“This is Slavery” 30 Sugar Plant Workers Arrested in Iran For Demanding Unpaid Wages
Police arrested more than 30 protesters on the fourth day of a strike by hundreds of workers on February 4, 2018, at a major sugar plant near the city of… ...
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September 13, 2017
Iranian Labor Activist Peacefully Rejects New Prison Sentence
…for engaging in lawful protests against one of Iran’s largest agro-industrial companies near the city of Shush in Khuzestan Province. Nejati, who was fired from the Haft Tappeh Sugarcane Agro… ...
August 9, 2017
Workers at Iranian Sugarcane Company Summoned to Court After Protesting Unpaid Wages
Workers of the Haft Tappeh sugarcane company protest for their unpaid wages. Fifty-three workers of Iran’s Haft Tappeh Sugarcane Agro Industrial Company who have been peacefully demanding back pay and… ...
July 31, 2017
Iranian Sugar Plant Workers Detained Without Bail After Protesting Unpaid Wages and Benefits
…for demanding unpaid wages and benefits. At least 13 workers who had been protesting since mid-July 2017 after not being paid their salaries and insurance allowances by the Haft Tappeh… ...
May 5, 2017
Rouhani Promises to Withdraw Anti-Labor Amendments While Police Quash Peaceful Protests
During a ceremony marking International Labor Day on May 1, 2017, President Hassan Rouhani, who will be running for re-election on May 19, pledged to withdraw an amendment to the… ...
February 23, 2015
2015
Iranian Activist’s Health Worsens in Prison As She Awaits Appeal Hearing Brazil Business Today – EIN News 31 December, 2015 Source: International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran A prolonged… ...
March 24, 2014
Cartoon 79: Nowruz 1393
Last week Iranians around the world began their celebration of Nowruz, the Persian New Year. In this cartoon, along with the traditional Haft Sin table, Touka Neyestani has drawn the… ...
August 21, 2013
Ministry of Labor, Cooperatives, and Social Welfare
Union-busting, labor union members and leaders prosecuted on security charges Interference in universities Carcinogens in the fuel produced in Iran Recommendations Union-busting, labor union members and leaders prosecuted on security… ...
July 31, 2013
Security Forces Harass Family and Friends of Blogger
Peyman Roshanzamir, a blogger and web designer from Ahvaz who was sentenced to 17 months in prison in 2011, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that security… ...
April 2, 2013
Cartoon 49: Sizdah Bedar
On Sizdah Bedar, the 13th and final day of Nowruz, the Persian new year, Iranians celebrate outdoors in nature. They take with them the green sprouts from the Haft Sin… ...
May 22, 2011
Blogger Refuses to Defend Himself in Court in Protest of Unjust Proceedings
At his court session held at the Revolutionary Court on Saturday, 14 May, blogger Payman Roshan Zamir did not present a defense for himself in protest to the unjust proceedings… ...
May 13, 2011
Eyewitness Describes Horrific Conditions Inside Karoon Prison In Ahwaz
Seyed Morteza Bakhtiari, the Minister of Justice, during his recent visit to Karoon Prison in Ahvaz. Payman Roshan Zamir, a political prisoner who spent one month of his six-month detention… ...
May 18, 2010
Judge Said Issuance of Death Sentence Forced Under Pressure From Higher Authorities
Jafar Kazemi’s death sentence has been upheld. His wife, Roudabeh Akbari, has written an open letter to the Secretary-General of the United Nations advising him that force is being used… ...
March 30, 2010
Women Prisoners: Maryam Zia Released, Eghdamdoust Gets New Case
Women’s and children’s rights activist Maryam Zia was released after three months in prison, after going on a hunger strike and being taken to the prison hospital. Zia’s sister confirmed… ...
March 27, 2010
Maryam Zia’s sister: My sister has been on a hunger strike
Maryam Zia has begun a hunger strike to protest her illegal imprisonment. A a women’s and children’s rights activist and the Director of the Struggle for a World Deserving of… ...
January 5, 2010
Widespread Arrests of Women’s Rights Activists, Female Journalists and Relatives
(5 January 2010) Numerous women’s rights campaigners, female journalists and relatives are being arrested and persecuted as authorities in the Islamic Republic of Iran attempt to repress masses of Iranians… ...
December 7, 2009
Protests Engulf University Campuses
(7 December 2009) Massive Iranian security and paramilitary forces are tear-gassing, beating, and arresting students on university campuses taking part in National Student Day demonstrations, the International Campaign for Human… ...
November 9, 2009
Labor Activists Begin Prison Terms
(9 November 2009) Four leaders of the Syndicate of Workers of Haft Tapeh Sugar Cane Company, including Fereydoun Nikoufard, Jalil Ahmadi, Ghorban Alipour and Mohammad Haydari have been summoned by… ...
June 23, 2009
Killed and Detained Since 12 June
Last Updated: 2 September 2009 Here is the list of those killed and detained in Iran, updated as information becomes available. The list is by no means comprehensive and does… ...
June 16, 2009
Live Twitter Updates from Iran
Videos and Pictures ———————- *Disclaimer: As media and news are increasingly restricted the Campaign is providing these updates as a random sample – this information has not been independently verified… ...
April 30, 2009
Labor Activists in Peril as May Day Approaches
(30 April 2009) Iranian workers will observe May 1st, International Workers’ Day, as the government increases its suppression of independent labor movements, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran… ...
April 27, 2009
Member of the One Million Signatures Campaign Arrested on Baseless Charges
(27 April 2009) Maryam Malek, a member of the One Million Signatures Campaign and a reporter on legal matters related to family courts, was arrested and transferred to Vozara Detention… ...
April 9, 2009
Arbitrary Detention of Trade Unionists Continues
(9 April 2009) The month-long detention and solitary confinement of Ali Nejati, President of the Haft Tapeh Sugar Cane Union, is without legal justification, the International Campaign for Human Rights… ...
March 23, 2009
Ali Nejati
Ali Nejati is a leading union activist of the Haft Tapeh Sugar Cane Factory Trade Union who was detained at his home on 8 March. Intelligence Ministry agents failed to… ...
March 17, 2009
Trade Unionist Held in Unknown Location Should Be Released
(17 March 2009) The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran today called upon the Iranian Judiciary to immediately release Ali Nejati, a trade union leader, and end its persecution… ...