2023-01-31 12:29:14
Dear Sir, Madam,
I am writing you about a subject of high importance which needs media coverage and international action: the detention of Toomaj Salehi.
It has been four months since the protests in Iran against the Islamic Republic started.
The Islamic Republic continues to violently repress the popular uprisings which are asking for freedom, justice and democracy. Nineteen thousand protesters have been arrested and the death toll has risen above five hundred, including many children. Moreover, the regime has recently started with the execution of people arrested during these anti-government protests. Trials are held behind closed doors, without appeal or attorney. Several peaceful protesters have already been executed and many others are in danger of execution.
Among the arrested protesters risking execution is Toomaj Salehi, a brave famous dissident rapper having denounced the oppression by the regime. Through his music, he has been the voice of Iranians for years. He openly denounces the absence of political and civil liberties, corruption, gender apartheid, and social inequalities. He was brutally arrested on 30th October 2022, and has been in solitary confinement for 94 days. The authorities have brutally tortured him, physically and mentally, to the point of breaking his leg and fingers and injuring his eye. He needs urgent medical care, which the regime denies him. He has been accused of “corruption on earth”, a crime carrying the death penalty. His life is in great danger.
Toomaj is innocent. He must be released.
In the name of human rights and freedom of speech, I am asking you to do what is in your power to stop the massacres and violations of human rights committed by the Islamic Republic and to call for the release of Toomaj Salehi. He should be freed immediately, before the regime's judicial court sentences him to death. Your voice can save his life.
Sincere greetings,
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