Getting more mileage: Iranian artists-in-exile find a vehicle for protest
Sedan once gifted to a Romanian dictator puts an artistic spin on opposition to Tehran’s oppressive regime
05 June 2022 - 19:50
At the Oslo Freedom Forum, an annual gathering of political activists and dissidents, attendees are confronted with the challenge of making the world care about long-running tyrannies. The passage of decades makes it that much harder to draw international attention to the plight of Cubans, say, or Zimbabweans — and harder still because newer causes, such as the tragedy of the Uyghurs, clamour for our collective concern...
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