Reza Shahabi who is suffering from back and neck ache and blood pressure is not allowed to go to medical furlough by the authorities. According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Reza Shahabi, the member of syndicate of workers of Tehran and suburbs bus drivers’ board who is is ward […]
Tag: Labor
Osanloo’s Family Calls for Investigation Into His Prison Death
The family of deceased prisoner of conscience Afshin Osanloo has requested that the Medical Examiner investigate his cause of death, his sister told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. Osanloo’s official cause of death on June 20, 2013, has been listed as a heart attack, but his sister Fereshteh Osanloo said he […]
Afshin Osanlo’s Sister: We Are In A Shock Over My Brother’s Death
On Thursday June 20, incarcerated labor activist Afshin Osanlo was taken to a hospital after he suffered a heart attack in Rejaei Shahr prison . Unfortunately he did not survive his heart attack. Director of Tehran’s prisons in an interview with ISNA confirmed Afshin Osanlo’s death and said, Osanlo was arrested in 2010 and was […]
Shahrokh Zamani barred from face-to-face visitation and phone calls
Shahrokh Zamani, labor activist who was arrested on June 7, 2011, sentenced to 11 years in prison, and transferred to various prisons, is now banned from face-to-face visitations and phone calls. Zamani is a member of the Council of Representatives of Labor Organizations and the Painters’.
Labor activist allowed furlough, ends prison hunger strike
Iranian labor activist Reza Shahabi was given a five-day medical leave by Evin Prison authorities and has ended his hunger strike after 23 days.
Labor activist, Pedram Nasrollahi, was sentenced to 19 months in prison by the appeals court
Labor activist, Pedram Nasrollahi, was sentenced to 19 months in prison by the appeals court of Sanandaj, Iran.
Update on the Arrested Labor Activists
As reported earlier, on June 15, a security forces raid on the sixth convention of the Coordinating Committee to Help Form Workers Organizations in Iran resulted in the arrest of more than sixty delegates to the convention.
Spontaneous Demonstration on International Labor Day
Roozonline – As the first of May, the international Labor Day, approaches, and while labor unrest is ever present in the country, labor groups in Iran have announced plans to hold demonstrations on this date and noted that if the official permit for a national demonstration is not issued, they will launch a “spontaneous” […]
Iran: New Arrests of Labor Activists
Iranian authorities should immediately release dozens of labor and independent trade union activists imprisoned for speaking out peacefully in defense of workers, Human Rights Watch said today. Convictions solely for the peaceful exercise of freedom of association and assembly should be quashed, and charges should be dropped against others facing prosecution for these reasons, […]
Appeals Court Upheld Heavy Prison Terms for Labor Activists in Tabriz
The Appeals Court has upheld heavy prison sentences issued for four leftist labor activists from Tabriz, East Azerbaijan Province.