Iran: Protest intensified repression against labour activists - No to whippings and executions! Sousan Razani and Shiva Kheirabadi.

Repression against labour activists in Iran is intensifying. In recent weeks, there have been numerous cases of arrests and jailings. Most shocking perhaps was the sentencing of two women labour activists (Sousan Razani and Shiva Kheirabadi) to 15 lashes and four months in prison -- for the "crime" of participating in a May Day celebration.

Additional cases which concern us include: Mr. Abdullah Khani, 40 lashes and 91 days in prison Mr. Seyed Qaleb Hosseini, 50 lashes and 6 months in prison Mr. Khaled Hosseini, 30 lashes and suspended prison sentence Mr. Farzad Kamangar, a Kurdish teacher, sentenced to death Mr. Afshin Shams, arrested Mr. Mansour Osanloo, leader of Tehran's bus workers, in prison since July 2007 We call on the Iranian government to immediately release these prisoners and to cease all repression of labour activists.

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