[Opinion] UN working group on arbitrary detention releases opinion concerning the treatment of Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi

UN Says Iran’s Crimes Against Humanity Demand Expanded Investigation

Fact-Finding Mission Cites Widescale Murder, Imprisonment, Torture and Rape UN: Systematic Abuses Continue, Accountability Outside Iran Should be Pursued March 14, 2025 – In a new report based on a two-year investigation, the UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran (FFMI) states that two and a half years after the “Woman, Life, Freedom” protests began in September 2022, the Government of Iran continues to violently abuse the ri…

UN working group on arbitrary detention releases opinion concerning the treatment of Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi

On 13 March 2025, the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (“UNWGAD”) issued an opinion declaring that Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi’s detention of more than 753 days was arbitrary and in violation of international law. A joint petition was submitted to the UNWGAD by the Human Rights Foundation, Doughty Street Chambers, and Index on Censorship in July 2024.  Mr Salehi has been subjected to a sustained campaign of judicial harassmen…