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Tag: labour activists
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Iranian Authorities Respond to Labour Protests with Scores of Arrests
Fifty protesting workers of Ahwaz Steel National Industrial Group participating in protests on Monday June 11 were arrested by the authorities. Reportedly another group…
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Iranian Workers, Pensioners Protest Months of Delayed Wages
Labour protests have become the order of the day in Tehran and other cities across the country with workers and pensioners demanding payment of…
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Iran Drops Flogging Sentence against Protesting Miners
The appellate court has reduced the sentences against miners of Bafgh Iron Ore Mines suspending their jail term for three years and changing the…
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Plight of Jailed Activist on Hunger Strike Raised in Social Media
Over sixty days into a hunger strike, jailed labour activist Jafar Azimzadeh is reportedly in grave health condition.
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Labour activist gets brief court appearance
Ibrahim Madadi, a prominent labour activist now in jail, stood trial on Saturday April 16 for “assembly and collusion against national security and disrupting…
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Large crowd under surveillance as hundreds mourn labour activist
More than 1,000 people attended the funeral for prominent labour activist Kourosh Bakhshandeh, who was laid to rest on Friday November 6 in his…
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Union leader begins prison sentence as colleagues protest
Jafar Azimzadeh, the head of Iran’s Free Trade Union, has reported to Evin Prison to serve out a six-year prison sentence. According to the…
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Activist who organized labour petition summoned for sentence
Jafar Azimzadeh, an Iranian labour activist and member of Iran’s Free Workers Union, has been summoned to serve out a six-year jail sentence. Azimzadeh…
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Activist arrested following funeral of jailed labour champion
Ali Nejati, a prominent labour activist and an executive member of the Haft Tappeh Sugarcane Syndicate, was arrested by Islamic Republic authorities following the…
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Labour groups accuse authorities during jailed activist’s funeral
A funeral was held in Tabriz on Tuesday September 15 for Shahrokh Zamani, the labour activist who died in prison. The Human Rights Activists…
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Labour activist found dead in prison
Jailed Iranian labour activist Shahrokh Zamani was found dead in Rejaishahr Prison by other inmates. HRANA and Kaleme websites report that his death was…
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Iranian workers march on May Day despite state resistance
ILNA reports that thousands participated in May Day demonstrations in Tehran and the International Workers Day was finally marked after “an eight year hiatus”…