https://freerepublic.com/tag/torabian/ en-us Fri, 3 Feb 2006 06:02:38 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1570746/posts AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL Public Statement 2 February 2006 IRAN: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CALLS FOR RELEASE OF BUS WORKERS Amnesty International is calling on the Iranian authorities to release immediately hundreds of Tehran bus workers who were detained last week apparently to pre-empt threatened strike action. Although some of the workers have been released, hundreds are reported still to be detained without charge or trial at Tehran’s Evin Prison. The arrests began after the executive committee of the Union of Workers of the Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company, which represents workers employed by the United Bus Company of Tehran (Sharekat-e Vahed), called for... AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1570746/posts#comment Fri, 3 Feb 2006 06:02:38 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2545686/posts Press Release: International Trade Union Confederation Iran says Osanloo to be freed – good but not good enough, say ITF and ITUC The ITF and ITUC today welcomed an Iranian government promise that Mansour Osanloo is to be freed – but stated that there are still 52 other innocent trade unionists who should also be released. The two organisations were speaking out after discovering that Iran has told the International Labour Organization (ILO) that Osanloo is due for release. The assurance is contained in the ILO’s report* on the complaints made against the country by the ITF and ITUC, and... Scoop - Independent News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2545686/posts#comment Fri, 2 Jul 2010 13:06:38 GMT