Labor activist

Punishment for union protest: Another worker, Maziar Seyednejad, was sentenced to 3 years in prison.

Labor activist Mazyar Seyednejad was sentenced to 3 years in prison solely for participating in union protests and accompanying protesting Haft Tappeh sugarcane workers.

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Labor activist Mehran Raouf arrested by security forces in Tehran

Mehran Raouf, a labor activist, was arrested by security forces in Tehran on Friday night, October 15, and taken to an unknown location…

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Labor activist Vale Zamani arrested in Tehran

Vale Zamani, a labor activist, was arrested by security forces in Tehran this morning, Tuesday, October 6, and taken to an unknown location…

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"Case-building" against a labor activist; Jafar Azimzadeh's 13-month prison sentence upheld in the appeals court

Jafar Azimzadeh, the secretary of the board of the Free Workers Union of Iran and a imprisoned labor activist, was sentenced to 13 months in prison.

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Extension of the mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran for another year

The UN Human Rights Council, in its meeting on Tuesday, July 22, approved the mission of Javed Rehman, the UN Special Rapporteur on…

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Jafar Azimzadeh, a labor activist imprisoned in Iran, was sentenced to another 13 months in prison.

Jafar Azimzadeh, a imprisoned labor activist serving his sentence in Evin Prison, has once again been sentenced by the court…

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