Toomaj Salehi

Oct 31, 2024 | indexoncensorship.org | Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe |Toomaj Salehi |Arezou Eghbali |Sarah Dawood

Protesters in the streets of Paris show solidarity with the Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi. Photo by MAXPPP / Alamy Stock Photo / Alamy Live News For many of us, specifically those who have experienced prison, Toomaj Salehi is the symbol of resistance against an autocratic regime’s oppression, and whose honest and unapologetic voice cuts through the sheer reality of a society suffering from repression and corruption.

Apr 8, 2024 | artsprofessional.co.uk | Toomaj Salehi

Freedom of expression is an increasingly fashionable topic. Rarely does a day go by when there isn’t a discussion in the media about censorship, self-censorship, repression or the most recent action by a tyrant to silence dissent.