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Tag : Toomaj salehi

April 30, 2024

Target on Her Back: Tortured Woman Cartoonist in Iran Must Be Released from Prison  

Atena Farghadani Beaten to the Point of Losing Consciousness International Community Must Demand Her Freedom April 30, 2024 – Atena Farghadani, a 37-year-old cartoonist ...

April 26, 2024

UN Experts Demand Release of Rapper Toomaj Salehi Sentenced to Death in Iran

UN experts have called for the immediate release of rapper and songwriter Toomaj Salehi and urged Iranian authorities to overturn his unjust death sentence, ...

April 24, 2024

Rapper Toomaj Salehi’s Death Sentence Marks New Low in Iran’s Crackdown on Dissent

Rapper Toomaj Salehi's Death Sentence Marks New Low in Iran's Crackdown on Dissent April 24, 2024 – A death sentence issued in Iran against dissident rapper Toomaj Salehi underscores the glaring unlawfulness and injustice of the Islamic Republic’s judicial ...

December 6, 2023

Urgent Call to Free Rapper Detained in Iran After Revealing Torture in State Custody

Toomaj Salehi Re-Arrested After Publicly Disclosing Plans to Sue State Requires Medical Treatment for Injuries Sustained in Prison December 5, 2023 – The ...

August 2, 2023

Political Executions Surge in Iran as Government Seeks to Silence All Dissent 

Young Men Are Hanged without Due Process or Fair Trials August 2, 2023 – Politically motivated executions are increasing dramatically in Iran, with at least 17 mostly young men hung in blatantly unlawful prosecutions over the last 10 months. The ...

April 6, 2023

Imprisoned Dissident Rapper Toomaj Salehi, Voice of Iran’s Protests, Faces Possible Execution

Sources Close to Toomaj Urge International Community to Demand His Release Before Trial Begins Imprisoned Unjustly Since October 2022, in Urgent Need of Medical Care April 6, 2023 – The international community, including music and arts institutions as well ...

December 12, 2022

Lynching in Iran: Majidreza Rahnavard, 23, Publicly Hanged in State-Sponsored Murder

Young People will Continue to be Killed in Iran without International Action  December 12, 2022 – The hanging in public of Majidreza Rahnavard, 23, in Mashhad today—the second execution of a young person in Iran without due process ...

December 8, 2022

Executions in Iran: World Must Respond with Strong Action Against State Killings of Protesters

Café Worker Mohsen Shekari, 23, Denied Due Process in Kangaroo Court   December 8, 2022 – The execution today in Iran of Mohsen ...

November 30, 2022

Iran Protests: Juveniles Could Face Death Penalty in Kangaroo “Revolutionary” Court

Governments, UN Must Take Urgent Action to Protect Them November 30, 2022 – At least three juveniles are among 15 individuals in the Iranian ...

November 16, 2022

Beleaguered Yet Defiant, Iranian Artists Persecuted for Supporting Anti-State Protests  

Actresses Appear Without State-Mandated Headscarves as 100+ Film Industry Workers Face Unemployment, Prosecution  Almost anywhere else, it wouldn’t have been ...

November 2, 2022

World Must Warn Iran Against Death Sentences for Protesters in Upcoming Mass Trials

Charges Carrying Possible Death Sentence Already Being Issued November 2, 2022 – With mass public trials for protesters recently announced in ...

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    UN: Iran’s Surge in Unlawful Executions May Amount to Crimes Against Humanity
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    September 24, 2025
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    Lives at Risk: An Urgent Call from Inside Evin Prison
    September 22, 2025
  • Iran Intensifies Crackdown on Teachers: Dozens Arrested, Fired, or Sentenced for Peaceful Union Activity
    Iran Intensifies Crackdown on Teachers: Dozens Arrested, Fired, or Sentenced for Peaceful Union Activity
    September 17, 2025
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    September 3, 2025
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