Tuesday, August 24, 2010
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Iran's Haft Tapeh union members incarcerated



International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran reports the imprisonment of four members of the Syndicate of Workers of Haft Tapeh Sugar Cane Company .

Fereydoon Nikofard, Jalil Ahmadi, Gorban Alipour and Mohammad Heidarimehr have been transferred to Dezfool prison to serve their sentence, according to International Campaign for Human Rights reports.

Spokesman for the Campaign, Hadi Ghaemi declared that the arrest of these union members confirms that Iran as a member of the International Labour Organization is in violation of the Organization's rules and does not provide workers with their labour rights.

The Haft Tapeh Workers Union was established in 2008 with 5000 members and became affiliated with the international worker's union, IUF.

In a letter in October, the members of Haft Tapeh Union called on the International Labour Organization to pressure the Islamic Republic into living up to its committments as an ILO member by recognizing their right to form an independent union and stopping the persecution of their members and leaders.

Hadi Ghaemi maintains that prosecution of union members for the mere charge of establishing a union could result in “an increase in dissatisfaction, social unrest and the isolation of Iran from the international community.”

The Islamic Republic has a history of persecuting labour union members. Mansour Osanlo and Ebrahim Madadi of Tehran’s Transit Union and Hashem Khawstar, Rasoul Bedaghi and Jafar Ebrahimi from Teacher’s Union are amongst people who have been arrested and imprisoned by Iranian authorities for labour activism.

International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran urges Islamic Republic officials to drop the charges against labour union members and release them.

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