Thursday, September 11, 2014

Six youths go on trial in Iran for posting YouTube video where they danced to Pharrell Williams' 'Happy' song - September 11, 2014

Six youths go on trial in Iran for posting YouTube video where they danced to Pharrell Williams' 'Happy' song, September 11, 2014

"The trial of six young Iranians accused of 'hurting public chastity' after they danced around to Pharrell Williams' hit song Happy for a YouTube video has started in Tehran. Amnesty International UK's Head of Campaigns, Champa Patel, condemned the trial and told MailOnline: 'Arresting people for dancing in a video tribute to a song called Happy is taking things to a new level of dark irony even for the authoritarian Iranian authorities."

Click here for entire article. Posted by Amnesty International USA on Facebook.