To: labour organisations around the world

 

As you may have already been informed, on May 1, 2009 more than 170 of those participating in the May Day rally at Laleh Park in Tehran were arrested. More than 100 of the detainees are still in custody. They have been denied meeting with their families, and there is no accurate information about their whereabouts. The families of the detainees gather in front of the court in Tehran everyday for information about their loved ones. However, so far they have not received any answers.

 

A large-scale movement is forming against these arrests. 29 unions and worker organisations from different cities in Iran have launched a campaign for the release of the May Day detainees. The International Labour Solidarity Committee of the Worker-communist Party of Iran calls on all humanitarian organisations around the world to join this campaign and support its demands:

 

  1. The Islamic Republic should be strongly condemned for atrocious attacks against May Day celebrations, beating the participants and arresting them. The detainees should be released immediately and unconditionally.
  2. The Islamic Republic is the regime of flogging, prison, torture, and execution. The Islamic regime prosecutes and imprisons workers for organising their unions and celebrating May Day. This regime should be expelled from all international institutions including the ILO.
  3. The International Labour Solidarity Committee requests labour organisations worldwide to form and send a delegation to inspect the prisons and the conditions of May Day detainees and to demand the detainees and all other political prisoners’ immediate and unconditional release.

 

 

International Labour Solidarity Committee of the Worker-communist Party of Iran

May 11, 2009

   

Shahla Daneshfar, Co-ordinator (Bahram.soroush@gmail.com)

Bahram Soroush, Public Relations (Shahla_daneshfar@yahoo.com)

 

 

 

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 International Labour Solidarity Committee of the Worker-communist Party of Iran

 

Head office:

Co-ordinator: Shahla Daneshfar shahla_daneshfar@yahoo.com

Public Relations: Bahram Soroush bahram.soroush@gmail.com

Around the world:

Australia: Arsalan Nazeri ilscaustralianb@optusnet.com.au ,Canada: Mehran Mahbobi workersiniranca@yahoo.ca Finland: Abdol Golparian workers_iniran@yahoo.com وGermany: nazaninborumand@googlemail.com, Norway: Saber Rahimi workeriniran@yahoo.no Sweden: Mamad Amiri workersiniran_se@yahoo.se UK: Shiva Mahbobi workersiniranuk@yahoo.com