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September 12, 2017

Iranian Union Considers Mass Strike as Imprisoned Labor Activist’s Condition Deteriorates

…being returned to prison to serve an additional year behind bars two years after he was released. Reza Shahabi, a board member of the Union of Workers of the Tehran… ...

September 9, 2017

Authorities Ignore Starving Political Prisoners at Rajaee Shahr Prison, Restrict Family Visitations

Former Political Prisoners Implore Judiciary To Consider Prisoners’ Demands Forty days after more than 15 political prisoners went on a mass hunger strike in Iran’s Rajaee Shahr Prison, the authorities… ...

September 1, 2017

Imprisoned Labor Activist on Hunger Strike Needs Hospital Treatment, Wife Says

Reza Shahabi and his wife in their home grocery store. Three weeks on hunger strike in Rajaee Shahr Prison have inflicted serious physical harm on prominent labor activist Reza Shahabi,… ...

August 30, 2017

Condition of Hunger Strikers in Iranian Prison Deteriorates while Judiciary Does Nothing

Families Dismayed Over Lack of Critically Needed Medical Treatment at Rajaee Shar Prison August 30, 2017—The medical condition of more than a dozen political prisoners at Iran’s Rajaee Shar Prison,… ...

August 29, 2017

Families Dismayed Over Lack of Attention to Hunger Strikers in Iranian Prisons

Political prisoners Majid Asadi (right) and Jafar Eghdami. The parents of two political prisoners on hunger strike have expressed concern about their condition and treatment inside Rajaee Shahr Prison, where… ...

August 18, 2017

Labor Activist Forced to Stay Behind Bars Until December 2018 Despite Completing Sentence

Update: With assurances from a senior official, labor activist Reza Shahabi ended his hunger strike in Rajaee Shahr Prison on September 27, 2017, after nearly two months of refusing food…. ...

August 9, 2017

Prominent Labor Activist Returns to Prison After Medical Leave “Unapproved” by Prosecutor

Almost three years after he was released, prominent labor activist Reza Shahabi has returned to prison to serve the remainder of a six-year prison sentence to prevent the judiciary from… ...

June 16, 2017

Iran’s Judiciary Prevents Top Labor Activists From Attending International Conference

A travel ban imposed by the Iranian judiciary has prevented prominent labor rights activists Reza Shahabi and Davoud Razavi from attending an international labor conference in Switzerland, the Center for… ...

February 22, 2017

Largest Trade Union Body Asks Iran’s Leader to End Persecution of Prominent Activist

The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has written to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei calling for an end to the persecution of Reza Shahabi, a prominent labor activist who has… ...

January 9, 2017

2017

Iran blocks Instagram, Telegram after protests Ghana Web, The New Times, Breaking, Re-Publish News, MWC News, TODAY.ng, Ezspk.co.uk, Njtoday.net, Rocket News, MWC News, NewsDog, Collateral-Oriano Mattei, Al Jazeera English, Re-Publish… ...

December 6, 2016

Anti-Riot Forces Violently Attack Peacefully Protesting Tehran Bus Union Members

Members of one of Iran’s oldest unions who were peacefully demanding their past due housing allowances and other benefits in front of the Tehran Municipality building were violently attacked by… ...

April 26, 2016

Bus Drivers’ Union Leader Awaiting Sentencing for Peaceful Labor Activism

Ebrahim Maddadi, a labor activist and leading member of Tehran’s bus drivers’ union, is awaiting sentencing after standing trial on April 16, 2016. Arrested for his peaceful activism, Maddadi has… ...

April 29, 2015

Labor Leaders Detained in Iran as International Workers’ Day Approaches

Hundreds of workers protesting in front of the Iranian Parliament on January 7, 2015 April 29, 2015—On the eve of International Workers’ Day on May 1, Iranian authorities have arrested… ...

August 6, 2014

Three Years after Representing American Hikers, Lawyer is Still Not Allowed to Work or Travel

The prominent human rights activist and lawyer Massoud Shafiee, who represented three American hikers detained in Iran in 2009, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that since… ...

November 6, 2013

Political Prisoners Embark on Hunger Strike on Behalf of Sick Prisoners

Abdolfattah Soltani, an imprisoned lawyer and human rights activist, embarked on a hunger strike together with three other political prisoners on November 2, his sixtieth birthday, to protest the conditions… ...

August 26, 2013

Lawyer, Blacklisted for Past Two Years, Interrogated Again

Intelligence Ministry forces interrogated lawyer Massoud Shafiee again 20 days ago, a source close to him told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. The source, who requested anonymity,… ...

May 10, 2013

Why Have My Rights Been Trampled? An Open Letter from a Lawyer

Massoud Shafiee, the lawyer who represented the three American hikers in Iran, shared an open letter to the Iranian authorities with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. In… ...

January 3, 2013

“Allow My Husband Medical Furlough,” Asks Union Activist Reza Shahabi’s Wife

In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Robabeh Rezaei, the wife of imprisoned labor activist Reza Shahabi, spoke about her husband’s hunger strike in protest… ...

August 17, 2012

61 Political Prisoners Released; Others Denied Furlough

Most of the prisoners who were released had already served half of their sentences. Iranian law stipulates that inmates who have served half of their prison term may be released… ...

August 1, 2012

American Hikers’ Lawyer Threatened, Interrogated, Denied Permission to Leave Iran

Massoud Shafiee, the lawyer who represented the three Americans who were released after more than a year in an Iranian prison, said in an exclusive interview with the International Campaign… ...

April 19, 2012

In Recurring Pattern, Labor Activist Denied Furlough and Medical Leave

Following a recent pattern of restrictions on political prisoner rights, authorities have forbidden imprisoned labor activist Reza Shahabi from furlough or medical leave. His brother Hassan, Shahabi, told the Campaign… ...

November 29, 2011

Labor Activist on Hunger Strike in Protest to Lack of Medical Treatment

Labor activist Reza Shahabi, who has been in prison since his 12 June 2010 arrest, embarked on a dry hunger strike on 22 November in protest of the Evin Prison… ...

October 18, 2011

Iranian Filmmakers Call for International Boycott of State-Run Film and TV Organizations

A month after the arrest of five independent Iranian filmmakers on charges of working for BBC Persian, 21 Iranian filmmakers and actors living outside of the country signed a statement… ...

December 16, 2010

Weekly Rights Podcast 20

…on her charges; Christian pastors Youcef Nadarkhani and Behrouz Sadegh-Khanjani are being charged with apostasy; labor activist Reza Shahabi remains on hunger strike after being arrested for his labor activities;… ...

December 14, 2010

Unionist Reza Shahabi on Wet Hunger Strike

…strike. The information was confirmed by Hassan Shahabi, Reza Shahabi’s brother, who spoke with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran yesterday. “I talked to my brother by phone… ...

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