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Brickbat: Songs of Protest

Charles Oliver | 5.2.2024 4:00 AM


Protesters in New York City hold up signs saying FREE TOOMAJ and STOP DEATH PENALTY NOW. | Lev Radin/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom
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An Iranian court has sentenced rapper Toomaj Salehi to death after finding him guilty of "corruption on Earth." Salehi has been arrested multiple times for his songs about the government's corruption and stifling of dissent.

Charles Oliver is a contributing editor at Reason.

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