IRANIAN TRADE UNIONS MORE ARRESTS!
February 10, 2010
Labour activist Mohammad Ashrafi was arrested in his home last night for the enforcement of his sentence.
Security agents went to the home of Mohammad Ashrafi, a labour activist and member of the Follow-up Committee for the Free Formation of Labor Organizations, and arrested him in order to enforce his one year prison sentence. They then took Mr. Ashrafi to an unknown location.
Mohammad Ashrafi had been arrested during the commemoration ceremonies for the International Worker’s Day and had been given a one year suspended prison sentence by the Revolutionary Court of the city of Tehran for his participation in said ceremonies.
for further info on the struggle for trade union rights in Iran goto
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/content.asp?CategoryID=10989