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Iran's war on trade unions
19 August 2008
President Ahmadinejad is stepping up the repression of labour activists. We should support them in their fight for basic rights.
The persecution of Kurdish Iranians is typical. On July 20 2008, Farzad Kamangar was sentenced to death in a seven minute show trial, in which three minutes were taken up by the prosecutor reading the allegations and the defence was given a mere four minutes to state its case. Kamangar's lawyer was never notified prior to the trial of the offence with which his client was charged.
Kamangar, a young teacher, was originally incarcerated on 18 August 2006. He was tortured over allegations (probably trumped up) of collaborating with the Pejak party, being a member of Kurdistan Workers party (PKK), transporting explosives and various other doubtful accusations. Since then, he has been transferred from one jail to another, from one city to another and from one judicial and security jurisdiction to another. The government has ignored all Iranian and international pleas for clemency. Full story from the Guardian
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