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Fields marked * must be completed Name* Position Organisation* Country/Territory* Please select Afganistan Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Antigua & Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bonaire Bosnia-Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burma Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Chile China, People's Republic of Colombia Comoros Congo Congo DR Cook Islands Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Curaçao Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic East Timor Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Fiji Finland France French Polynesia FYR Macedonia Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Great Britain Greece Grenada Guadeloupe Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Ivory Coast Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Korea Kosovo Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Island Mexico Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Palestine Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Reunion Romania Russia Rwanda Saint-Pierre et Miquelon Samoa San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovak Republic Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa Spain Sri Lanka St. Christopher and Nevis St. Helena St. Lucia St. Maarten St. Vincent and the Grenadines Sudan Surinam Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Tahiti Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates Uruguay USA Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican Venezuela Vietnam West Bank & Gaza Western Sahara Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe Email* Letter content* Mr Mahmoud Ahmadjinejad President of the Republic The Presidency Palestine Avenue, Azerbaijan Intersection Tehran Islamic Republic of Iran Dear President Ahmadjinejad Trade unionists and human rights activists around the world are once again appalled to learn of the arrest of a trade unionist. We understand that Ebrahim Madadi was arrested in Tehran on 27 December. According to reports we have received he was visiting the North Tehran Branch of the Employment Office when plain-clothes security personnel detained him with a court order and took into police custody. Having appeared before a judge on 28 December, we understand he is now in Evin prison. Meanwhile, two Executive Board members of the union are verbally summoned by the secret police. President Ahmadjinejad, this is not the first time that the Iranian authorities have taken unjustified actions against genuine trade unions during the winter holidays. Less than a week ago, the trade unions condemned the arrest of Mohsen Hakimi, a member of the 'Iranian Writers Association' and the 'Coordinating Committee to Form Workers Organisations,' who was detained by the secret police for unknown charges. He is now being held in Section 209 in Evin Prison. At the same time, an auto worker, Bijan Amiri, at Pars Khodro factory was also arrested for unknown charges. We wish to join the The International Transport Workers' Federation, the ITUC and the entire global trade union movement in strongly urging your government to release Ebrahim Madadi, Mohsen Hakimi, Bijan Amiri as well as Mansour Osanloo and Farzad Kamangar immediately and unconditionally. There is reason to have concern about Osanloo's health as we have received reports that he has not been given adequate medical treatment during the past two months. Thank you for your attention, we look forward to hearing your positive reply.   Send me a copy

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