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IFJ Calls on Iran to Free Jailed Journalist after Claims of Mistreatment
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today called on Iranian authorities to release journalist Abdolreza Tajik who has been in detention for 50 days without being charged. His family claims he has been ill treated in jail.
"The failure to produce evidence that he has broken the law and the fears that he is being abused in jail should be enough to indicate that there is a terrible injustice here," said Aidan White, IFJ General Secretary. "If there is no case to answer he should be freed immediately and all the allegations of ill treatment must be investigated." ...more |
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Iran must end harassment of stoning case lawyer
Amnesty International has urged the Iranian authorities to stop harassing human rights lawyers amid continuing uncertainty over the whereabouts of the defence counsel in a recent controversial stoning case and the arrest of two of his relatives. Mohammad Mostafaei's whereabouts have been unknown since shortly after he was released from questioning by judicial officials last Saturday. Late that evening, the Iranian authorities detained his wife and brother-in-law, prompting fears that they are being held to put pressure on Mohammed Mostafaei to turn himself in to the authorities, if he is not already being detained. ...more |
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URGENT ACTION - WOMAN SENTENCED TO STONING STILL AT RISK
Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, a 43-year-old mother of two, is held on death row in Tabriz Prison, north-west Iran, and could still face execution. Around 7 July, following international protests, officials in Tabriz asked the head of Iran's judiciary to agree that her sentence of stoning to death be converted to execution by hanging. Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani was convicted in May 2006 of having an "illicit relationship" with two men and received 99 lashes as her sentence. Despite this, she was then also convicted of "adultery while being married", which she has denied, and sentenced to death by stoning. ...more |
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Message of Solidarity to the General Assembly of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
We send plentiful greetings to our friends and colleagues participating in the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) General Assembly. Friends, we are extremely distressed that no representative of the Iranian labour movement is present among you to demonstrate the solidarity of Iranian workers with your General Assembly, and to inform you of the day-to-day issues of today*s Iranian labour movement. Nevertheless, know that despite the distance between us, we see ourselves by your side and wish for a most productive and victorious week for you and for the global labour movement. Comrades and colleagues, for nearly a decade now, you have come to our aid with your strong support, and have been intimately involved in our problems and struggles. We nevertheless wish to inform you that the Iranian labour movement is enduring one of its darkest times ever. ...more |
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List of imprisoned trade unionists
Saeed Torabian and Reza Shahabi, leading members of a trade union which is not recognized by the authorities in Iran, have been arrested and are held at unknown locations. Their arrests is connected to the anniversary of the disputed 2009 presidential election, which fell on 12 June. The two detained men are at risk of torture or other ill-treatment. There are more than currently more than fifty trade unionsts languishing in the prisons of the Islamic Republic of Iran. They are all held solely on account of their peaceful trade union activities and in conditions amounting to enforced disappearance, which facilitates the use of torture or other ill-treatment. The list of names of all imprisoned trade unionists are as follows: ...more |
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PRESS RELEASE - Further political prisoners in danger in Iran
Outrage has been expressed by the Committee for the Defence of the Iranian People's Rights (CODIR) at the recent arrest of a number of workers and student activists in Iran.
The arrests follow the familiar pattern, established by the regime since the disputed presidential election of 12th June 2009, of arrest, trial without representation and severe sentences for those campaigning for peace and democracy.
CODIR has received information that in recent weeks a number of pro- reform activists have been arrested and given unusually harsh sentences including long term prison sentences. ...more |
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Iranians dig in for the battle they know could take years
A year ago Mahmoud Ahmadinejad crushed protests against him. But as these stories show, he did not break his opponents' spirit. Back in June 2009, few could have predicted the scenes. Hundreds of thousands of Iranians of all ages and from all walks of life spontaneously filling the streets to protest about an election result that returned to power the hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
But after a remarkably free-spirited election campaign, marked by lively rallies in which women, unusually, played a vocal part, democracy activists felt they had historic momentum behind them. ...more |
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Iran's neoliberal agenda!
On the fist anniversary of the fraudulent election that secured Ahmadinejad's second term as president, Iran is once again under the international media spotlight. Barely three days after the UN Security Council imposed devastating fourth term sanctions on Iran, the fundamentalist regime has clamped down on its seething population and banned the anticipated mass protest demonstrations planned for Saturday 12th June, the anniversary of the election. As the world public struggles to balance its total opposition to the UN sanctions and threats of military attack by the US and its allies with its abhorrence of the theocratic dictatorship and the adventurous and ill thought pronouncements and actions of the Ahmadinejad and his courtiers, this article exposes the true anti-popular roots and intentions of the regime and its continuing impoverishment and subjugation of the Iranian people. ...more |
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Iran: One year on since crackdown, hundreds still imprisoned-New report
Lawyers, academics, former political prisoners and members of Iran's ethnic and religious minorities have also been caught up in an expanding wave of repression that has led to widespread incidents of torture and other ill-treatment along with politically-motivated execution of prisoners.
This repression is documented in a new Amnesty International report From Protest to Prison: Iran One Year After the Election which reviews a year of arrest and detention of those who have spoken out against the government and its abuses. The publication of the report marks the launch of a one-year campaign calling for the release of prisoners of conscience in Iran held since the disputed 2009 election and ensuing repression and fair trials without recourse to the death penalty for other political prisoners. ...more |
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Iran: One year on crackdown on dissent widens with hundreds unjustly imprisoned
"It's essential that we stand up for the unjustly imprisoned and be their voice. The prisoner's worst nightmare is the thought of being forgotten. But knowing that your plight is in the hearts and minds of people across the world, brings you a great sense of hope.", Maziar Bahari, the Iranian-Canadian journalist for Newsweek, released after four months detention in Iran following the election. One year on from Iran 's disputed June 2009 presidential election, Amnesty International has documented a widening crackdown on dissent that has left journalists, students, political and rights activists as well as clerics languishing in prisons.
Lawyers, academics, former political prisoners and members of Iran's ethnic and religious minorities have also been caught up in an expanding wave of repression that has led to widespread incidents of torture and other ill-treatment along with politically motivated execution of prisoners. ...more |
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UNISON chief demands Iranian activist Mansour Osanloo's freedom after safety fears
UNISON General Secretary, Dave Prentis, has called for the release of leading Iranian trade union activist, Mansour Osanloo, from an isolation ward at Rajai Shar Prison, in Tehran, after fears for his safety.Dave Prentis has written to the Ambassador of Iran, Rasoul Movahedian, demanding an end to the government's persecution of Osanloo and for his family and reliable representatives to be allowed to visit.
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Union Calls for an End to Executions in Iran!
Dear Ambassador,
It is with a sense of shock and outrage that UNISON SW Regional Committee received news of the recent executions of trades unionists and peace activists in the Islamic Republic of Iran, including Farzad Kamangar and four others, on the 9th May 2010. UNISON SW is concerned about the reports indicating further impending executions in the Islamic Republic of Iran. We strongly urge you to make representations to your Government, and the Iranian President, to halt any escalation of trade union repression and human rights abuses. We call for an end to all executions in Iran and the immediate release of all political prisoners. We would further ask you to seek assurances from the Government of the Islamic Republic that the principles of the International Labour Organisation regarding freedom of association are complied with.
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STOP THE EXECUTIONS IN IRAN NOW
Liberation is appalled at the continued violation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, and in particular the execution of 5 political prisoners on 9th May 2010. According to the human rights organisations and opposition forces in Iran, the regime retaliate to any kind of criticism and opposition in a theocrat manner and by arresting, detaining, torturing and executing their opponents; including journalists, students, writers, workers, teachers, women and human rights activists on a vast scale. They are accused on fabricated charges, such as 'threat against national security' or 'link with anti-revolution groups' or 'moharebeh' (enmity towards God). ...more |
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We struggle for progressive change!
Following the publication of the first part of the CODIR's interview with Jelveh Javaheri, one of the well known activists of the Iranian women's movement, we are pleased to publish the second instalment of that interview. In this part Jelveh answers a number of important questions about the state of the women's movement inside Iran. We encourage all supporters of human and democratic rights to study this important interview.
For the first part of this interview and a short biography of Jelveh Javaheri please visit the following link: http://www.codir.net/editorial.html#51 ...more |
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Iran one year on: Osanloo still jailed, workers still oppressed
A year to the day since his violent arrest the ITF, International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and Amnesty International are calling on the world not to forget jailed Iranian trade unionist Mansour Osanloo.
Through their publications, websites and memberships the three organisations are once again pledging that Osanloo will not be forgotten and demanding his release. Their call comes as a year elapses since he was snatched off a bus in Tehran on 10 July 2007 in an arrest the authorities initially denied had even taken place - and as a currently unconfirmed report says that yesterday instead of being escorted to a hospital appointment he was instead taken for arraignment at the Intelligence Court. ...more |
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