Afghans and Iranians alike are in uproar over the horrendous fate of a 6-year-old girl on the outskirts of Tehran. Afghan national Setayesh Ghoreishi was brutally raped and killed on April 10, allegedly by her teenage Iranian neighbor Amir Hossein in the suburb of Varamin. Fury grew when the crime went unreported in Iranian media, prompting an outpouring of solidarity and advocacy online.

“Afghans were sick and tired of their own relative silence and the Iranian government’s systematic oppression against them over the past 30 years,” Qudratullah Rajavi, an Afghan migrant and civil rights activist based out of Kabul, told Al-Monitor. He launched the Facebook page I Am Setayesh with hashtags #JusticeForSetayesh and #IAmSetayesh. The page has received over 10,000 “likes” since its creation on April 15. A Wikipedia page has also been created to share Setayesh’s story.

Rajavi said, “The winning factor was a bombardment of comments on the official Facebook page of UNICEF, asking the international organization to seriously follow up on the case, as we feared that Setayesh may soon be forgotten like other similar cases in the past.” Indeed, UNICEF responded to every comment that was posted on its page.

The Ghoreishi family has received huge support from both Afghans and Iranians — both in public and on social media. Journalist and women rights activist Jila Baniyaghoob joined a candlelight vigil in front of the Afghanistan Embassy in Tehran. Police dispersed the group, arguing that it did not have permission for a rally. Police officers reportedly told the crowd, “Aren’t you Iranian? Why have you come for the Afghans? Don’t you know how many crimes the Afghans have committed here? Why are you defending them?” Some women in the crowd accused police of being racist, only to be threatened with arrest.