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Iran’s Judiciary Should Free Labor Activist Reza Shahabi Who Suffered Stroke​

December 19, 2017 Human Rights Comments Off on Iran’s Judiciary Should Free Labor Activist Reza Shahabi Who Suffered Stroke​

Labor activist Mohammad Jarrahi died in October 2017 from thyroid cancer that was left untreated while he was held as a political prisoner in Iran’s Tabriz Prison. In September 2015, Jarrahi’s colleague Shahrokh Zamani died of a heart attack after being denied medical care in Rajaee Shahr Prison.

December 19, 2017—The Iranian judiciary should immediately free ailing trade unionist Reza Shahabi, who recently suffered a stroke in Rajaee Shahr Prison, and allow him to receive full medical attention, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) said in a statement today.

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Iran: Free Ailing Labor Activist

December 17, 2017 Human Rights Comments Off on Iran: Free Ailing Labor Activist

Iranian authorities should immediately release Reza Shahabi, a prominent labor activist, after he suffered a possible stroke in prison, Human Rights Watch said today. © 2012 By Hosseinronaghi/Wikimedia Commons

December 16, 2017- HRW- (Beirut) – Iranian authorities should immediately release Reza Shahabi, a prominent labor activist, after he suffered a possible stroke in prison, Human Rights Watch said today. Medical experts who examined Shahabi said that he should be released for medical reasons.

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ITF demands Shahabi release

July 11, 2014 Human Rights Comments Off on ITF demands Shahabi release

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11. July 2014 – The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) has demanded the release of Reza Shahabi, the imprisoned Iranian trade unionist and prisoner of conscience. Shahabi, who is the treasurer of the ITF member union the Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company (otherwise known as the Vahed union), was unjustly arrested in 2010 and is now on a hunger strike.
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