6 Jan uary 2011
Man sour Osan loo: among the four Tehran bus unionists still in detention
Two activists from the ITF-affiliated bus workers’ union in Iran have been released from detention. The move follows a letter from the ITF to the Iran ian president in early December, deman ding the release of all the detained unionists; four, including Man sour Osan loo, still remain in prison.
Morteza Komsari an d Aliakbar Nazariis of the Syndicate of Workers of Tehran an d Suburbs Bus Compan y were released at the end of December; on 13 December ITF general secretary David Cockroft wrote to Iran ian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad expressing deep concern regarding the continued repression against the independent trade union movement in Iran . He condemned Iran ’s persistent violation of workers’ rights an d “blatan t attacks on free trade unionism” an d called for the release of the detained members of the union. Four others from the union – Gholamreza Gholamhosseini, Ebrahim Madadi, Man sour Osan loo an d Reza Shahabi - still remain in detention.
Reza Shahabi, whose family had paid 60 million toman s (US$50,000) in bail as requested by the authorities to secure his release, went on hunger strike over the delay in his release date until he was urged by colleagues to refrain from his protest.
Mean while, activists from other unions have been detained, including Dr Fariborz Raisdan a of the Iran ian Writers' Association as well as of the Center for the Defence of Human Rights, who was arrested on 19 December.
ITF inlan d tran sport section secretary Mac Urata said: “We still await the release of all Vahed union members, in particular, Reza Shahabi, whose family has already deposited bail. At the same time, the oppression of the independent workers' movement extends far beyond our union an d that is why the ITF needs to work closely with the other global unions to promote our joint campaign.”
More information: http://www.justiceforiranianworkers.org/
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