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CATEGORY: Iran
Celebrating the music of Toomaj Salehi
This week marks two years since Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi was arrested, and although his death sentence has been reversed, he still languishes in jail. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe introduces one of his songs
Rap is not a crime, yet my cousin remains behind bars in Iran
Two years ago today, Toomaj Salehi was arrested because his music was unjustly seen as a threat.
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Iran: Complaint to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention in response to the ongoing judicial persecution of Toomaj Salehi
Index on Censorship, Human Rights Foundation and Doughty Street Chambers make submission on behalf of rapper’s family
Iran’s supreme court overturns death sentence given to Toomaj Salehi
Decision welcomed by Toomaj Salehi’s family, Index on Censorship, Human Rights Foundation and Salehi’s international legal team
Iranian cartoonist Atena Farghadani sentenced to six years in prison
Facing “harshest punishment” for her activism,
Atena Farghadani must be released immediately
Sting, Margaret Atwood, Elif Shafak and Coldplay join more than 100 artists, musicians, writers and leading cultural figures to call for the immediate and unconditional release of Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi
Musician faces death sentence after three years of judicial harassment, including arrest, imprisonment and torture