillaging villages, the arrest and execution of the people of the Kalhur, Sanjabi, and Guran clans, and the capture of fifty women from the families residing in the vicinity of the Karand caravansary and accusing them of theft. Also includes a petition to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding Ra’uf Bayg and Ottomans harassing people who live near the borders and the attack by Isma‘il Haqi Bayg on the Sanjabi clan, ruining and setting fire to the village of Hajim...
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Murder in response to assault, 1910
Letter from Ahmad Mujallal al-Mulk, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ representative in Urumiyah about Benjamin, a Christian employee of the French missionaries who killed Petrus, a Christian Ottoman national, after he assaulted Benjamin’s daughter, Benjamin’s consequent arrest and imprisonment by the Ottoman Shahbandar, and Shahbandar’s dismissing the request for holding a trial. After Benjamin's temporary release following his illness and his complaint against his prolonged imprisonment in the absence of any trials, the writer repeated his request for a trial, only to be refused again by...