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Tag: Esmail Bakhshi
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Iran Temporarily Releases six Labor Rights Prisoners on Hefty Bail Amounts
Six labor rights prisoners who have all received harsh sentences in Iranian Revolutionary Courts, have been released on hefty amounts of bail pending the…
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Iranian Workers Demanding Unpaid Wages Slapped with 14-18 Years of Prison Time
Workers of a sugarcane factory as well as labor rights activists and journalists who supported their cause in Iran have been slapped with between…
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Journalist Couple who Covered Labor Protests in Iran on Hunger Strike after Arrest
Two Iranian journalists arrested related to coverage of labor protests in Iran, launched a hunger strike to protest their “unfair” detention. Amirhossein Mohammadifar, and his…
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The Crackdown of Haft-Tappeh Sugarcane Workers in Iran Continues
Several workers in a sugarcane complex in the Southwest of Iran have been arrested or summoned for questioning following their protests against the management…
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Protest Continues against the Detainment of Iranian Labor Activists and Journalists
International and Iranian organizations express concerns over the arrest of several labor rights activists in Iran including two journalists who were arrested on May…
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Iranian Labor Activists Targeted in a New Wave of Crackdown
Several workers in an industrial complex in the Southwest of Iran have been arrested or summoned for questioning following their protests against the management…
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Connecting to the Field: the Case of the Girl with the Blue Hair
Access to the field is vital to make change possible. It is people like Sepideh Gholian that are connecting us, the media, to the…
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Concern Raised Regarding more Detentions of Iranian Labor Activists
The Swedish Trade Union Confederation referred to as LO along with four other labor and workers’ rights organizations in Sweden have issued a joint…
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Labor Activists Arrested after Speaking out against Torture in Jail
Iranian labor Activist Esmail Bakhshi has been arrested again by Islamic Republic authorities after having spoken out against being tortured and abused in the…
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Tortured Iranian Labor Activist Demands Accountability from the Government
Released labor rights leader Esmail Bakhshi has spoken openly about being subjected to severe torture and abuse during his detention and is calling on…