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Demonstrators wear Salehi masks in London
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A protest on Sunday opposite Downing Street in London against Iran imposing the death penalty on rapper Toomaj Salehi. Negin Abdolmaleki, 21, was bludgeoned to death in October 2022 by security forces at a rally in Hamadan. All photos: PA
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The protest in Whitehall against Salehi's death sentence in relation to his support for the Woman, Life, Freedom movement after the killing of Mahsa Amini, 22, in September 2022
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London protesters wear masks depicting Iranian rapper Salehi on Sunday
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The protest in Whitehall
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Salehi had earlier been sentenced to six years' imprisonment for his anti-government songs but had been released
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A speaker at the London protest calling for Salehi's freedom
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Salehi was a supporter of the Woman, Life, Freedom movement that sprang up after the death of Ms Amini in morality police custody in September 2022
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Protesters denounce the Iranian regime and call for the popular rapper's release
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The protesters call for Salehi's release and an end to executions in Iran
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The protest across the road from Downing Street on Sunday
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Demonstrators wear Salehi masks in London
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A protest on Sunday opposite Downing Street in London against Iran imposing the death penalty on rapper Toomaj Salehi. Negin Abdolmaleki, 21, was bludgeoned to death in October 2022 by security forces at a rally in Hamadan. All photos: PA
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The protest in Whitehall against Salehi's death sentence in relation to his support for the Woman, Life, Freedom movement after the killing of Mahsa Amini, 22, in September 2022
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London protesters wear masks depicting Iranian rapper Salehi on Sunday
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The protest in Whitehall
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Salehi had earlier been sentenced to six years' imprisonment for his anti-government songs but had been released
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A speaker at the London protest calling for Salehi's freedom
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Salehi was a supporter of the Woman, Life, Freedom movement that sprang up after the death of Ms Amini in morality police custody in September 2022
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Protesters denounce the Iranian regime and call for the popular rapper's release
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The protesters call for Salehi's release and an end to executions in Iran
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The protest across the road from Downing Street on Sunday
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Demonstrators wear Salehi masks in London
Toomaj Salehi: London protest calls for release of Iranian rapper on death row
Iranian court sentenced Salehi, 33, on charge of 'corruption on Earth'
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28 April, 2024
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