2023-06-15 11:34:59
Dear Madam, Sir,
As you may know, prominent Iranian dissident rapper Toomaj Salehi was abducted by the Islamic Republic on October 30th, 2022.
Since then he has been severely tortured and put in solitary confinement for at least 229 days.
Toomaj's deteriorating physical health warrants more attention by the international community - with credible reports highlighting some of the injuries he has sustained at the hands of the regime's agents:
- his leg and his fingers were broken
- his head and face were severely beaten
His sponsor, German politician Ye-One Rhie, has also voiced her concern over Toomaj's health condition.
Toomaj has always been the voice of Iranians - and his music and lyrics have for years highlighted the oppression Iranians are subjected to by the Islamic Republic, and most recently in this uprising "Woman, Life, Freedom".
The charges against Toomaj are baseless.
He is an artist who - like every human being - was merely exercising his inherent right of freedom of speech.
He should be freed immediately.
I urge you to use your prominent position to call for his release and with that, to stop the regime's judicial court to sentence him to long term imprisonment.
Yours sincerely,
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