The Islamic Republic Attacks Labor Activists Once Again
On Friday the 26th of Khordad 1391 plain clothes secret police of the Islamic Republic attacked a gathering of the Labor Organization Assistance Committee which has been legally working within the requirements of the law since 1384. All of the attendees, over 60 individuals, were beaten, injured and arrested. This is while all of the activities of this organization and labor unions have been public and the Islamic Republic released all of them other than nine individuals named Mazyar Mehrpour, Saeed Marzban, Mitra Homayouni, Sirous Fathi, Jalil Mohammadi, Massoud Salimpour, Reyhaneh Ansari, Alireza Asgari and Faramarz Fetradnejad which have been incarcerated at an unknown location without any formal charges.
In a time where the inability of the Islamic Republic to democratically manage society has let to serious national crises and ill conceived international policies has let to isolation and economic sanctions, the management of large industrial companies which are mostly owned by the government or the revolutionary guard have forced all of their shortcomings on defenseless workers and laid off hundreds of thousands.
The Islamic Republic must release all those who have been arrested because of their activities to help create social or labor organizations and honor the provisions of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Workers have the right to organize to defend their rights.
Iranian workers need the strong support of international labor organizations. With strong support it is possible to gain the freedom of jailed labor activists.
Solidarity to Defend Human Rights in Iran
July 25, 2012
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Supporters;
Union for the Advancement of Secular Democracy in Iran/ North America
Union for the Advancement of Secular Democracy in Iran/ Toronto, Canada
Union for the Advancement of Secular Democracy in Iran/Chicago, USA
Union for the Advancement of Secular Democracy in Iran/Los Angeles, USA
Union for the Advancement of Secular Democracy in Iran/New York, USA
Society for Human Rights and Democracy/ Homburg
Esmail Khoi Foundation
The Committee for Defense of Human Rights in Iran/Austria
Community support for the rights of all Iranians/Austria
Society to Defend Human Rights and Democracy in Iran/Sweden
Collective Union Mehr/Colon
Network for Iranian Solidarity Frezno/ California, USA
Network for Iranian Public Solidarity/ California, USA
Federation Iropres
Independent Committee Against Suppression of Iranian Public
London Green Movement/ London, England
Cardiff Green Movement/
Florida for Human Rights in Iran, Florida, USA
