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London Rallies as Famous Iranian Rapper Sentenced to Death

Urgent musical protest scheduled. A portrait still from one of Toomaj’s music videos. Event Details: Sunday, April 28th 2:00-4pm Under the Marble Arch W1C 1CX Mic Righteous of Iranian heritage, will support the event. Prominent and much-loved Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi has been sentenced to death by the ruling regime in Iran, on charges of his music “spreading corruption on earth”. The…

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ACTIONS - Iranian Rapper Toomaj Salehi's Death Sentence

Actions for death row Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi

A twitter storm is set for tomorrow and rally in Trafalgar Square on Sunday this April. Global events are planned also. At a time when mass murders are happening in Palestine and we are feeling more than paralysed at how to help while holding our space for universal human rights between the evils of the regime and Likud, this is one life we might be able to effect change for.

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The Human Rights Watch Film Festival London + The World

Over the years some of the best films we have ever encountered come from the endangered sections of the human race; minorities, apartheid, gender and race-related violence. London’s festival features two main Iranian screenings at the Barbican https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2024/event/disruption-contemporary-shorts-by-iranian-women-filmmakers The courage of individuals standing up for…

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Innovative Community Music in the Oppressive State

“On this channel, we depict the Iranian revolution that started in 2022, in 4K video quality. We see the growing Iranian people’s civil disobedience, writing slogans on the walls against the Iranian government, Iranian women walking without the mandatory hijab in the streets and shopping malls. We have also focused on the culture and lack of culture of the Iranian people in social fields such as…

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This Week's Six Pillars to Persia - Curating MENA Art in Europe

Arab Photography Now – edited by Rose Issa and Michket Krifa Curators and authors Rose Issa (London) and Michket Krifa (Paris) discuss curating Middle Eastern and North African art in a European context, at a time when institutions, for the first time in France, but since some years already in the UK, are faced with cuts. Rose Issa is director of Rose Issa Projects, a gallery spread across two…

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Statement on Palestine

STATEMENT The Israeli settlement of Gilo (far left) sits on the other side of the Barrier, in close proximity to the Palestinian towns of Beit Jala and al Walaja. The settlement was built inside the West Bank, in contravention of international law. The events in Palestine and Israel have been, and continue to be harrowing and divisive. Early partisan statements all but took the wind out of the…

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Baluchi Cultural Evening with Master Musician Rostam Mirlashari - Fri, October 8th Dec, King's X

Join renowned Baluch musician Rostam Mirlashari this Friday at 8 pm in London for an unforgettable evening at King’s Place. Balochis located in Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan, have their own distinct language, culture and customs, as well as musical and dance styles. The Balochi music is related to the musical traditions of southern Afghanistan, western Pakistan and eastern Iran, and has its…

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Listen/purchase: Variations for a Space and Its History by Bradley-Weaver

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Yesterday Iranians in #London protested outside UK Prime Minister's office at #downingstreet

as the govt props up #genocide, #femicide, #infanticide #GenderApartheid in #Iran

See the now-famous dance of young slain protestor #khodanurlojei from the targeted #Balouchi tribes:

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Parliamentary Briefing on Iran

One Year Since Mahsa Amini’s Death, Which Sparked a Movement MP Alicia Kearns, Chair of the Select Committee at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Various Iranian freedom advocates hosted a briefing on Iran on the UK Parliament’s Terrace Pavilion. The briefing was for outreach and calls to action for Iran, just as all over the world thousands commemorated one year since 22-year old Mahsa Jina…

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"How #Iranian Women Reached the Point of No Return"at the London conference:Tomorrow, Today: Woman Life Freedom - #AzadiNetwork @AzadiNetwork_uk at @LCFLondon @ual #TTWLF #iran #women #womanlifefreedom #mahsaamini #Mahsa_Amini https://youtu.be/FU0x0Wzhfrw?feature=shared via @YouTube 

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Dark Noon - A Story about South Africa - Edinburgh Fringe Review

From South Africa comes a multi-media, fourth wall-breaking story that appears to be about the history of building but instead reveals that story to be one of destruction. By masterfully putting the audience in the position of the abused, while also making them each an observer of that tale as live news and sport, the production plays with distance and proximity, pitching the intimately personal…

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This Week's Six Pillars Show - Bizarre Qajar

This week a one to one with emerging artist Shirin Fathi. Fathi turned up at the opening of an exhibition I’d curated in summer 2013 called New Players, New Roles, and was presented to me by one of the artists featured in my show Nooshin Farhid, as she was Farhid’s student. The words ‘very promising‘ stayed with me but I didn’t realise she was the same person when by email we made contact merely…

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Godfather of British Hiphop, Rodney P, Joins Stage Under Marble Arch in Support of Human Rights in Iran, Sunday May 14th

Global action for Imprisoned rapper in solitary confinement for 200 days in Iran.Sunday 14th May 13:00 – 16:00Directly beneath London’s iconic Marble Arch This Sunday, a co-ordinated global action takes place across major cities in Europe and the USA to support Toomaj Salehi, an Iranian rapper wrongfully imprisoned for making music. Toomaj has been in solitary confinement for 200 days. The event…

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Woman Life Freedom Conference, University of the Arts London (UAL)

Announcing a 2 day conference “Tomorrow, Today: Woman Life Freedom” Wednesday April 19th / Thursday April 20th. The aim of this cross-disciplinary conference is to promote understanding and solidarity with the WLF movement, and promote discussion and collaboration amongst diaspora here in UK. “Tomorrow, Today: Woman Life Freedom” aspires to a better future for Iran in our own lifetime. An…

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Home Office investigating visas issued to Iranian clerics By Camilla Turner, Chief Political Correspondent 25 March 2023 • 9:00pm The immigration minister is understood to be concerned about whether sufficient due diligence is being carried out before visas are issued The Home Office has launched a review into visas issued to Iranian clerics Credit: David Rose/David Rose The Home Office has…