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Iran's Supreme Court Overturns Rapper Toomaj Salehi's Death Sentence
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Toomaj Salehi, an Iranian rapper, had his death sentence overturned by Iran's supreme court. He was initially sentenced to death in April on charges of "corruption on earth" and other offenses, including assistance in sedition, assembly and collusion, propaganda against the state, and calling for riots. The supreme court's decision to overturn the sentence comes at a time when Iran is in the midst of a presidential election campaign.
Even a shorter period of imprisonment would be an injustice: Salehi has done nothing other than to call for his, and other Iranians', fundamental rights to be respected.
No artist anywhere should have to fear for their life or livelihood when expressing themselves through their art.
Someone's crime was dancing with her hair in the wind.
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sources
- 1.The Times of India
- 2.ABC News (Australia)
- 3.CTV News
- 4.France 24
- 5.CNN
- 6.The Times
- 7.The Guardian
- 8.Le Monde
- 9.BBC
perspectives
- 1.US Foreign Policy
- 2.Iran Foreign Policy
- 3.Protests
- 4.Authoritarianism
- 5.Human rights
- 6.Riots
- 7.Women's Rights
- 8.Kurdish nationalism
- 9.Iranian politics
- 10.Police brutality
countries
organizations
- 1.Index on Censorship
- 2.Revolutionary Court
- 3.Coldplay
- 4.Doughty Street Chambers
- 5.Human Rights Foundation
- 6.Iranian Supreme Court
- 7.Recording Academy
- 8.United Nations
persons
- 1.Mahsa Amini
- 2.Toomaj Salehi
- 3.Amir Raisian
- 4.Amir Raesian
- 5.Caoilfhionn Gallagher
- 6.Claudia Bennett
- 7.Iqbal Iqbali
- 8.Jemimah Steinfeld
- 9.Margaret Atwood
- 10.Masoud Pezeshkian
- 11.Mehdi Yarrahi
- 12.Mohammad Javad Zarif