11:15 GMT (16 August 2007)

Iran
On 9 August, the Tehran Bus Workers' Union invited its members to gather at the residence of Mansour Osanloo in support of the ITUC-ITF Action Day and to also express solidarity with Mansour Osanloo and Mahmoud Salehi and their families.  Unfortunately, from the early morning of 9 August officials as well as plain clothed security personnel cordoned off the streets to block the entrance to the house.  Ebrahim Madadi, Seyed Davoud Razavi, Yaghoub Salimi, Ebrahim Norouzi Gohari, Homayoun Jaberi, Taher Sadeghi and Mrs. Fatemeh Hajilou were arrested and taken to Evin Prison.  The union released a statement condemning the unlawful act and demanding the immediate release of the detainees

Brazil
The Central Unica dos Trabalhadores (CUT) sent a protest letter to the Iranian Ambassador in Brazil on 9 August 2007. (Email report by Clair Siobhan Ruppert and Leandra Perpétuo)

Canada
Mario Silva, Member of Parliament for Davenport sent a letter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Ottawa, Ontario expressing his concerns regarding the human rights situation in Iran and requesting that Canada avail itself of all means to secure the most basic human rights of Mansour Osanloo and Mahmoud Salehi, in addition to other activists such as the women who were arrested during protests on International Women's Day in March.  (Email report by Phil Benson)