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PRESS RELEASE
Sunday, Dec 10, 2006
Iran: Third bus union activist released; Ossanlou still in detention
Gholamreza Gholam-Hosseini, the third of the three activists of the Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburbs United Bus Company (Sherkat e Vahed), who were arrested last week, has been released on bail. Seyyed Davoud Razavi and Abdolreza Taraazi, members of the union’s Executive Board, were released last Sunday evening. The three were arrested at the bus company’s Khavaran Depot while distributing a union leaflet.
Mansoor Ossanlou, the bus workers’ union’s president, continues to be detained at the high-security Evin Prison. Ossanlou was re-arrested on 19th November, having spent nearly eight months in prison for his labour organising activities. The worldwide campaign for his release and for an end to the continued persecution of the bus workers by the Iranian government continues.
Please send your protest letters to the President of the Islamic Republic at dr-ahmadinejad@president.ir . Copy to us for info and further distribution.
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- International Labour Solidarity Committee of the Worker-communist Party of Iran Co-ordinator: Shahla Daneshfar (shahla_daneshfar@yahoo.com) Public Relations: Bahram Soroush (b.soroush@ukonline.co.uk)
PRESS RELEASE
Sunday, Dec 3, 2006
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Iran: Three more bus workers’ union activists arrested
Three further activists of the Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburbs United Bus Company (Sherkat e Vahed) have been arrested today, according to reports received from the union.
Seyyed Davoud Razavi and Abdolreza Taraazi, members of the Executive Board, and Gholamreza Gholam-Hosseini, another union activist, were arrested at the bus company’s Khavaran Depot while distributing a leaflet. They have reportedly been taken to the 6th Headquarters of the Security Police in Tehran. No charges have been filed against these worker activists.
They are among the 50 bus workers currently suspended without pay since the January 2006 strike. Mansoor Ossanlou, the head of the bus workers’ union, was re-arrested on 19 November after spending nearly eight months in prison, without any charge or trial.
To protest against these arbitrary detentions, please send your protest letters to the President of the Islamic Republic, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at dr-ahmadinejad@president.ir . Please copy to us for info and further distribution.
Please also sign the protest letter campaign by the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) for the immediate release of Mansoor Ossanlou by visiting the ITF website: http://www.itfglobal.org/solidarity/Osanloo.cfm/letter/12/ .
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- International Labour Solidarity Committee of the Worker-communist Party of Iran Co-ordinator: Shahla Daneshfar (shahla_daneshfar@yahoo.com) Public Relations: Bahram Soroush (b.soroush@ukonline.co.uk)
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