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Sample Protest Letter
(Updated December 1, 2010):
Free all jailed workers
now
I (we) am (are) writing this to demand an immediate
and unconditional freedom of all jailed workers and labour activists in
Iran. The persecution of labour activists in Iran must be stopped
immediately.
I (we) demand immediate and unconditional freedom of
members of the Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburbs Vahed Bus
Company,
including Reza Shahabi who has been in jail since June
2010 without trial, Gholamhossein Gholamhosseini who has been
incarcerated since November 3, 2010, Morteza Komsari, arrested on
November 23, 3020, Ali Akbar Nazri, jailed since November 29, 2010, in
addition to Mansoor Osanloo and Ebrahim Maddadi who have been in prison
since 2007.
I also demand an immediate end to persecution of
members of the Coordinating Committee to Help Form Workers'
Organizations and the and The
Committee to Pursue the Establishment of Free Workers' Organizations. Sadigh Khosravi and Ibrahim
Ismaili, two members of the “Coordinating Committee to Help Form
Workers' Organizations” have been incarcerated since November 8, 2010
while many other members of this committee are facing jail terms. other
labour activists. Behnam Ebrahimzadeh,
a member of “The Committee to Pursue the Establishment of Free Workers
Organizations”, has been incarcerated in Evin’s division of 350 since
June 12, 2010.
In addition, MR. Reza Rakhshan, the
President of board of directors of Syndicate of Workers of Haft Tapeh
Sugar Cane Company, has been sentenced to six month imprisonment on
December 1, 2010 by branch 13 of the Court of appeal at Ahvaz in Iran
for bogus charge of "spreading lies".
I (we) condemn the continuous gross attacks on human
and workers’ rights in Iran. I (we) demand the immediate and
unconditional freedom of all labour activists and political prisoners
and call on the government to respect the right to organize, assemble
and freedom of association and expression.
Name:
Organization:
Position:
Send Copy of your Protest Letters to:
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CC:
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International Alliance in
Support of Workers in Iran (IASWI)
[email protected]
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www.etehadbinalmelali.com
www.workers-iran.org
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