Iranian labour activist Mehrdad Vaziri has been arrested in Iran’s Kurdistan Province.
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Another labour activist arrested in Tehran
Iranian authorities have arrested another labour and human rights activist in Tehran.
Labour activist Mahdi Farahi Shandiz to serve 3-year prison sentence
The Human Rights Activists news agency has reported that unionist teacher Mahdi Farahi Shandiz was arrested in the first week of January to serve a three-year jail term.
Labour activist arrested in Sanandaj
Sheys Amani, an executive member of the Union of Free Workers of Iran, has been arrested by Iranian authorities.
Labour activist ends hunger strike
A jailed Iranian labour activist has ended a 30-day hunger strike after being hospitalized.
Lawyer calls for release of labour activist
The lawyer for jailed labour activist Reza Shahabi has denounced his client’s undetermined judicial state and called for his release.
Jailed labour activist taken to hospital
Jailed Iranian labour activist Reza Shahabi has been transferred to hospital after three weeks on a hunger strike.
Iranian labour activist re-arrested
Iranian labour activist Ebrahim Madadi, who had been released from prison on a furlough 10 days ago, returned to prison today in Tehran.
Labour activist on hunger strike in protest to lack of medical treatment
Labor activist Reza Shahabi, who has been in prison since his 12 June 2010 arrest, embarked on a dry hunger strike on 22 November in protest of the Evin Prison authorities’ lack of medical treatment and attention to his illness.