Jailed Iranian labour activist Shahrokh Zamani finally ended his hunger strike on Monday April 14, after authorities agreed to his demand that he be returned to Rejai Shahr Prison. HRANA, the Huamn Rights Activists News Agency, reports that Zamani was interrogated at Branch Seven of Karaj Investigation Bureau, and reports indicate that he was […]
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Jailed activist’s hunger strike reaches 35 days
Jailed Iranian labour activist Shahroukh Zamani is continuing his hunger strike and has now been refusing food for 35 days. According to lawyer Naghi Mahmoudi, Zanmani has been on a hunger strike since March 7 to protest his transfer to Qezel Hessar Prison in Karaj and bring about his return to Rejai Shahr Prison. […]
Shahrokh Zamani on day 29 of hunger strike
Shahrokh Zamani, the member of the provisional board for reopening of House-Painter Workers’ Union and the Follow-up Committee to Set up Free Labor Organizations is spending the 29th day of his hunger strike. According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Shahrokh Zamani has been exiled from Rajai Shahr Prison to […]
Activists get solitary for protesting closure of prison library
Imprisoned labour activists Rasoul Bedaghi and Shahrokh Zamani have been transferred to solitary confinement at Rejai Shahr Prison for their protests against the closure of a prison library. The Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) reports that on Saturday February 15, Bedaghi and Zamani were transferred to solitary confinement for having protested the closure […]
Prisoners refuse food to support sugarcane workers
Two Iranian political prisoners have begun a hunger strike in support of the protest movement by Haft Tapeh Sugarcane Company workers. Shahrokh Zamani and Khaled Hordani announced that as of Tuesday December 24, they are refusing food in solidarity with the Haft Tapeh workers, Kordpa reports. Those workers have begun a series of protests […]
Shahrokh Zamani is sentenced to another six months in prison
After being tried once more, Shahrokh Zamani has been sentenced to another six months in prison.According to the report of committee to support Shahrokh Zamani, this labor activist who was sentenced to 11 years in prison on charge of establishing the socialistic group and propagating against the regime, was transferred to branch 2 of […]