'Global Music Awards honors Toomaj Salehi, Iranian rapper, with the Heretic Award for Protest/Activist Music for his song Faal [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jpi7d_uQ5Ec with English subtitles].
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Salehi was a vocal member of the protests following the death of Mahsa Amini, a woman killed by “morality police” after not wearing a hijab properly. Above participating in the protests, Salehi helped to organize, calling for demonstrations and spreading the message. For this and the themes in his music, Salehi was arrested for crimes against the government such as “corruption on Earth,” which carries the death penalty, “propagandistic activity,” “cooperation with hostile governments,” and “forming illegal groups with the intention of creating insecurity in the country,” among others.
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We can all hope to aspire to the bravery and resolute will of Toomaj Salehi.'
https://www.globalmusicawards.com/Heretic.html
More on the injustice at the "The International Campaign to Free Toomaj Salehi":
https://freetoomajsalehi.com
See also Toomaj's excellent rap against State-murder (death "penalty") here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBG27SseNgg and for teachers protesting against starvation wages, etc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-6OwTTfN2A (both also English subtitles) and more at the official @ToomajSalehi@YouTube.com (
https://www.youtube.com/@ToomajSalehi/videos).
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