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Revision as of 15:07, 1 February 2008
Mansour Osanlou is head of the executive committee of the Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company (SWTBC), the transport workers' trade union in Tehran in Iran. He is in custody as of July 12 2007.
In December 2005 bus drivers in Tehran were refusing to take passengers' fares, as a protest called by both Osanlou and the SWTBC. This led to the arrest of several union activists on December 22, including Osanlou.
Tehran bus workers were due to strike on 28 January 2006 calling for his release and other demands. However early in the morning of that day hundreds of union activists were arrested.
The Scottish Socialist Party tabled a motion calling for his release before the Scottish Parliament. He was released on bail in July/August 2006 after being kept in solitary confinement for months.
According to eyewitness accounts, Osanlou was arrested for a second time on November 19 2006 under very suspicious circumstances, along with Ibrahim Madadi, the vice-president of Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company (SWTSBC). Osanlou and Madadi were beaten by a group of armed militia and were taken away after shots were fired into the air. This seems to be another case where special police and state-sponsored undercover security named Ansar-e Hezbollah are used in arresting and silencing social and political activists.
In March 2007 he was released on bail of £164,000. He was sentenced to a five-year prison term in May 2007[1]. However, he was allowed to travel to London, England for the International Transport Workers Federation conference and to Brussels, Belgium for a meeting with the International Trade Union Confederation(ITF) in June 2007.[2]
He was arrested again in July 2007 and remains in the custody of Iranian authorities.
According to 2007 reports by the ITF, Osanloo is in imminent risk of losing his eyesight due to injuries sustained by government security forces in May 2005 and exacerbated by a lack of proper medical care by the Iranian authorities while in custody.[1]
See also
References
- ^ Tait, Robert (2007-05-30), "Tehran officials charge three Americans with spying", The Guardian
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ Taheri, Amir (2007-06-27), "Union Hero: Labor battles in Iran", New York Post
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External links
- ITF campaign page
- Freedom will come - The Mansour Osanloo story
- Mansour Osanloo - A quand la liberté
- Mansour Osanloo - La Libertad Llegará
- 自由のために - マンスール・オサンルーの闘い
- Freedom will come - The Mansour Osanloo story (Arabic)
- Freedom will come - The Mansour Osanloo story (Farsi)
- Labournet on the case
- Appeal for financial support
- Indymedia on his case
- Letter about 28 January arrests
- latest on dispute
- letter calling for his release after second arrest
- model letter calling for his release
- more from Labournet, with photo
- latest report on his detention
- Interview with Mansour Osanlou - YouTube video part 1
- Interview with Mansour Osanlou - YouTube video part 2
- Interview with Mansour Osanlou - YouTube video part 3