08 Apr 2008 The ITUC, ITF and Amnesty International today welcomed the release on Sunday from Sanandaj prison, in Iran’s Kuridstan Province, of independent labour activist Mahmoud Salehi, after one year of imprisonment. Salehi, one of the co-founders of the Bakery Workers Trade Union in Saqez, had been the object of strong international lobbying by the international trade union and human rights’ organisations since 2007, when the ITUC, ITF and Amnesty International launched a series of joint demonstrations and protests in front of Iranian embassies around the world. ITF Press Release continues ..

19 Dec 2007
Act now for Mahmoud Salehi

Jailed Iranian trade unionist requires urgent medical treatment

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ITF is asking our friends and affiliates to visit Amnesty UK and help call on the Iranian authorities to release Mahmoud Salehi on humanitarian grounds, or to ensure he urgently receives appropriate medical treatment.
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For Further information..

Please visit www.freeosanloo.org, the global campaign to support workers rights in Iran.