Articles from Iran
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Trade union rights are human rights 24 August 2017 Iran: Support needed to free unjustly imprisoned trade unionists
Together with the International Transport Workers' Federation, Education International has launched a LabourStart global solidarity campaign to seek the immediate and unconditional release of jailed trade unionists Reza Shahabi and Esmail Abdi.
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Trade union rights are human rights 19 May 2017 IRAN: Teacher Union Leader Esmail Abdi on Hunger Strike
Education International (EI) reiterates its global solidarity call to request the immediate and unconditional release of Esmail Abdi, a leader of the Tehran Teacher Trade Association, who was sentenced to six years in jail on false charges by Branch 36 of the Appeals Court of Tehran last October.
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Trade union rights are human rights 16 May 2017 Iran: urgent action needed to help free education unionist
Education International reiterates its call for global solidarity and urges Iranian public authorities to immediately release imprisoned education union leader Esmail Abdi, whose hunger strike is taking a toll on his health.
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Union growth 1 May 2017 This May Day, why not try solidarity?
As the occasion to celebrate and reaffirm the value and values of trade unions, from which their principles continue to inspire, today must also serve as a lens to carefully examine our societies and institutions.
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Trade union rights are human rights 1 March 2017 Amnesty International calls for the release of Iranian academic
With Ahmadreza Djalali facing the death penalty based on bogus charges of treason, Amnesty International has spearheaded a campaign to free the disaster medicine specialist who has been detained for nearly a year without trial.
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Trade union rights are human rights 14 February 2017 Iranian teacher union leader once again faces possibility serving full prison sentence
Esmail Abdi, a leader of the Tehran Teacher Trade Association, has seen his judicial appeal rejected by Branch 33 of the Supreme Court on 4 February.
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Trade union rights are human rights 28 January 2017 Iranian unionist rearrested one month after release
News has reached Education International of the rearrest of Iranian education union leader Esmail Abdi.
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Trade union rights are human rights 13 January 2017 Education International demands Iranian academic’s immediate release
Firmly standing behind Iranian academic Ahmadreza Djalali, Education International reiterates the need for affiliates to join in the call for his immediate release from jail.
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Trade union rights are human rights 2 November 2016 Freedom for Iranian teacher union leader Esmail Abdi
Education International calls on its members to take action and protest against the six-year jail sentence imposed on Mr. Esmail Abdi, a leader of the Tehran Teacher Trade Association. The sentence was announced on 7 October by Branch 36 of the Appeal Court of Tehran.
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Trade union rights are human rights 2 November 2016 Iran: global campaign launched to free teacher union leader
Education International has called on its member organisations to take swift action to firmly protest the unwarranted six-year jail sentence imposed on Esmail Abdi, a leader of the Tehran Teacher Trade Association.
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Trade union rights are human rights 27 September 2016 Iran: Teacher unionists worldwide welcome the release of Canadian academic
After months of repeated calls for her release, Homa Hoodfar, an internationally renowned anthropologist and professor at Montreal’s Concordia University, is now free after being imprisoned in Iran since June.
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Trade union rights are human rights 14 June 2016 Global appeal launched to free Canadian academic from Iranian prison
Efforts are underway to pressure the Iranian authorities to release Canadian academic Homa Hoodfar, who is being held in Tehran’s Evin prison after being arrested on baseless charges while in the country.
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Trade union rights are human rights 16 May 2016 Imprisoned Iranian trade unionist set free on bail
Esmail Abdi, the general secretary of the Tehran branch of the Iranian Teachers’ Trade Association, has been released on bail after spending months behind bars on security charges.
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Trade union rights are human rights 17 March 2016 Iranian teacher unionists released after global solidarity campaign
Abdolreza Ghanbari and Ali Akbar Baghani, members of the Iranian Teacher Trade Associations, for whom Education International had launched a solidarity campaign, have been released. Ghanbari had been awaiting execution for 2 years before his sentence was commuted to 15 years’ imprisonment.
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Trade union rights are human rights 23 February 2016 Labour unions up in arms after Iran’s Esmail Abdi sentenced to six years in prison
Renewed efforts are underway to free Esmail Abdi after Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Court officially sentenced the teacher unionist to six years in prison for alleged crimes related to trade union activism.
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Trade union rights are human rights 14 December 2015 Iran: Detained teacher unionist on hunger strike
Education International (EI) has launched a LabourStart appeal for Iranian teacher unionist Mahmoud Beheshti Langroodi who has been on hunger strike since 26 November to protest against his unfair trial and subsequent nine-year prison sentence.
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Trade union rights are human rights 8 October 2015 Iran: intensified pressure on teacher unionists
Fourteen teacher unionists have been detained in a Tehran detention centre for a couple of hours on 7 October for scheduling a peaceful protest, and threatened to be arrested again if participating in the protest planned for 8 October.
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Trade union rights are human rights 10 September 2015 Iran: Teachers face new round of government repression
The new school year in Iran looms with threats of increased intimidation, arrest and prosecution of teachers, union activists and those who dare to speak up in favour of quality education for all.
Iran: Teachers face new round of government repression